Sherman Miles
Sherman Miles (born December 5, 1882 in Washington, DC , USA , † 1966 in Boston , USA) was an American general and politician ( Republican Party ).
Life
Sherman Miles was born to Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton and Mary Sherman Miles. He attended West Point Military Academy , where he graduated in 1905. He married Yulee Noble on November 24, 1909, and they later had two children.
In 1919 he headed the "Miles Mission", which was supposed to clarify territorial disputes in the Carinthian defensive battle ( Marburg Blood Sunday ). In the 1920s, Miles attended Army War College and the Command and General Staff School . Miles was promoted to officer at West Point, initially with the rank of Second Lieutenant . He was promoted more and more, in 1942 he was finally appointed major general . In the period from 1912 to 1940 he was with the cavalry, coastal and field artillery, several times with the general staff and as a military attaché in Europe. He was Chief of Army Intelligence during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 .
From 1947 to 1952 he sat for the Republican Party in the Massachusetts House of Representatives .
He died in Boston and was buried in the Miles family mausoleum in Arlington National Cemetery on October 12, 1966 .
Web links
- Sherman Miles on the Arlington National Cemetery website
Individual evidence
- ^ Hayden, IN, Grove, LR: Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1951-1952) , p. 237. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miles, Sherman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Officer and Politician (Republican Party) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |
| Place of death | Boston , USA |