Walter Robertson Agee

Walter Robertson Agee (born June 25, 1905 in Silver City , New Mexico , † January 16, 1980 in San Antonio , Texas ) was an American major general in the US Air Force .

Life

Military training and World War II

Agee, son of Sam W. Agee and his wife Gertrude R. Robertson Agee, completed an officer training after school and then became an officer in the USAAC ( US Army Air Corps ) in 1928 . On January 11, 1939 he became commander ( Commanding Officer ) 31 bomber squadron (31st Bombardment Squadron) and completed after April-June 1940, the Tactical School (Air Corps Tactical School) , whereupon it between 1 July 1940 and 15 March 1941 supply officer (S-4) of the 7th Bombardment Group . He then acted from March 16 to October 12, 1941 as an administrative officer of the 20th Bombardment Wing and then from October 13, 1941 to June 7, 1942 as assistant to the Chief of Operations and Training (p -3) of the 2nd Bomber Command (2nd Bomber Command) , where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel (Lieutenant-Colonel) of the now Heeresluftwaffe USAAF ( US Army Air Forces ) on February 1, 1942 .

Agee was then from July 1 to November 6, 1942 Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Operations and Training (S-3) of the 2nd Air Fleet (Second Air Force) and then Deputy Chief of Staff of the Second Air Force, before moving between the May 14 and October 26, 1943 was the commander of the 16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing . He then returned briefly returned as head of the tactical inspection for the second Air Force and served in connection to his promotion to Colonel (Colonel) on January 3, 1944 to July 26, 1944 as air Inspector of the 3rd Air Fleet (3rd Air Force) . Most recently, he was between July 27, 1944 and July 31, 1945 in command of the 89th Combat Crew Training Wing .

Post-war period and promotion to major general

After the end of World War II Agee was on June 16, 1945 Brigadier General (Brigadier-General) promoted and served from August to October 18, 1945, first as assistant to the chief of staff for operations and training (A-3) and then from October 19 to December 6, 1945 as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific ( US Army Strategic Air Forces Pacific ) . He was then Deputy Chief of Staff of the resulting Army Air Force Command Pacific (US Army Pacific Air Command) and between January 19, 1946 and October 9, 1947 Chief of Staff of the 5th Air Fleet ( Fifth Air Force ) . On October 10, 1947, he moved to the intelligence department in the office of the Assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Staff for Intelligence Services (A-2) and was there until May 14, 1948, initially head of department for counterintelligence and then from May 15, 1948 to March 19 1950 Head of Unit for Air Force Intelligence Services, before he was last head of the Information Collection Unit.

After several years of staff activity, Brigadier General Agee took over a command post on January 20, 1951, until October 1, 1952 as commander of the 39th Air Depot Wing . Then he was between October 1952 and March 1953 Deputy Commanding General of the Alaska AAC (Alaskan Air Command) , whose Acting Commanding General he was from November to February 1952. He then acted from March to August 1953 as a special assistant to the commander of the Technical Training Air Force and from August 1953 to August 1955 as commander of the 320th Technical Training Wing , before moving from August 1955 to January 1956 Deputy Commanding General of the Civil Air Patrol CAP ( Civil Air Patrol ) of the US Air Force.

Last took Agee in January 1956 even the post as Commanding General of the Civil Air Patrol and held it until his retirement on 30 April 1959. In this use, it was on February 2, 1956 to Major General (Major-General) promoted and received for his services there in 1959 the Legion of Merit .

His younger brother, Sam Wilkerson Agee, was also a major general in the US Air Force.

Web links

• Walter Robertson Agee in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Entry in general.dk
• Entry in the Hall of Valor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sam Wilkerson Agee in Find a Grave