Wade H. Haislip
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Nickname(s) | "Ham"[1] |
Born | Woodstock, Virginia, United States | July 9, 1889
Died | December 23, 1971 Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., United States | (aged 82)
Buried | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, United States |
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Years of service | 1912–1951 |
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Service number | O-3374 |
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Commands | 85th Infantry Division XV Corps Seventh Army Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army |
Battles/wars | Pancho Villa Expedition World War I World War II |
Awards | Army Distinguished Service Medal (4) Legion of Merit Bronze Star (2) |
Other work | Governor, Soldiers Home |
General Wade Hampton Haislip (July 9, 1889 – December 23, 1971) was a senior United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II, where he led XV Corps on the Western Front from 1944 to 1945. He later became a four-star general, serving as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army (VCSA) from 1949 to 1951.
Military career
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Haislip was born in Woodstock, Virginia, on July 9, 1889, and moved at age two to Staunton, Virginia.[2] He was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry upon graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1912. Among his fellow graduates included several future general officers like Walton Walker, John Shirley Wood, Gilbert R. Cook, Harry J. Malony, William H. Wilbur, Walter M. Robertson, Franklin C. Sibert and Raymond O. Barton.
Haislip served in Vera Cruz, Mexico, in 1914 after the Tampico Affair. From 1917 to 1921, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces, first in World War I, then in the occupation of Germany. During his time overseas his assignments included being on the General Staff of V Corps; Division Machine Gun Officer for the 3rd Division, and General Staff, U.S. Forces in Germany. During World War I he participated in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse–Argonne Offensive.
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He returned to West Point as an instructor from 1921 to 1923. He next attended a series of schools, beginning with the U.S. Army Infantry School from 1923 to 1924, then the Command and General Staff School from 1924 to 1925, and finally going back overseas to attend the French École supérieure de guerre from 1925 to 1927. He returned to the United States as assistant executive in the office of Assistant Secretary of War from 1928 to 1931, followed by the Army War College from 1931 to 1932, and an assignment as an instructor at the Command and General Staff School from 1932 to 1936.
Prior to World War II he held a series of staff assignments, including time in the Budget and Legislative Planning Branch of the War Department General Staff from 1938 to 1941, and Assistant Chief-of-Staff for personnel.
In World War II he served very briefly as assistant division commander (ADC) of the 4th Infantry Division. He organized the 85th Infantry Division and served as commander from April 1942 to February 1943 until he was succeeded by Brigadier General John B. Coulter, his ADC. He next took command of XV Corps and served with it through Normandy, France, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. He became commander of Seventh United States Army, and was in that billet when World War II ended in August 1945.
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Following the war he was on the Secretary of War's Personnel Board from September 1945 to April 1946, and a senior member of the Chief-of-Staff's Advisory Group from 1946 to 1948. Prior to his selection in 1949 as Vice Chief of Staff he was Deputy Chief-of-Staff for administration, 1948–49. He retired in 1951.
Haislip is responsible for introducing Dwight D. Eisenhower to Mamie Doud. Eisenhower was a second lieutenant and Haislip a first lieutenant at Fort Sam Houston at the time. At Eisenhower's funeral, he served as a pall-bearer.[3]
Major assignments
[edit]- Assistant Chief-of-Staff for personnel – February 9, 1941 to January 19, 1942
- Assistant Division Commander, 4th Motorized Division – January 20, 1942 to March 9, 1942
- Commander, 85th Infantry Division – March 9, 1942 to February 22, 1943
- Commander, XV Corps – February 23, 1943 to June 1, 1945
- Commander, Seventh United States Army – June 2, 1945 to September 7, 1945
- President, Secretary of War's Personnel Board – September 1945 to April 30, 1946
- Senior member of the Chief-of-Staff's Advisory Group – May 15, 1946 to June 1, 1948
- Special Assistant to the Chief-of-Staff, U.S. Army – June 1, 1948 to November 15, 1948
- Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Administration – November 15, 1948 to August 23, 1949.
- Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army – August 23, 1949 to July 31, 1951
Post military career
[edit]After retiring from active duty in 1951, Haislip went on to become Governor of the Soldier's Home in Washington, D.C., a position he filled from 1951 to 1966.
Haislip died on December 23, 1971, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after suffering a stroke, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[4] His wife, the former Alice Jennings Shepherd (1897–1987), whom he had married on July 14, 1932, was later buried beside him.
Dates of rank
[edit]Insignia | Rank | Component | Date |
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No insignia | Cadet | United States Military Academy | March 2, 1908 |
No insignia in 1912 | Second lieutenant | Regular Army | June 12, 1912 |
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First lieutenant | Regular Army | July 1, 1916 |
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Captain | Regular Army | May 15, 1917 |
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Major | National Army | June 7, 1918 |
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Lieutenant colonel | National Army | May 6, 1919 |
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Captain | Regular Army | March 10, 1920 |
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Major | Regular Army | July 1, 1920 |
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Lieutenant colonel | Regular Army | August 1, 1935 |
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Colonel | Army of the United States | November 16, 1940 |
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Brigadier general | Army of the United States | January 29, 1941 |
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Colonel | Regular Army | February 1, 1942 |
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Major general | Army of the United States | March 9, 1942 |
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Brigadier general | Regular Army | June 3, 1944 |
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Lieutenant general | Army of the United States | April 15, 1945 |
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Major general | Regular Army | July 1, 1947 |
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General | Army of the United States | October 1, 1949 |
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General | Retired List | July 31, 1951 |
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Bibliography
[edit]- Taaffe, Stephen R. (2013). Marshall and His Generals: U.S. Army Commanders in World War II. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1942-9. OCLC 840162019.
References
[edit]- ^ Taaffe 2013, p. 193.
- ^ General Wade Hampton Haislip
- ^ Dwight D. Eisenhower Funeral Services
- ^ Burial Detail: Haislip, Wade H – ANC Explorer
- ^ Official Army and Air Force Register, Volume I. Washington, DC: United States Army. 1948. p. 728. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
External links
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- 1971 deaths
- United States Army personnel of World War I
- United States Army Command and General Staff College faculty
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- Military personnel from Virginia
- People from Staunton, Virginia
- People from Woodstock, Virginia
- Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)
- Recipients of the Legion of Merit
- United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni
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