General Robert Beightler
Details Of The Artifact
Four pockets service coat named to General Beightler dated 1-18-46
A Bit of history about General Beightler
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into the war General Beightler lead the 37th Division throughout the battle in the Pacific theater of operations. The "Buckeye Division” participated in numerous battles, including at New Georgia, Bougainville, and the Battle of Manila. At the end of the war, and to recognize his leadership abilities General Beightler was the only World War II National Guard general to have commanded his division for the length of the war. In 1950, was appointed the Deputy Military Governor of Okinawa, where he oversaw the rebuilding of its infrastructure.