Walter Bedell Smith(1895-1961)
- Actor
As a brigadier general, Walter Bedell Smith was chief of staff in
Europe to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of Allied forces in Europe during
World War II, and he was the man who negotiated first the surrender of
Italy and then of Germany. He was U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union
from 1946 to 1949 and Director of Central Intelligence from 1951 to
1953. He retired from the army in 1953, and was appointed
Undersecretary of State.
