Per WPAOG: Interred in Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerritto, Berkeley, CA.
USMA Class of 1912. Cullum No. 5022.
He was the son of Edward Chynoweth, USMA Class of 1877 and Emilie Grethen Chynoweth.
On December 31, 1920 as Bradford G. Chynoweth, he married Grace Woodruff (died 1973), the daughter Colonel Ezra Woodruff at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of three children.
Bradford Chynoweth graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1912 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He served through World War I, rising to the rank of temporary lieutenant colonel. He reverted to his permanent rank of captain after the war and despairing of his chances at promotion in the postwar military, he left the army in 1919. Bored by civilian life, Chynoweth rejoined the Army in November 1920 as a Major of Infantry. He was a close friend of Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower and Major George S. Patton Jr. Chynoweth wrote articles for a number of professional journals. In the Cavalry Journal, he argued strongly for tanks as a new combat arm.
Chynoweth served on the Infantry Board at Fort Benning, Georgia, when Colonel George C. Marshall was director of the Infantry School there. His strongest supporter was his brother-in-law Major George A. Lynch. Chynoweth attended both the Command and General Staff School (1927–1928) and the Army War College (1931–1932). He served three years as a senior instructor with the 44th Division of the New Jersey National Guard.
Appointed military attaché in London in the spring of 1939, he soon fell out with United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy Sr. over his own prediction that Germany would attack France and that, subsequently, the Germans would bomb London from the air. Kennedy did not trust Chynoweth and demanded and secured his recall. Given his choice of postings by his brother-in-law (now a major general and chief of infantry), Chynoweth took command of a tank battalion with the 66th Infantry Regiment. He served with the 66th between October 1939 and July 1940 and with the 53rd Infantry Regiment between July 1940 and November 1941.
During the 1941 maneuvers, Chynoweth finally had the chance to demonstrate his theories about mobile warfare, which he did with considerable success. However, he also ran afoul of a commander, who recommended that he be removed from the Army, but Chynoweth was subsequently exonerated. Colonel Chynoweth continued to argue for the independent employment of tanks. Assigned to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, he took command of the defenses on Cebu and the Visayan Islands. Chynoweth was commander of the 61st Philippine Division. He was serving in the Philippines when Imperial Japanese began their invasion on December 8, 1941. Under orders from General Wainwright, Chynoweth surrendered his soldiers to the Japanese. He nearly disregarded the order to surrender as he had already made extensive preparations for a guerrilla campaign in the Visayas. He reluctantly obeyed the order under the impression the order was approved by General MacArthur.
Chynoweth spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese. Only on his repatriation in 1945 did he learn that just prior to his capture, he had been promoted to Brigadier General. He retired in October 1947, pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and wrote his memoirs "Bellamy Park". Chynoweth passed away at the Presidio in San Francisco.
USMA Class of 1912. Cullum No. 5022.
He was the son of Edward Chynoweth, USMA Class of 1877 and Emilie Grethen Chynoweth.
On December 31, 1920 as Bradford G. Chynoweth, he married Grace Woodruff (died 1973), the daughter Colonel Ezra Woodruff at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of three children.
Bradford Chynoweth graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1912 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He served through World War I, rising to the rank of temporary lieutenant colonel. He reverted to his permanent rank of captain after the war and despairing of his chances at promotion in the postwar military, he left the army in 1919. Bored by civilian life, Chynoweth rejoined the Army in November 1920 as a Major of Infantry. He was a close friend of Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower and Major George S. Patton Jr. Chynoweth wrote articles for a number of professional journals. In the Cavalry Journal, he argued strongly for tanks as a new combat arm.
Chynoweth served on the Infantry Board at Fort Benning, Georgia, when Colonel George C. Marshall was director of the Infantry School there. His strongest supporter was his brother-in-law Major George A. Lynch. Chynoweth attended both the Command and General Staff School (1927–1928) and the Army War College (1931–1932). He served three years as a senior instructor with the 44th Division of the New Jersey National Guard.
Appointed military attaché in London in the spring of 1939, he soon fell out with United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy Sr. over his own prediction that Germany would attack France and that, subsequently, the Germans would bomb London from the air. Kennedy did not trust Chynoweth and demanded and secured his recall. Given his choice of postings by his brother-in-law (now a major general and chief of infantry), Chynoweth took command of a tank battalion with the 66th Infantry Regiment. He served with the 66th between October 1939 and July 1940 and with the 53rd Infantry Regiment between July 1940 and November 1941.
During the 1941 maneuvers, Chynoweth finally had the chance to demonstrate his theories about mobile warfare, which he did with considerable success. However, he also ran afoul of a commander, who recommended that he be removed from the Army, but Chynoweth was subsequently exonerated. Colonel Chynoweth continued to argue for the independent employment of tanks. Assigned to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, he took command of the defenses on Cebu and the Visayan Islands. Chynoweth was commander of the 61st Philippine Division. He was serving in the Philippines when Imperial Japanese began their invasion on December 8, 1941. Under orders from General Wainwright, Chynoweth surrendered his soldiers to the Japanese. He nearly disregarded the order to surrender as he had already made extensive preparations for a guerrilla campaign in the Visayas. He reluctantly obeyed the order under the impression the order was approved by General MacArthur.
Chynoweth spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese. Only on his repatriation in 1945 did he learn that just prior to his capture, he had been promoted to Brigadier General. He retired in October 1947, pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and wrote his memoirs "Bellamy Park". Chynoweth passed away at the Presidio in San Francisco.
Per WPAOG: Interred in Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerritto, Berkeley, CA.
USMA Class of 1912. Cullum No. 5022.
He was the son of Edward Chynoweth, USMA Class of 1877 and Emilie Grethen Chynoweth.
On December 31, 1920 as Bradford G. Chynoweth, he married Grace Woodruff (died 1973), the daughter Colonel Ezra Woodruff at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of three children.
Bradford Chynoweth graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1912 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He served through World War I, rising to the rank of temporary lieutenant colonel. He reverted to his permanent rank of captain after the war and despairing of his chances at promotion in the postwar military, he left the army in 1919. Bored by civilian life, Chynoweth rejoined the Army in November 1920 as a Major of Infantry. He was a close friend of Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower and Major George S. Patton Jr. Chynoweth wrote articles for a number of professional journals. In the Cavalry Journal, he argued strongly for tanks as a new combat arm.
Chynoweth served on the Infantry Board at Fort Benning, Georgia, when Colonel George C. Marshall was director of the Infantry School there. His strongest supporter was his brother-in-law Major George A. Lynch. Chynoweth attended both the Command and General Staff School (1927–1928) and the Army War College (1931–1932). He served three years as a senior instructor with the 44th Division of the New Jersey National Guard.
Appointed military attaché in London in the spring of 1939, he soon fell out with United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy Sr. over his own prediction that Germany would attack France and that, subsequently, the Germans would bomb London from the air. Kennedy did not trust Chynoweth and demanded and secured his recall. Given his choice of postings by his brother-in-law (now a major general and chief of infantry), Chynoweth took command of a tank battalion with the 66th Infantry Regiment. He served with the 66th between October 1939 and July 1940 and with the 53rd Infantry Regiment between July 1940 and November 1941.
During the 1941 maneuvers, Chynoweth finally had the chance to demonstrate his theories about mobile warfare, which he did with considerable success. However, he also ran afoul of a commander, who recommended that he be removed from the Army, but Chynoweth was subsequently exonerated. Colonel Chynoweth continued to argue for the independent employment of tanks. Assigned to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, he took command of the defenses on Cebu and the Visayan Islands. Chynoweth was commander of the 61st Philippine Division. He was serving in the Philippines when Imperial Japanese began their invasion on December 8, 1941. Under orders from General Wainwright, Chynoweth surrendered his soldiers to the Japanese. He nearly disregarded the order to surrender as he had already made extensive preparations for a guerrilla campaign in the Visayas. He reluctantly obeyed the order under the impression the order was approved by General MacArthur.
Chynoweth spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese. Only on his repatriation in 1945 did he learn that just prior to his capture, he had been promoted to Brigadier General. He retired in October 1947, pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and wrote his memoirs "Bellamy Park". Chynoweth passed away at the Presidio in San Francisco.
USMA Class of 1912. Cullum No. 5022.
He was the son of Edward Chynoweth, USMA Class of 1877 and Emilie Grethen Chynoweth.
On December 31, 1920 as Bradford G. Chynoweth, he married Grace Woodruff (died 1973), the daughter Colonel Ezra Woodruff at the District of Columbia.
They were the parents of three children.
Bradford Chynoweth graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1912 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He served through World War I, rising to the rank of temporary lieutenant colonel. He reverted to his permanent rank of captain after the war and despairing of his chances at promotion in the postwar military, he left the army in 1919. Bored by civilian life, Chynoweth rejoined the Army in November 1920 as a Major of Infantry. He was a close friend of Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower and Major George S. Patton Jr. Chynoweth wrote articles for a number of professional journals. In the Cavalry Journal, he argued strongly for tanks as a new combat arm.
Chynoweth served on the Infantry Board at Fort Benning, Georgia, when Colonel George C. Marshall was director of the Infantry School there. His strongest supporter was his brother-in-law Major George A. Lynch. Chynoweth attended both the Command and General Staff School (1927–1928) and the Army War College (1931–1932). He served three years as a senior instructor with the 44th Division of the New Jersey National Guard.
Appointed military attaché in London in the spring of 1939, he soon fell out with United States Ambassador Joseph Kennedy Sr. over his own prediction that Germany would attack France and that, subsequently, the Germans would bomb London from the air. Kennedy did not trust Chynoweth and demanded and secured his recall. Given his choice of postings by his brother-in-law (now a major general and chief of infantry), Chynoweth took command of a tank battalion with the 66th Infantry Regiment. He served with the 66th between October 1939 and July 1940 and with the 53rd Infantry Regiment between July 1940 and November 1941.
During the 1941 maneuvers, Chynoweth finally had the chance to demonstrate his theories about mobile warfare, which he did with considerable success. However, he also ran afoul of a commander, who recommended that he be removed from the Army, but Chynoweth was subsequently exonerated. Colonel Chynoweth continued to argue for the independent employment of tanks. Assigned to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, he took command of the defenses on Cebu and the Visayan Islands. Chynoweth was commander of the 61st Philippine Division. He was serving in the Philippines when Imperial Japanese began their invasion on December 8, 1941. Under orders from General Wainwright, Chynoweth surrendered his soldiers to the Japanese. He nearly disregarded the order to surrender as he had already made extensive preparations for a guerrilla campaign in the Visayas. He reluctantly obeyed the order under the impression the order was approved by General MacArthur.
Chynoweth spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese. Only on his repatriation in 1945 did he learn that just prior to his capture, he had been promoted to Brigadier General. He retired in October 1947, pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and wrote his memoirs "Bellamy Park". Chynoweth passed away at the Presidio in San Francisco.
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