US Army Brigadier General. Waite graduated from the University of Maine in 1911 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army. He served in the first World War as assistant chief of staff of the Thirty-seventh Division and as chief of staff of the Third Division. In the Second World War, he commanded the Thirteenth Infantry Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and later became assistant chief of staff of the European Theatre of Operations. While in that post, he served in France as the United States Army representative with General Charles de Gaulle. From December 1945 to April of 1946 he was assistant chief of staff of the China-Burma-India Theatre. In 1948 he returned to the United States and in September of that year retired from the Army. He retired to Camden, South Carolina until he became ill and died in Washington DC while at Walter Reed Hospital. He was the holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre with palm, Belgium Croix de Guerre, and the Belgium Military Cross.
US Army Brigadier General. Waite graduated from the University of Maine in 1911 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army. He served in the first World War as assistant chief of staff of the Thirty-seventh Division and as chief of staff of the Third Division. In the Second World War, he commanded the Thirteenth Infantry Division at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and later became assistant chief of staff of the European Theatre of Operations. While in that post, he served in France as the United States Army representative with General Charles de Gaulle. From December 1945 to April of 1946 he was assistant chief of staff of the China-Burma-India Theatre. In 1948 he returned to the United States and in September of that year retired from the Army. He retired to Camden, South Carolina until he became ill and died in Washington DC while at Walter Reed Hospital. He was the holder of the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre with palm, Belgium Croix de Guerre, and the Belgium Military Cross.
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