William R. Gruber
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Brigadier General
William Rudolph Gruber
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Field Artillery branch insignia, featuring two crossed field guns
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Nickname(s) | "Bill" |
Born | December 17, 1890 |
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Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ |
United States Army |
Years of service | 1911-1946 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles/wars | World War I: |
Awards | Silver Star French Croix de guerre 1914–1918 |
Relations | Edmund L. Gruber, (1879-1941), Brigadier general who wrote "The Caisson Song",[2][3] |
William Rudolph Gruber, (December 17, 1890 – January 27, 1979) Brigadier general,[4] was an instructor at the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth when Dwight D. Eisenhower was a student there.[5] Following Eisenhower's graduation, Gruber and his wife Helen Drennan Gruber were joined by Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower on a 17-day, 1800 mile motor trip through Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and France in 1929.
They left Paris on August 28, 1929, and drove to Brussels, Belgium. Their route then took them to Bonn, Germany, south along the Rhine River to Coblenz, Heidelberg and through the Black Forest. They then went to Switzerland, spending seven days and visiting Zürich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Montreux, and Geneva, and surviving a harrowing crossing of the Furka Pass high in the Alps. From Switzerland the travelers went to Besançon, then to Romagne[disambiguation needed] in France. While the ladies stayed there to visit with a mutual friend, Gruber and Eisenhower toured the World War I battlefields in the area. Eisenhower was an expert guide having just completed work on a guidebook for the Battle Monuments Commission. The Grubers and Eisenhowers returned to Paris on September 13.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/profile/20010813094
- ↑ http://www.music.army.mil/music/armysong/soldierssong.asp
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- ↑ http://www.generals.dk/general/Gruber/William_Rudolph/USA.html
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1630.cfm, Eisenhower, Dwight D. To William Rudolph Gruber, 16 November 1955.
External links
- [1] Papers of William R. Gruber, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
- William R. Gruber at Find a Grave
- [2] William Rudolph Gruber papers, The Hoover Institution Archives.
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