Major General Robert H. "Shorty" Soule (February 10, 1900 – January 26, 1952) was a senior officer in the

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. He commanded the 188th Glider Infantry Regiment of the

11th Airborne Division The 11th Airborne Division ("Arctic Angels") is a United States Army multirole infantry division made up of specialized light infantry and airborne infantry based in Alaska. Currently, this unit specializes in arctic warfare, airborne operat ...

in the Philippines campaign during

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. He later served as military attaché to the

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, and commanded the 3rd Infantry Division during the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

. Soule died of a heart attack in

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He is buried at

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with his wife Genevieve Hoffman Soule (1898–1992).

References

Other sources

* Flanagan, Edward M. (1986) ''The Los Baños Raid: The 11th Airborne Jumps at Dawn'' (Presidio Books) * Flanagan, Edward M (1988) ''The Angels: A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943–1946'' (The Battery Press) * Salecker, Gene Eric (2010) ''Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II'' (Stackpole Books) * Henderson, Bruce (2015) ''Rescue at Los Baños: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II'' (William Morrow)

External links

Entry on American Battle Monuments Commission websiteEntry on MilitaryTimes Hall of Valor website
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Generals of World War II
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