Richard K. Sutherland

Richard K. Sutherland (November 27, 1893 - June 25, 1966) was a Lieutenant General of the US Army and General MacArthur's Chief of Staff during World War II.

He served with the American Expeditionary Force[?] during World War I.

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1 The Japanese Surrender

The Japanese Surrender

At the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay[?] on September 2, 1945, the Canadian Colonel Cosgrave[?] signed the Japanese Peace Document[?] underneath, instead of on, the line for Canada. The Japanese drew attention to the error. General Sutherland leaned over the table and ran two strokes of his pen through the names of the four countries above the misplaced signatures and wrote them in where they belonged. The Japanese then accepted the corrected document.

Early Life

Sutherland was born in Hancock, Maryland and was the son of former US Senator Howard Sutherland[?], of West Virginia, and Etfie Harris Sutherland[?].

In 1962, he married Virginia Shaw Root[?], after the death of his first wife.

Military Career

1916 -- graduates from Yale and enters the Army as a [[private[[
1916 - ? -- serves on the Mexican border with the Connecticut National Guard[?]
1917 -- promoted to Captain
? - ? -- serves in France
1932 - 1933 -- attends the Army War College[?]
? - ? -- serves with the Operations and Training Division[?] of the War Department[?] General Staff[?]
1937 -- Battalion Commander, 15th Infantry Regiment[?], Tientsin, China[?]
March 1938 -- promoted to Major, is assigned to the Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government (Philippines), Manila, under General MacArthur
July 1938 -- promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
August 1941 -- promoted to Brigadier General
1941 -- promoted to Major General
August 1941 -- becomes MacArthur's Chief of Staff of US Army Forces - Far East

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Decorations

Death and Burial

Sutherland died at Walter Reed Medical Center[?] and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. His funeral was held at the Fort Meyer, Virginia[?] chapel on June 29, 1966.