William R. Gruber

Brigadier General
William Rudolph Gruber

Field Artillery branch insignia, featuring two crossed field guns
Nickname(s) "Bill"
Born (1890-12-17)December 17, 1890
Died January 27, 1979(1979-01-27) (aged 88)
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1911-1946
Rank Brigadier general
Battles/wars

World War I:

World War II:

Awards


Silver Star with Third Oak Leaf Cluster

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 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

  1. ↑ http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/profile/20010813094
  2. ↑ http://www.music.army.mil/music/armysong/soldierssong.asp
  3. ↑ "U.S. Army". http://www.army.mil/symbols/soldierssong.html. External link in |website= (help);
  4. ↑ http://www.generals.dk/general/Gruber/William_Rudolph/USA.html
  5. 1 2 http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first-term/documents/1630.cfm, Eisenhower, Dwight D. To William Rudolph Gruber, 16 November 1955.
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