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{{Short description|United States Army general (1893β1966)}} {{redirect|Richard Sutherland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name=Richard K. Sutherland |birth_date={{birth date|1893|11|27|df=y}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1966|6|25|1893|11|27|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Hancock, Maryland]], U.S. |death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |placeofburial= [[Arlington National Cemetery]], [[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S. |image=Richard K. Sutherland.jpg |image_size= |caption= |birth_name=Richard Kerens Sutherland |allegiance={{flag|United States|name=United States of America|1912}} |branch= [[File:Seal of the United States Department of War.png|25px]] [[United States Army]] |serviceyears=1916β1946 |unit=[[Field Artillery Branch (United States)|Field Artillery Branch]]<br>[[Infantry Branch (United States)|Infantry Branch]] |servicenumber=0-4623) |rank= [[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|25px]] [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant general]] |battles=[[Pancho Villa Expedition]]<br />[[World War I]]<br />[[World War II]] |awards=[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] (2)<br />[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)<br />[[Silver Star]] (2) |relations=[[Howard Sutherland]] (father) |laterwork= }} [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] '''Richard Kerens Sutherland''' (27 November 1893 β 25 June 1966) was a [[United States Army]] officer during [[World War II]]. He served as [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] [[Douglas MacArthur]]'s [[Chief of staff#military|Chief of Staff]] in the [[South West Pacific Area]] during the war. ==Early life and education== Sutherland was born in [[Hancock, Maryland]], on 27 November 1893, the only son among the six children of [[Howard Sutherland]], who later became a [[United States Senate|US Senator]] from [[West Virginia]], and Effie Harris Sutherland. Sutherland was raised and spent his adolescence and early adulthood in [[Elkins, West Virginia]].<ref name="Charleston Gazette 1">{{cite news | title = Gen. Dick Sutherland of W. Va. Wins Highest Philippine Honor | newspaper = [[Charleston Gazette-Mail|Charleston Gazette]] | location = [[Charleston, West Virginia]] | date = 24 February 1942 | page = 9 | url = https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-feb-24-1942-3008055/ | access-date = 5 February 2022 | via = [[NewspaperArchive.com]] }}</ref> Sutherland was educated at [[Davis and Elkins College]], [[Phillips Academy]], from which he graduated in 1911, and [[Yale University]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1916.<ref name="good years">{{cite book |last = Rogers |first = Paul P. |title = MacArthur and Sutherland: The Good Years |publisher = Praeger |year = 1990 |location = [[New York City]] |pages = 36β39 |isbn = 0-275-92918-3}}</ref> While at Yale, Sutherland joined [[Reserve Officer Training Corps|ROTC]]. In July 1916, he enlisted as a private in the [[Connecticut National Guard]].<ref name="good years"/> ==Career== ===First World War=== Later that year, the National Guard was federalized and Sutherland served on the Mexican border during the [[Pancho Villa Expedition]]. The future general soon accepted a National Guard commission as a [[second lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in the [[field artillery]] in August 1916. In December 1916, he transferred to the [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] with a commission as a [[first lieutenant]] in the [[Infantry]] branch. Sutherland was promoted to [[Captain (U.S. Army)|captain]] in 1917.<ref name="good years"/> He served with the [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Division]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] during [[World War I]]. Sutherland was a student at a tank school in England.<ref>{{Cite news |title = Man Behind MacArthur |date = 7 December 1942 |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774017,00.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101014163546/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774017,00.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 14 October 2010 |newspaper = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}</ref> ===Between the wars=== [[File:CampMurphy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ceremony at Camp Murphy, Rizal, 15 August 1941, marking the induction of the Philippine Army Air Corps. Lieutenant Colonel Richard K. Sutherland is on the left, behind Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur]] Returning to the United States, Sutherland married Josephine Whiteside in 1920. They had one child, a daughter named Natalie.<ref name="good years"/> Sutherland was an instructor at the [[United States Army Infantry School]] from 1920 to 1923 and professor of military science and tactics at the [[Shattuck-Saint Mary's|Shattuck School]] from 1923 to 1928. He graduated from the [[Command and General Staff College]] in 1928. Fluent in French, Sutherland attended the ''Γcole supΓ©rieure de guerre'' in 1930. During 1932 and 1933, he attended the [[U.S. Army War College]]. He then served with the Operations and Training Division of the War Department General Staff.<ref name="dictionary">{{Cite book |last1 = Ancell |first1 = R. Manning |last2 = Miller |first2 = Christine |title = The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers: The US Armed Forces |place= Westport, Connecticut |publisher = Greenwood Press |year = 1996 |pages = 313 |isbn = 0-313-29546-8 }}</ref> In 1937, Sutherland went to [[Tianjin|Tientsin, China]], in command of a [[battalion]] of the [[15th Infantry Regiment (United States)|15th Infantry]]; however, he was not promoted to [[Major (United States)|major]] until March 1938, when he was assigned to the [[Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government (Philippines)|Office of the Military Advisor]] to the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Commonwealth Government (Philippines)]], [[Manila]], under [[General officer|General]] [[Douglas MacArthur]] with the "local rank" of [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]]. Sutherland was promoted to the rank in July of that year. Sutherland soon eased his superior, [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] out of his position and became MacArthur's chief of staff.<ref name="good years"/> ===World War II=== [[File:MacArthur, Kenney and Sutherland.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Left to right: Lieutenant General [[George Kenney]], Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, President [[Sergio OsmeΓ±a]], General [[Douglas MacArthur]], pictured here off Leyte, October 1944.]] As tensions with [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] rose, Sutherland rose rapidly in rank, receiving a promotion to full [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]], then to [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]] in July 1941 and to [[Major general (United States)|major general]], just a few months later, in December 1941, the same month of America's entry into World War II.<ref name="dictionary"/> Following the fall of Manila, MacArthur's headquarters moved to the island fortress of [[Corregidor]], where it was the target of numerous Japanese air raids, forcing the headquarters to move into the [[Malinta Tunnel]]. Sutherland was a frequent visitor to the front on [[Bataan]]. He was given a cash payment of $75,000 by [[Manuel L. Quezon|President Quezon]]. In March 1942, MacArthur was ordered by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to relocate to [[Australia]]. Sutherland selected the group of advisers and subordinate military commanders that would accompany MacArthur and [[Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines|escape from the Philippines]] in four PT boats. Sutherland would remain MacArthur's chief of staff for the entire war.<ref>Rogers, ''The Good Years'', pp. 120β21, 128β30, 165, 189</ref> Sutherland attracted antagonism from subordinate American and [[Australia]]n officers because of perceptions that he was high-handed and overprotective of MacArthur. Sutherland was often given the role of "hatchet man". Bad news invariably came through Sutherland rather than from MacArthur himself. According to some sources he contributed to a rift between MacArthur and the first SWPA air forces commander, [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[George Brett (military)|George Brett]]. [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[George Kenney]], Brett's successor, became so frustrated with Sutherland in one meeting, that Kenney drew a dot on a plain page of paper and said: "the dot represents what you know about air operations, the entire rest of the paper what I know."<ref>{{Cite journal |last = Wolk |first = Herman S. |title = The Genius of George Kenney |journal = Air Force Magazine Online |volume = 85 |issue = 4 |date = April 2002 |url = http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2002/April%202002/0402kenney.aspx |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100713050632/http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2002/April%202002/0402kenney.aspx |url-status = usurped |archive-date = 13 July 2010 }}</ref> Sutherland had been taught to fly in 1940 by [[US Army Air Corps]] instructors at the Philippine Army Training Center and had been awarded a civil pilot's license by the Civil Aeronautics Association. Flying then became one of his favourite recreational activities. Throughout the war, he flew often as a co-pilot with General MacArthur's personal pilot, Weldon "Dusty" Rhoades. In March 1943 he asked to be formally recognised as a "service pilot", a form of pilot restricted to non-combat duties. His request was turned down by the Commanding General of the [[U.S. Army Air Forces]], [[General officer|General]] [[Henry H. Arnold]] on the grounds that he was over the age limit and not performing flying duties. However, Sutherland secured an official pilot's rating under Philippine Army regulations in 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last = Griffith |first = Thomas E. Jr |title = MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the war in the Southwest Pacific |publisher = [[University Press of Kansas]] |year = 1998 |location = [[Lawrence, Kansas]] |pages = [https://archive.org/details/macarthursairman00grif/page/67 67β68, 272β73] |isbn = 0-7006-0909-1 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/macarthursairman00grif/page/67 }}</ref> In 1943 Sutherland and Kenney took part in an effort to promote General MacArthur's candidacy for the Presidency, working with Senator [[Arthur H. Vandenberg]] of [[Michigan]] to get the War Department to rescind the order that prevented MacArthur from seeking or accepting political office. [[File:MacArthur and Sutherland.jpg|thumb|right|Japan, 30 August 1945 Among those present are: Major General [[Joseph M. Swing]], Commanding General, 11th Airborne Division, (left); Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland (3rd from right); Douglas MacArthur (2nd From right); General [[Robert L. Eichelberger]] (right). Aircraft in the background is a Douglas C-54.]] It was Sutherland who represented MacArthur before the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] on this and other occasions. Sutherland opened, read, and frequently answered all communications with MacArthur, including those addressed to him personally or "eyes only". Some decisions often attributed to MacArthur were actually taken by Sutherland. For example, the decision to bypass Mindanao and move on directly to Leyte was taken by Sutherland on MacArthur's behalf, while MacArthur was traveling under radio silence.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} Sutherland's conduct in Washington enraged [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Army Chief of Staff]] [[General]] [[George C. Marshall|Marshall]]. He prepared a letter that he never sent to MacArthur saying Sutherland was ''"totally lacking in the facility of dealing with others.... He antagonized almost every official in the War Department with whom he came in contact and made our dealings with the Navy exceptionally difficult. Unfortunately he appears utterly unaware of the effects of his methods, but to put it bluntly, his attitude in almost every case seems to have been that he knew it all and nobody else knew much of anything."''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heinrichs|first1=Waldo|last2=Gallicchio|first2=Marc |title=Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944β1945 |url=https://archive.org/details/implacablefoeswa0000hein_u8l8/page/46/mode/1up |date=1 May 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=46β47,601}}</ref> When MacArthur discovered that Eisenhower had promoted his chief of staff, [[Walter Bedell Smith]], to the rank of [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] in January 1944, he immediately arranged for Sutherland to be promoted to the same rank. ====Affair with Elaine Clark==== During the time while MacArthur's GHQ SWPA was located in [[Melbourne]], Sutherland met Elaine Bessemer Clark, the socialite daughter of [[Normsan Brooks|Norman Brookes.]] Her husband, a [[British Army]] officer, was serving overseas. When GHQ moved to [[Brisbane]] in July 1942, Clark moved with it, as did two other civilian women, Beryl Stevenson and Louise Mowat, who worked as secretaries for Generals Kenney and [[Richard Marshall (American general)|Richard Marshall]] respectively. Sutherland installed Clark as the receptionist at the AMP Building, where MacArthur had his headquarters.<ref name="bitter years">{{cite book |last = Rogers |first = Paul P. |title = MacArthur and Sutherland: The Bitter Years |publisher = Praeger |year = 1991 |location = [[New York City]] |pages = 65β66, 68β69, 236β37, 306|isbn = 0-275-92919-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11812587 |title=Mrs Bessemer Clarke Captain in American WAC [Women's Army Corps]|newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=30,446 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=27 March 1944 |access-date=17 June 2016 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=The General's Journal |date=June 2014 |issue=3 |title=Three generals, two secretaries in World War II |last=Martin |first=David |pages=4β5 |url=https://issuu.com/macarthurmuseumbrisbane/docs/gj_-_issue_3 |access-date=17 June 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal=The General's Journal |date=June 2014 |issue=4 |title=Three generals, two secretaries in World War II |last=Martin |first=David |pages=7β8 |url=https://issuu.com/thegeneralsjournal/docs/issue_03_march_2015 |access-date=17 June 2016 }}</ref> When GHQ began planning to move forward to New Guinea, Sutherland requested personnel from the [[Women's Army Corps]] to replace civilian employees of GHQ who, by agreement between MacArthur and the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], [[John Curtin]], could not be sent outside Australia. Sutherland further asked for direct commissions for Clark, Mowat and Stevenson. This exploited a loophole whereby enlistments in the Women's Army Corps were restricted to American citizens, but officer commissions were not. Major General Miller G. White, the U. S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, and Colonel [[Oveta Culp Hobby]], the commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, were strongly opposed; but they were overruled by Deputy Chief of Staff [[Joseph T. McNarney]], on his being informed that the commissions were personally desired by MacArthur as essential to the operation of his headquarters and the prosecution of the war. Clark was commissioned as a captain, while the other two women, as well as General Eisenhower's driver, [[Kay Summersby]], were commissioned as [[first lieutenant#United States|first lieutenant]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last = Treadwell |first = Mattie E. |title = United States Army in World War II: Special Studies: The Women's Army Corps |publisher = [[United States Army Center of Military History]] |year = 1991 |orig-year = 1954 |id = CMH Pub 11-8 |location = [[Washington, D.C.]] |pages = 393, 413β14 |url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Wac/index.htm |access-date = 8 July 2010 |archive-date = 2 March 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210302231229/https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Wac/index.htm |url-status = dead }}</ref> Although her rank was more a reflection of Sutherland's status rather than her own, Clark became an assistant to the headquarters commandant, with duties commensurate with her rank, and moved with Advance GHQ to [[Jayapura|Hollandia]]. However, her presence there, in contravention of MacArthur's agreement with Curtin, brought down the displeasure of MacArthur, who ordered her to be returned to Australia, first from Hollandia, and later from the Philippines. That Sutherland defied MacArthur on this matter caused a rift between the two.<ref name="bitter years" /> ===Japanese surrender=== [[File:Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender, officially ending the Second World War.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Richard K. Sutherland watches as [[Japan]]ese [[Foreign Minister]] [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]] signs the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender]] on behalf of the Japanese Government, on board {{USS|Missouri|BB-63}}, 2 September 1945 ]] At the Japanese surrender in [[Tokyo Bay]] on 2 September 1945, the [[Canadians|Canadian]] representative, Colonel [[L. Moore Cosgrave]], signed the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender]] underneath, instead of on, the line for Canada. The Japanese drew attention to the error. Sutherland 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.<ref>{{Cite news |title = ... Peace Be Now Restored |date = 10 September 1945 |url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776064,00.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060209141917/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776064,00.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 9 February 2006 |newspaper = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] }}</ref> ==Later life and death== Sutherland retired from the U.S. Army on 30 November 1946. Returning home, he confessed his affair to Josephine and was ultimately reconciled with her. Letters from Clark were intercepted and destroyed by Natalie.<ref name="bitter years" /> After the death of Josephine on 30 December 1957, he married Virginia Shaw Root in 1962. Sutherland died at [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] on 25 June 1966. His funeral was held at the [[Fort Myer]], [[Virginia]] chapel on 29 June 1966 and he is buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] along with other family members.<ref>[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgpzdXRoZXJsYW5kEgdyaWNoYXJkGgFr/ Burial Detail: Sutherland, Richard K. (Section 30, Grave 694-1-2)] β ANC Explorer</ref> ==Decorations and medals== {| |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=US-DSC-RIBBON.png|width=60}} |[[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]] with [[oak leaf cluster]] |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Distinguished Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Army Distinguished Service Medal]] with oak leaf cluster |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=oak|ribbon=Silver Star ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[Silver Star]] with oak leaf cluster |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Mexican Border Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[Mexican Border Service Medal]] |- |{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=World War I Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[World War I Victory Medal (United States)|World War I Victory Medal]] with two campaign clasps |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=American Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[American Defense Service Medal]] with "Foreign Service" clasp |- |{{Ribbon devices|number=4|type=service-star|ribbon=Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal]] with four campaign stars |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[World War II Victory Medal]] |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Army of Occupation ribbon.svg|width=60}} |[[Army of Occupation Medal]] with "Japan" clasp |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Order of the Bath (ribbon).svg|width=60}} |[[Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of the Bath]] ([[United Kingdom]]) |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=PHL Distinguished Service Star BAR.svg|width=60}} |[[Distinguished Service Star]] ([[Philippines]]) |- |{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=Philippine Defense ribbon.png|width=60}} |[[Philippine Defense Medal]] with star |- |{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=service-star|ribbon=Phliber rib.svg|width=60}} |[[Philippine Liberation Medal]] with two stars |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=PHL Independence Medal ribbon.png|width=60}} |[[Philippine Independence Medal]] |- |{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png|width=60}} |[[Army General Staff Identification Badge]] |} ==Dates of rank== {| class="wikitable" ! Insignia !! Rank !! Component !! Date |- |<!--No pin insignia in 1909--> No insignia in 1916 |Private || [[Connecticut National Guard]] || 10 July 1916 |- |<!--No pin insignia in 1909--> No pin insignia in 1916 |[[US Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] || Connecticut National Guard || 30 August 1916 |- |<!--No pin insignia in 1909--> No pin insignia in 1916 |[[US Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]] || [[Regular Army (United States)|Regular Army]] || 28 November 1916 |- |[[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|13px|center]] | [[US First Lieutenant|First Lieutenant]] || Regular Army || 5 December 1916 (Date of rank 28 November 1916) |- |[[File:US-O3 insignia.svg|33px|center]] | [[Captain (U.S. Army)|Captain]] || Regular Army || 21 July 1917 |- |[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|40px|center]] | [[Major (United States)|Major]] || Regular Army || 24 March 1928 |- |[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|40px|center]] | [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] || Regular Army || 1 July 1938 |- |[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]] | [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || [[Army of the United States]] || 19 August 1941 |- |[[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|66px|center]] | [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] || Army of the United States || 24 December 1941 |- |[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]] | [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] || Army of the United States || 20 February 1944 |- |[[File:US-O6 insignia.svg|60px|center]] | [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] || Regular Army || 1 October 1945 |- |[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]] | [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] || Regular Army || 18 August 1944 (Retroactive promotion in 1946.) |- |[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]] | [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] || Regular Army, Retired || 30 November 1946 |} ==References== {{Portal|Biography|West Virginia}} {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== *[https://www.generals.dk/general/Sutherland/Richard_Kerens/USA.html Generals of World War II] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Richard K.}} [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:1966 deaths]] [[Category:United States Army Field Artillery Branch personnel]] [[Category:United States Army Infantry Branch personnel]] [[Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery]] [[Category:Davis & Elkins College alumni]] [[Category:Military personnel from Maryland]] [[Category:Military personnel from West Virginia]] [[Category:People from Elkins, West Virginia]] [[Category:People from Hancock, Maryland]] [[Category:Phillips Academy alumni]] [[Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)]] [[Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army)]] [[Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Star]] [[Category:Recipients of the Silver Star]] [[Category:United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni]] [[Category:United States Army generals of World War II]] [[Category:United States Army generals]] [[Category:United States Army personnel of World War I]] [[Category:Yale University alumni]]
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