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  • Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
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  • Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter (May 8, 1897 – June 18, 1982), born in St. Louis, Missouri, was the third director of the post-World War II U.S. Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the third Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency created by the National Security Act of 1947. He served as DCI and director of the CIG and the CIA from May 1, 1947 to October 7, 1950 and after his retirement from the United States Navy was a member of the board of governors of National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) from 1957 to 1962.
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Birth Date
  • 1897-05-08
Commands
  • --04-09
  • --05-01
  • --09-26
  • --11-29
  • --12-08
  • --08-01
  • Commanding Officer 1946
  • Third Naval District, New York
  • Assistant Naval Attaché, France: 1933–35, 1938–40, 1940–41 , and 1946–47
  • Commander, Cruiser Division 1, Cruiser-Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet, October 1950 – August 1951
  • Officer in Charge of Intelligence, on the staff of Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area , September 1942 – March 1943
Branch
  • 25
death place
  • New York City
Name
  • Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter
Caption
  • Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, Navy,
Birth Place
  • St. Louis, Missouri
Title
death date
  • 1982-06-18
Rank
  • 30
Allegiance
Battles
Before
  • Captain Stuart S. Murray
  • Lt. Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg
  • RADM Walter S. DeLany
Years
  • --05-01
  • --11-06
  • July 1952 – August 1956
After
  • Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
  • Captain Tom B. Hill
  • RADM Milton E. Miles
Relations
  • Jane C. Hillenkoetter
laterwork
  • Executive
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  • Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter (May 8, 1897 – June 18, 1982), born in St. Louis, Missouri, was the third director of the post-World War II U.S. Central Intelligence Group (CIG), the third Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), and the first director of the Central Intelligence Agency created by the National Security Act of 1947. He served as DCI and director of the CIG and the CIA from May 1, 1947 to October 7, 1950 and after his retirement from the United States Navy was a member of the board of governors of National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) from 1957 to 1962.
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