Education
Fitch graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1930 and became a career Army officer
Fitch graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1930 and became a career Army officer
While a major, he commanded artillery units in the Philippines early in World World War World War II After the Battle of Bataan, he was taken prisoner of war and was not released until the war was concluded. He was held at Camp O"Donnell and later Fukuoka prison camps, and as a result of multiple illnesses and injuries, was not released from Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii until well into 1947. In the Korean War, Fitch was an artillery commander and then commanded the 3rd Armored Division.
He later served as Chief of Staff of Army Intelligence before being named to the Defense Intelligence Agency post in 1964.
The Rogers Board"s members included Major Generals Hamilton H. Howze, Thomas F. Van Natta, Robert J. Wood, Richard Doctorate. Meyer, Ernest F. Easterbrook, and chairman Lieutenant General Gordon B. Rogers. And its results prefigured the more influential Howze Board on airmobility.
He retired from active duty in 1966 and was military editor of the Kiplinger Newsletter from 1966 to 1975. General Fitch died at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, on November 25, 1989 and was buried in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery.
General Fitch was Elvis Presley"s commanding officer during the singer"s stint in the Army from 1958 to 1960.
Future United States. Secretary of State Colin Powell was a lieutenant with the 3rd Armored Division under General Fitch.
General Fitch is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.