Sherman Miles
| Sherman Miles | |
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| Born |
December 5, 1882 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | October 7, 1966 (aged 83) Beverly, Massachusetts |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1905–1946 |
| Rank | Major General |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Medal |
| Relations | Nelson A. Miles, father |
| Other work | Member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 1947–1952 |
Sherman Miles (December 5, 1882 – October 7, 1966) was a General of the U.S. Army. He was Chief of the Military Intelligence Division in 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened.
Miles' parents were General Nelson A. Miles and Mary Hoyt Sherman Miles (niece to Civil War General William T. Sherman). In 1901, he enrolled at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was graduated in 1905. In 1909, he married Yulee Noble; they had two children. He was a hereditary companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
During his military career, he held various posts as military attaché in Europe. In 1940, he became the head of the Military Intelligence Division of the U.S. Army in George C. Marshall's General Staff. Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, he was reassigned from that position to that of Commanding General of the First Service Command in Boston.
Miles entered West Point on June 11, 1901, from where he was graduated on June 13, 1905 and was commissioned as second lieutenant, 11th Cavalry. With the 11th Cavalry, he was sent in 1906 to Cuba by then Secretary of War William Howard Taft. Upon his return, he was transferred to the 3rd Field Artillery and promoted to first lieutenant in 1907.
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