Charles Willoughby

Charles Andrew Willoughby (March 8, 1892 – October 25, 1972) was a Major General in the U.S. Army, serving as General Douglas MacArthur's Chief of Intelligence during most of World War II and the Korean War. Not to be confused with Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie (1893–1977). Charles Andrew Willoughby is often quoted as being born March 8, 1892 in Heidelberg, Germany as Adolph Karl Weidenbach, the son of Baron T. Scheppe-Weidenbach and wife Emma Willoughby Scheppe-Weidenbach of Baltimore, Maryland. However, this was disputed by Frank Kluckhohn of The Reporter (New York Journal) in 1952 and there remains uncertainty as to both his birth name and lineage. It is certain however that Willoughby immigrated from Germany to the US in 1910,...