A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
During WWII James Curtis worked closely with Brigadier General Edward J. Foord in SHAEF, dealing with some of the most top secret intelligence.
General Foord, known as "Henry," served as head of Operations Intelligence at Norfolk House, where he was a key person responsible for evaluating the thousands of intelligence reports received from top secret sources and compiling them together into daily and weekly reports for Winston Churchill and Generals Montgomery and Eisenhower. He died many years ago without formal recognition for what he did during the war. He was supposedly the first British Officer to arrive at the Eagle's Nest and his descendants still conserve a piece of marble from Hitler's bathroom.
A photo exists showing James Curtis, in the uniform of a Lieutenant Colonel, being presented with a medal by General Dwight D. Eisenhower in Frankfurt in July 1945. General Foord appears in the background.
Born in New Mexico:Army-Texas:Cavalry:Intelligence (G2) Section, Allied Forces Headquarters 1942-1943 (SS):Headquarters, 1st Division MTO, 1943(SS): Intelligence Division Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command, 1944 (LM):Intelligence XX Corps T-E, 1945 (LM-BSM): Military Aide to the Secretary of the Army, 1949-51:Commanding Officer 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1951-52:Naval War College, 1953:Chief of Staff, 40th Division Korea, 1953-54 (LM): Secretary of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), 1957-60 (LM):Retired on disability, 1960 BG:Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, 1972: Died in Blacksburg, Virginia, 2 December 1978:Obituary received September 1979.
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