Walter Krueger
ABOUT WALTER KRUEGER
U.S. Army general who commanded the Sixth U.S. Army in the Pacific theater of World War II.
He moved from Prussia to the United States as a young boy and subsequently served in the Spanish-American War.
He led the Sixth Army in the invasion of Luzon, in the Philippines, in 1945.
His father was a Prussian military officer who fought in an armed conflict with France.
He served under the World War II command of General Douglas MacArthur .
