page_title: Alva R. Fitch
section_title: Military intelligence
hierarchical_section_title: Alva R. Fitch / Military intelligence
caption_attribution_description: English: Maj. Gen. A. R. Fitch is sworn in as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence by Maj. Gen. J.C. Lambert, the Adjutant General, US Army, in ceremony held at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: Alva Revista Fitch was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and was deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency from 1964 to 1966. He commanded an artillery battalion during the Battle of Bataan and was a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. From October 16, 1961, to January 5, 1964, Fitch served as the assistant chief of staff for intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army.
context_section_description: He served on the Army Aircraft Requirements Review Board, also known as the Rogers Board, which was established on January 15, 1960, by the Army Chief of Staff to review the Army Aircraft Development Plan and the related industry proposals. The Rogers Board's members included Major Generals Hamilton H. Howze, Thomas F. Van Natta, Robert J. Wood, Richard D. Meyer, Ernest F. Easterbrook, and chairman Lieutenant General Gordon B. Rogers; and its results prefigured the more influential Howze Board on airmobility.
caption: Fitch being sworn in as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence by Maj. Gen. Joe C. Lambert at The Pentagon in 1961
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