page_title: Alva R. Fitch
section_title: Post-war
hierarchical_section_title: Alva R. Fitch / Post-war
caption_attribution_description: English: Brigadier General Alva R. Fitch, Division Artillery Commander of the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox.
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: From February to July 1946 he attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and remained as an instructor until August 1947.
  In the Korean War, Fitch was an artillery commander and then commanded the 3rd Armored Division. He later served as Chief of Staff of Army Intelligence before being named to the Defense Intelligence Agency post in 1964.
caption: Brigadier General Alva R. Fitch, Division Artillery Commander of the 3rd Armored Division.
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