沃爾特・比德爾・「金龜」・史密斯（Walter Bedell "Beetle" Smith，1895 年 10 月 5 日－1961 年 8 月 9 日）是美國陸軍退役四星上將、政治家、外交官、中情局局長。他曾在突尼西亞戰役和入侵義大利期間擔任盟軍司令部艾森豪將軍的參謀長。後在 1944 年到 1945 年，為歐洲盟軍遠征軍最高司令部艾森豪總帥的參謀長。1946 年任駐蘇聯大使，1949 年任第 1 集團軍司令；1950 年任美國中央情報局局長，1954 年退休。



生平

1911 年，史密斯以二等兵軍階在印第安納州國民警衛隊入伍。 在第一次世界大戰期間，他於 1917 年任官為少尉並於 1918 年在第二次馬恩河戰役中受傷。戰爭結束後，他成為美國陸軍步兵學校（也稱本寧堡步兵學校）的參謀及講師。1941 年，他成為陸軍總參謀秘書，第二年他成為「聯合參謀長團」（Combined Chiefs of Staff）的秘書。他的職責包括參與最高級別的討論，史密斯還常向羅斯福總統匯報戰略部署。



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