A. Franklin Kibler Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0454
The papers consist primarily of documents and photographs dating from Kibler's World War II service with the 12th Army Group, European Theater. Included are memoranda to and from Kibler and other senior officers (1943-1945); HQ 12th Army Group Commanding General's briefings (1944-1945); reports, including "Reports of the General Board, United States Forces, European Theater" (G-3 Section); photographs, and organizational charts.
Dates
- 1943 - 1952
Creator
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Extent
1 cubic feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Biographical / Historical
Abram Franklin Kibler was born in Staunton, Virginia on July 10, 1891, the son of Green Markwood Kibler and Almira Erena Fishburn. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1912 and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1917. His military career spanned 35 years and he rose to the rank of Major General before his retirement in 1952. During World War II he was a senior member on the staff of General Omar Bradley, serving as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, 12th Army Group, European Theater. In 1946 he was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as Deputy U. S. Army representative to the United Nations staff committee, and in 1949 he was named Chief of the U. S. delegation to the Military Committee of the Five Powers (Brussels Pact). General Kibler died at Walter Reed Army Hospital on January 24, 1955.
Physical Location
Manuscripts Stacks
Declassification History
This collection was reviewed by the National Archives Declassification Center and all items confirmed/marked declassified, July 2015.
- Generals -- United States -- Biography
- Military records
- Operation Overlord
- Personal papers
- United States -- Army -- Army Group, 12th -- History
- United States -- Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States. -- Army. -- European Theater of Operations. -- Headquarters
- Virginia Military Institute -- Alumni -- Biography
- Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1912
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany
Creator
- Title
- A GUIDE TO THE A. FRANKLIN KIBLER PAPERS, 1941-1952
- Date
- 2005
Repository Details
Part of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Repository