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| relations = | laterwork = | signature = | website = }} Brigadier Pieter de Waal (31 December 1899, ZeerustJune 1977, Wynberg) was a South African military commander. He joined the Union Defence Forces as a coast gunner in 1922. ==Military career== From 1934 to 1940, he was Director of Operations and Training (under various titles) at Defence Headquarters. He served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 1940 until 1944, when he was seconded to the staff of General Dwight Eisenhower as South African Liaison Officer〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of Brigadier Pieter J. De Waal (1899-1977), South Africa )〕 to Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in England for the rest of World War II. After the war, Brig de Waal served as Quartermaster-General from 1945 to 1951, and as Naval and Marine Chief of Staff from 1951 to 1952. As NMCS he was in command of both the South African Navy and the short-lived South Africa Marine Corps. He served as Military & Naval Attaché to the USA from 1953 to 1954〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pieter de Waal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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