Remembering Major General John K. Singlaub

Major General John K. Singlaub, U.S.A. (Ret.), who enjoyed an extensive and illustrious military career dating back to World War II, died at the age of 101 on January 29, 2022. Recruited by the Office of Strategic Services, Singlaub parachuted into Nazi-occupied France as a covert operative to train the French Resistance fighters for D-Day. Following the war, he was appointed as head of CIA operations in Manchuria during the Chinese Communist Revolution, served as supreme commander of all U.S. troops in South Korea, and completed intelligence missions in Vietnam. His accolades include, the Distinguished Service medal, the Legions of Merit, the Air Medal, the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and the Oak Leaf Cluster. He was awarded the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom in 2004.

The following is a tribute from Dr. Lee Edwards, Chairman Emeritus of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC), who knew Singlaub.

“Major General Jack Singlaub fought tyrants all his life—the Nazis during World War II, the North Korean communists in the Korean War, the Soviets and their satellites throughout the Cold War, the Nicaraguan Marxists during the Reagan years. He was always there when battle was joined between the forces of good and evil. He was an early member of VOC’s advisory council and especially helpful in our selection of South Koreans for our Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom. He was a military hero, a patriot, an anti-communist’s anti-communist. His like will not be seen again.”