Bradford G. Chynoweth

Bradford Grethen Chynoweth (July 20, 1890 – February 8, 1985) was a United States Army brigadier general. During World War II, he commanded the 61st Division and Visayan Force during the Philippines campaign and then spent more than three years as a prisoner of war after being ordered to surrender in May 1942.

Early life and education Chynoweth was born at Fort Russell in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the son of Army officer and 1877 United States Military Academy graduate Edward Chynoweth. After studying at the Georgia Military Academy, he was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point from Wisconsin. Chynoweth graduated 5th in the Class of June 1912 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He subsequently graduated from the Army Engineer School in April 1915. Chynoweth later graduated from the Infantry Tank School in June 1921, the Command and General Staff School in July 1928 and the Army War College in July 1932. From March to September 1929, Chynoweth served as captain of the Infantry Rifle Team.

Personal Chynoweth's father Edward married Emilie Grethen on November 25, 1882, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They had two daughters and a single son, Bradford. His sisters married Army officers Maj. Gen. George A. Lynch and Col. Horace P. Hobbs.

Promoted to major in December 1902, his father graduated from the Army War College in November 1908 and then commanded a battalion of the 17th Infantry at Camagüey, Cuba from November 1908 to January 1909, when he contracted amoebic dysentery. His father died in July 1909 after an intestinal operation in Atlanta, Georgia.

Chynoweth married Grace Woodruff on December 31, 1920. They had two daughters and a son.

After his 1947 retirement, Chynoweth and his wife moved to Berkeley, California. He died at the Presidio of San Francisco and was interred at Sunset View Cemetery in El Cerrito, California.