Carl H. Seals

Carl Herndon Seals (1 January 1883 – 29 October 1955) was a United States Army brigadier general. During World War II, he served as the Adjutant General, United States Army Forces in the Far East under General Douglas MacArthur. Seals was captured by Japanese forces on Mindanao in May 1942 and then spent over three years as a prisoner of war.

Early life and education Seals was born in Eufaula, Alabama. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant of infantry in the Alabama National Guard in July 1904. Seals worked as a banker in Birmingham, Alabama and advanced to major in the National Guard. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1926 and the Army War College in 1931.

Military career During World War I, Seals served as a temporary lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. After the war, he accepted a commission as a major of infantry in the Regular Army in September 1920. Seals escaped from the siege of Corregidor in late April 1942, but was subsequently captured on Mindanao along with his wife Margaret and seven nurses after their aircraft experienced engine problems. Seals was freed from a prisoner-of-war camp in Manchuria by Russian forces on 22 August 1945. He permanently retired from active duty in the Army as a brigadier general on 11 October 1946.