William E. Brougher

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|02|17}}

| birth_place = Jackson, Mississippi

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| death_place = Chattahoochee County, Georgia

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| rank = Brigadier General

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11th Division (Philippines)
57th Infantry Regiment

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● Battle of Bataan

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William Edward Brougher (February 17, 1889 – March 5, 1965) was a brigadier general in the United States Army.{{cite book|author=Edward W. Brougher|title=South to Bataan, North to Mukden: The Prison Diary of Brigadier General W. E. Brougher|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lf_urggm_nUC&pg=PR16|date=1 December 2010|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=978-0-8203-3795-1|pages=}}{{cite book|author=James B. Lloyd|title=Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817–1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfXGJBB1HvoC&pg=PA55|year=1981|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-61703-418-3|pages=55–}}

Early life and education

Brougher was born in Jackson, Mississippi, to Charles Brougher and Jessie Manship. His paternal grandfather was Charles Albert Brougher, who was the Secretary of State of Mississippi in the 1860s.{{Cite web|title=The Winston County Journal from Louisville, Mississippi on January 29, 1970 · 20|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/303820728/?terms=charles%20brougher&match=1|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Newspapers.com| date=29 January 1970 |language=en}} His maternal grandfather was Jackson, Mississippi mayor Charles Henry Manship. In 1910, Brougher received a BS degree from Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College,{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0VIaAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA112 |title=Official Army Register |date=January 1, 1944 |page=112 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2023-01-18}} where he was a classmate of Luther R. Stevens.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/reveille61910miss/page/35/mode/1up |title=Reveille |date=1910 |volume=VI |pages=35, 57 |publisher=Mississippi A&M College |access-date=2024-07-23}} In 1911, he entered the U.S. Army. Brougher accepted a commission as a second lieutenant of infantry in January 1912. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1923, the Army Industrial College in 1933 and the Army War College in 1938.

World War I

During World War I, Brougher held the rank of major and served in the 174th Infantry Brigade and the 79th Infantry Division.[http://philippine-defenders.lib.wv.us/pdf/bios/brougher_wm_e_bio.pdf Alkahest Celebrity Bureau Biography]

World War II

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In October 1939, Brougher, then a lieutenant colonel, was assigned to the 57th Infantry Regiment in the Philippines. He was promoted to colonel in November, 1940. In September 1941, he was put in command of the 11th Division of the Philippine Army and temporarily promoted to brigadier general. The 11th Division fought the invading Japanese forces from December 1941 until the surrender of US forces in April 1942. Brougher was a prisoner of war until August 1945.

Later life

After returning to the United States, Brougher served as the commander of Fort McClellan in Alabama until 1947. He then became the commander of Fort Gordon in Georgia. Brougher retired from active duty as a colonel on February 28, 1949, and was advanced to brigadier general on the retired list the following day.{{cite book |url=https://ia802705.us.archive.org/13/items/officialarmyregi1950unit/officialarmyregi1950unit.pdf |title=Official Army Register: United States Army Active and Retired Lists |date=January 1, 1950 |volume=I |page=666 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=2023-01-23}}

After his retirement, Brougher and his wife Frances lived in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/03/07/101531828.pdf |title=William Brougher, Retired General, 76 |date=March 7, 1965 |page=81 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2023-02-06}} He wrote about his experiences, including the Bataan Death March in his war memoirs, South to Bataan, North to Mukden.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQZnAAAAMAAJ|title=South to Bataan, North to Mukden: The Prison Diary of Brigadier General W. E. Brougher|isbn=9780820302409|last1=Brougher|first1=William Edward|year=1971|publisher=University of Georgia Press }} Brougher died in the Martin Army Hospital at Fort Benning.{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hiwlAQAAMAAJ&q=Deaths+Brougher |title=Deaths: Brougher |date=1965 |volume=102 |page=28 |magazine=The Journal of the Armed Forces |access-date=2024-10-27}} He was buried at Marietta National Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ngl/index.jsp |title=Brougher, William Edward |website=Nationwide Gravesite Locator |publisher=National Cemetery Administration |access-date=2023-01-23}}

References

External links

{{cite book|author=William Edward Brougher|title=The Long Dark Road|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iapQGQAACAAJ|year=1946|publisher=}}
[https://generals.dk/general/Brougher/William_Edward/USA.html Generals of World War II]

Category:1889 births

Category:1965 deaths

Category:People from Jackson, Mississippi

Category:Mississippi State University alumni

Category:Military personnel from Mississippi

Category:United States Army personnel of World War I

Category:United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni

Category:Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumni

Category:United States Army War College alumni

Category:United States Army generals of World War II

Category:American prisoners of war in World War II

Category:World War II prisoners of war held by Japan