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The group is comprised of the black dress uniform, visor cap, and formal cape of U.S. Army Lieutenant General Arthur Oberbeck. The dress uniform consists of both the tunic and trousers. The tunic carries the shoulder straps of a Lieutenant General. On the upper left breast are the ribbons reflecting General Oberbeck’s extensive combat service in the Pacific as a Battalion Commander and Division Engineer for the 24th Infantry Division. The tunic also bears the General Staff badge and the Secretary of Defense Staff badge. The dress uniform was tailored by the Luxenberg firm and the tunic is named to General Oberbeck. Both the tunic and the trousers are in excellent condition. The matching dress visor cap was also created by the Luxenberg firm and it, too, is named to General Oberbeck. The visor cap, like the uniform, is in excellent condition and the set makes an exceptionally impressive appearance. Accompanying the uniform is General Oberbeck’s formal U.S. Army officer dress cape, also in excellent condition. The cape is named to General Oberbeck and it is dated 1938, the year after he had graduated from West Point. The group further includes two of General Oberbeck’s “Class A” green service tunics and three sets of matching green trousers. Both tunics bear General Oberbeck’s ribbons, the rank stars of a Lieutenant General, and the shoulder patch of the 24th Infantry Division on the right “combat service” sleeve. One of the tunics bears the silver buttons of the Army Corps of Engineers, while the other Class A tunic has gilt Army officer buttons. This tunic has a rather large hole in the right rear of the tunic. The tunic with engineer buttons is in excellent condition, as are the matching trousers, with the tunic and the trousers both showing signs of wear and use but making an very good appearance. Also with the group is General Oberbeck’s green service visor cap by Luxenberg, which has a few spots but which is in overall excellent condition. The group further includes General Oberbeck’s two mess dress uniforms. One of the uniforms is comprised of the white jacket and black trousers with black satin stripes. The other uniform is the black jacket in very high quality wool, with the trousers bearing two gold stripes on the exterior of the legs. The white jacket exhibits age toning and a bit of soiling, but otherwise both mess dress uniforms are in excellent condition. Both of the mess dress jackets have the three stars of a Lieutenant General on each of the jacket cuffs. Further, with the group s General Oberbeck’s white top visor cap, in excellent condition. At least one of the tunics is marked as a size 40 Regular, with all uniforms appearing to be in this same size. Finally, the group contains General Oberbeck’s belted green poplin twill overcoat, bearing the rank stars of a Lieutenant General on each shoulder and being in excellent condition. The overcoat was created to carry a zip-in liner which is not present. General Oberbeck was born in Chicago, IL on January 3, 1912. In 1933, He enrolled in the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1937 at the top of his class, and commissioning as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Oberbeck began his career after West Point in the 5th Engineer Regiment at Fort Belvoir, VA. He would then attend and study at University of California at Berkley and earn a Master of Science in Civil Engineering. In 1940, Oberbeck was assigned to 3rd Engineer Battalion (United States), where he would serve as the Battalion Commander and Division Engineer for the 24th Infantry Division. He would serve in these roles in combat in the Pacific Theater of World War II until 1944, where he would be assigned to the Office of the Chief Engineer, under General MacArthur. In 1945, after the war, Oberbeck began his first of many assignments related to nuclear energy and weapons, at the New York City office of the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1947 until 1951, he returned to West Point to serve as an instructor and assistant professor in mathematics. Following this, Oberbeck was assigned to the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project where he commanded two of the nations nuclear stockpile sites, and acted as the officer-in-charge of unit training for all four military branches. In 1955, Oberbeck graduated from the United States Army War College, after which he continued to work within the field of nuclear energy and weapons on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The following year, he was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned as the Director of the Special Weapons Development for the United States Continental Army Command. In 1963, he was promoted to Major General and took command of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, KS. For the remainder of his career, from 1964 to 1972 he served in various commands and positions related to nuclear weaponry and military engineering. These include the Defense Atomic Support Agency, Joint Task Force Eight, as the commandant of the Engineer School, and as a senior Army member of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group in Washington, D.C. In 1969, he was promoted to lieutenant general, a rank in which he would serve until his retirement in 1972.
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