John K. Singlaub, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJohn K. Singlaub
US military officer
Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1921
Place of Birth: Independence, California, United States
Profession: autobiographer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John K. Singlaub
- Major General John Kirk Singlaub (born July 10, 1921) is a retired two-star general in the United States Army, founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a highly decorated former officer in the former Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In 1977, Singlaub was relieved from his position as Chief of Staff of U.S.
- forces in South Korea after criticizing President Jimmy Carter's proposal to withdraw U.S.
- troops from the Korean peninsula in an interview with the Washington Post.
- Less than a year later, Singlaub was forced to retire after publicly questioning President Carter's national security policies.
- In 1979, Singlaub founded the Western Goals Foundation, a private intelligence network that was implicated for supplying weapons to the Contras during the Iran–Contra affair.
- Singlaub has contributed to several books and written an autobiography.
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