What is John K. Singlaub?
{{Infobox military person |birth_date= {{birth date|1921|7|10}} |death_date= {{death date and age|2022|1|29|1921|7|10}} |image=John K Singlaub.jpg |caption=Major General John K. Singlaub |nickname= |birth_name=John Kirk Singlaub |birth_place= [[Independence, California]], U.S. |death_place= [[Franklin, Tennessee]], U.S. |placeofburial= |placeofburial_label= Place of burial |allegiance= {{flagicon|United States}}[[United States|United States of America]] |branch= [[File:United States Department of the Army Seal.svg|20px|United States Army seal]] [[United States Army]] |serviceyears=1943–1977 |rank= [[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|30px]] [[Major general]] |unit= |commands= |battles=[[World War II]]<br />[[Korean War]]<br />[[Vietnam War]] |awards=[[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)<br />[[Silver Star]]<br />[[Legion of Merit]] (3)<br />[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] (2)<br />[[Air Medal]] (2)<br />[[Purple Heart]] |relations= |laterwork= }} '''John Kirk Singlaub''' (July 10, 1921 &ndash; January 29, 2022) was an American [[Office of Strategic Services|OSS]] officer. He was a founding member of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), and a [[major general (United States)|major general]] in the [[United States Army]]. ==Early life== Singlaub was born in [[Independence, California]]. He studied at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. He served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]] and parachuted into Occupied France to fight with the [[French Resistance]]. ==Criticism of Carter== In 1977, Singlaub was relieved from his position as Chief of Staff of US forces in [[South Korea]] after he had criticized President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s decision to withdraw US troops from the [[Korean Peninsula]] in an interview with the ''[[Washington Post]]''.<ref>[http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/program.pl?ID=493633 Carter / Singlaub (NBC) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,914937,00.html |t