Edwin Kennedy Wright

During World War II, he became an intelligence briefing officer on the staff of General Omar N. Bradley at 12th US Army Group in Europe.

[1] President Harry Truman appointed Vandenberg to replace Admiral Sidney Souers as the second Director of Central Intelligence (CIG-CIA) on January 20, 1946.

The National Security Act of 1947, signed into law by Truman, gave legislative authority to the new Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Wright was promoted to brigadier general on February 3, 1947, becoming the first deputy director of Central Intelligence (DDCI) (1947-1949), serving under both Vandenberg and his successor (the third DCI) Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter.

Hillenkoetter and the new defense secretary, James Forrestal, injected DDCI Wright into interagency disputes over which department was to direct 'black activities' under clandestine operations.

Army commanders in the United States and certain overseas commanders meet with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins , Army Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon in routine sessions, June 5, 1952. Major General Edwin K. Wright is stood on the extreme left, next to Major General George Decker (right).