Officers of the US Army 1939-1945 -- W

US Army Officers
1939-1945

Dates: day-month-year, so 10.08.1909 is August 10, 1909. RA = Regular Army. AUS = Army of the United States (temporary rank).
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Walker,
Walton Harris
W.H. Walker

03.12.1889
Belton, TX
-
23.12.1950
near Seoul, Korea (jeep accident)
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt. (RA)
12.06.1912 [O3405]

1st Lt. (RA)
01.07.1916

Capt. (RA)
15.05.1917

Maj. (RA)
17.06.1918

Lt.Col. (USA)
06.05.1919 (reverted to Maj. 01.07.1920)

Lt.Col. (RA)
01.08.1935

Col. (T) (AUS)
14.02.1941

Brig.Gen. (T) (AUS)
10.07.1941

Maj.Gen. (T) (AUS)
16.02.1942

Col. (RA)
01.05.1942

Brig.Gen. (RA)
04.06.1944

Lt.Gen. (T) (AUS)
26.04.1945

Maj.Gen. (RA)
01.08.1947

Gen. (AUS)
20.12.1950 (posthumously)

DSC
?
2 x

DSM
?
2 x

SSM
?
3 x

LM
?
?

BSM
?
?

DFC
?
?

AM
?
2 x

CR
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1908-12.06.1912)

12.06.1912

commissioned in the infantry

1937
-
04.1941
War Plans Division, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)

12.1940
-
04.1941
Executive Officer

04.1941
-
07.1941
Commanding Officer, 36th Infantry Regiment (Camp Polk, LA)

07.1941
-
01.1942
Commanding General, 3rd Armored Brigade (Camp Polk, LA)

01.1942
-
09.1942
Commanding General, 3rd Armored Division

05.09.1942
-
10.10.1943
Commanding General, IV Armored Corps (Camp Young, CA; Camp Campbell, KY), redesignated:

10.10.1943
-
06.1945
Commanding General, XX Corps (NW Europe)

06.1945
-
06.1946
Commanding General, 8th Service Command (Dallas, TX)

06.1946
-
09.1948
Commanding General, Fifth Army (Chicago, IL)

24.09.1948
-
23.12.1950
Commanding General, Eighth Army (Korean war)

12.07.1950
-
23.12.1950
also: Commanding General, UN Ground Forces, Korea

Literature: Wilson A. Heefner, Patton's bulldog : the life and service of General Walton H. Walker (2001)

Ware,
Charles S
C.S. Ware ?
?
-
?
?

...
...

Lt.Col.
?

1943?
-
1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):

(05.11.1943)
-
1945
Assistant Chief of Staff G-1 (Personnel)

Waters,
William Edmund
W.E. Waters 12.10.1899
Louisville, KY
-
16.10.1956
?

2nd Lt.
? [O14700]

...
...

Capt.
01.08.1935

...
...

Brig.Gen.
21.03.1945 (reverted to Col. 02.1946)

LM
?
?

BSM
?
?

Education: Virginia Military Institute (BS, 1921); Command and General Staff School (1941)

1921

commissioned in the field artillery

(10.1939)

12th Field Artillery (Fort Sam Houston, TX)

1943
-
1945
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):

14.12.1944
-
21.03.1945
Artillery Commander

Webb,
William V
W.V. Webb 25.09.1906
Orbison, OH
-
11.12.1980
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC (formerly of Athens, OH)

Pte. 02.06.1927

1st Lt. 06.11.1942

Capt. 06.10.1943

Maj. 15.03.1944 (retd 30.09.1954)

Entered Active Service, Engineer Corps, as a private. Enlisted on 02.06.1927 at Fort Hayes, Columbus Ohio for Engineers at Fort Humphreys (now Fort Belvoir). Major Webb's Enlisted period was from 02.06.1927-05.11.1942. Highest Enlisted rank was Sergeant Major (Supply). Sergeant Webb was an Instructor, (ROTC) at the University of Wisconsin. The Course material was Bridge and Road Construction in addition to Drafting and Survey subjects for the ROTC program.

for details see service record

Wesner,
Charlie
C. Wesner 29.10.1901
WI
-
01.08.1967
Cochise, AZ

2nd Lt.
14.06.1927 [016842]

Lt.
01.05.1933

Capt.
14.06.1937

Maj.
?

Lt.Col.
?

Col.
? (retd 31.07.1957)

SSM
?
?

LM
?
2x

BSM
?
3x

CR
?
?

PH
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (BS; 02.07.1923-14.06.1927; # 8131); Battery Officers' Course, field Artillery School (1933-1934)

10.05.1920
-
01.07.1923
Private and Private 1st Class, Signal Corps

14.06.1927

commissioned in the field artillery

(1928)

10th Field Artillery (Ft Lewis, WA)

1929

to Hawaii

(09.1931)
-
(09.1932)
2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery (Ft Sheridan, IL)

(10.1934)

18th Field Artillery (Ft Snelling, MN)

(10.1935)

14th Field Artillery (Ft Snelling, MN)

(10.1936)
-
(11.1938)
76th Field Artillery (Ft Francis E. Warren, WY)

(10.1939)
-
03.1941
Commander, C Battery, 11th Field Artillery (Schofield Barracks, TH)

1942
-
1945
Commanding Officer, 16th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (USA & Europe)

23.03.1945
-
28.04.1945
Commanding Officer, Combat Reserve Command, 9th Armored Division

1945
-
1950
Professor of Military Science and Tactics, West Virginia State College

23.08.1950
-
15.03.1953
Commanding Officer, 18th Field Artillery Group & Commanding Officer Military Post Europe

Whelchel,
Willis Webb
W.W. Whelchel
Son (with five brothers and one sister) of Edward Darwin Whelchel (1868-1939), and Mattie Lee Brock (1876-1908).
Married 1st (15.07.1928, Maryland, Aberdeen, Scotland) Natilie Alysse Wolley (05.01.1905 - 23.09.1940); three sons.
Married 2nd Tierra Barfield (formerly Mrs Wright) (?-1978). 05.01.1901
Jackson, GA
-
09.01.1982
Lee, Auburn, AL

2nd Lt. 14.06.1927 [016837]

1st Lt. 01.05.1933

Capt. 14.06.1937

Maj. AUS 31.01.1941 (accepted 11.02.1941)

Maj. 14.06.1944

Lt.Col. AUS 11.08.1942

Col. ? (retd 03.07.1957; disability)

SSM ? ?

BSM ? ?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point, 01.07.1922-16.01.1924 & 28.08.1924-14.06.1927 (BS; grad. # 8126); Regular Course, Field Artillery School, 1935; Command and General Staff School; 11th General Staff Class, 1943.

14.06.1927 commissioned into the Field Artillery

1944 - 1947 Commanding Officer, 280th Field Artillery Battalion (Europe)

1949 - 1952 G2, Inspector General US Army, Antilles, Puerto Rico

1952 - 1954 Assistant Commanding Officer, 18th Airborne Corps Artillery

White,
Charles Henry
C.H. White 29.11.1883
Taunton, MA
-
09.04.1971
San Antonio, TX

2nd Lt.
1907 [O2268]

...
...

Brig.Gen.
10.1940

Maj.Gen.
08.1941 (retd 07.1946)

LM
?
?

Education: ?

1907

commissioned in the infantry

1939
-
1940
Professor of Military Science and Tactics, University of California

10.1940
-
03.1941
7th Division

03.1941
-
07.1941
Commanding General, Replacement Training Center, Camp Roberts

10.04.1942
-
22.03.1944
Commanding General, IX Army Corps [19.08.1942 redesignated: IX Corps]

03.1944
-
10.1944
Commanding General, Infantry Replacement Training Center, Camp Robinson

10.1944
-
03.1946
Member, Secretary of War's Personnel Board

White,
John Winthrop
J.W. White 07.09.1915
OH
-
25.01.1980
Middlebury, VT

2nd Lt.
14.06.1938 [021319]

...
...

Col.
? (retd 01.09.1959)

SSM
?
?

BSM
?
2x

PH
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (BS; grad. # 113011)

14.06.1938

commissioned in the infantry

(10.1939)

35th Infantry (Schofield Barracks, TH)

1943
-
1944
G3 Section 4 Corps

1947
-
1948
Army Advisory Group, Nanking, China

1950

G3 Section GHQ Far Eeast Command

Wilby,
Francis Bowditch
24.04.1883
Detroit, MI
-
20.11.1965
Oteen, NC

2nd Lt.
13.06.1905 [O2023]

1st Lt
07.06.1907

Capt.
29.09.1912

Maj.
15.05.1917

Lt.Col. (temp)
05.08.1917-12.05.1918

Col. NA
09.04.1918-30.06.1920 [accepted 13.05.1918]

Lt.Col.
11.02.1920

Col.
01.08.1935

Brig.Gen.
10.1940

Maj.Gen.
29.09.1941 (retd 31.01.1946; disability)

DSM
?
2 x

LM
?
?

Education: Harvard (1900-1901; MA); US Military Academy, West Point (11.06.1901-13.06.1905; BS; grad. # 4341); Engineer School (1908); School of the Line (1922); Army General Staff School (1923); Army War College (1924)

1905
commissioned, Corps of Engineers

Commanding Officer, 1st Engineers (1st Division, AEF)

13.05.1918
-
30.06.1920
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, National Army

02.07.1924
-
28.05.1928
General Staff Corps, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)

1935
-
1938
member, Mississippi River Commission

1938
-
1939
member, Beach Erosion Board

1939
-
1941
Chief of Staff, First Army

01.1942
-
09.1945
Superintendent, US Military Academy, West Point

Chairman, NY State Power Authority, 1946-1950.Conultant engineer, Knappen Tibbetts Abbeit Co, 1950-1952.
Publications: several professional papers

Williams,
Howard
H. Williams 07.06.1904
St Louis, MO
-
23.09.1998
Sarasota, FL

2nd Lt.
? [0275283]

...
...

Col.
? (retd 25.09.1946)

Medal of War (Brasil); Order of Merit (Paraguay)

Education: Command and General Staff School, Ft Leavenworth, Kansas; Graduate of the Cavalry School, Ft. Riley, Kansas (1932)

23.11.1940
-
25.09.1946
active service:

Captain, Horse Cavalry Unit Commander (1613) 24 months (2nd Cavalry Division)

Intelligence Staff Officer, Combat (9301) 42 months

11.1942
-
?
acting G-2, XII Corps

HQ USAFA

?
-
1950
Military Attaché, US Embassy, Brasil

When returned from Brasil, permanently in 1950, he went into the reserve.

Williamson,
John
J. Williamson 04.07.1909
New York, NY
-
18.12.1992
Melbourne, FL

2nd Lt.
12.06.1935

...
...

Col.
1945 (retd 1963)

SSM
?
2 x

BSM
?
?

LM
?
2 x

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1935; grad. # 10374)

12.06.1935
commissioned in the infantry

1942
-
1943
Executive Officer, 18th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) (Sicily)

1943
-
1945
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division)

25.02.1945
-
1945
Commanding Officer, 18th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) (NW Europe)

1954

ALS (Aviation Logistical School ??)

1960
-
1962
Chief of Staff, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Taiwan

1962
-
1963
Deputy Commander, IV Corps

Teacher HS, 1967-1973.

Winkler,
Norbert
N. Winkler
From Wisconsin.
?
-

2nd Lt. (temp)
? [01317216]

1st Lt. (temp)
?

Capt. (temp)
?

SSM
?
for action behind enemy lines at
Lauterburg

CdeG
?
?

(1944)

-

(1945)

79th Infantry Regiment (Foret de Parroy, France & Germany)

Winton,
George Peterson
G.P. Winton
Son of George Beverly Winton (1861-1938), and Jesse McClain (1861-1931).
Brother of Lt.Col. Walter F. Winton.
Married (24.04.1916, Nashville, TN) Dorothy Calhoun (29.04.1893 - 11.1977); one daughter, two sons (Col. George P. Winton Jr.).
04.07.1892
San Luis Potosi, Mexico
-
16.09.1958
Ft Campbell, KY

2nd Lt.
05.06.1917 (accepted 19.06.1917) [05935]

1st Lt.
05.06.1917

Capt. (temp)
05.08.1917 (resigned 12.01.1920)

Capt.
01.07.1920 (accepted 20.11.1920)

Maj.
01.03.1935

PH
?
?

Education: Vanderbilt University, TN (BS (1915); MS (1916))

05.07.1917

commissioned, field artillery

(10.1939)

18th Field Artillery (Ft Sill, OK)

Winton Jr,
George Peterson
G.P. Winton Jr
Son of Maj. George Peterson Winton, and Dorothy Calhoun.
Married Margaret Lucille Cutchin; one son, one daughter.
17.06.1918
Knoxville, TN
-
28.08.1995
Columbia, SC

2nd Lt.
12.06.1939 [021819]

1st Lt. AUS
09.09.1940

Lt.Col.
22.03.1957

Col. AUS
22.08.1957 (retd 1969)

? CM
?
?

LM
?
?

Education: Vanderbilt University, TN (MA); US Military Academy West Point (BS, 01.07.1935-11.06.1939; # 11416); Command and General Staff College; USA War College (1957); PhD, USC (1972 [lecturer 1973])

(10.1939)

4th Field Artillery (Ft Bragg, NC)

1943
-
1944
staff & faculty, Command and General Staff School

1945
-
1947
88th Division (Italy)

1951
-
1953
Commanding Officer, 33rd Field Artillery Battalion (1st Division) (Germany)

1959
-
1960
Commanding Officer, 57th Artillery Group

1960
-
1962
Officer of the Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Department of the Army

1962

MAIA George Washington University, DC

1964
-
1967
Supreme HQ Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)

1967
-
1969
Arillery & Missile School, Ft Sill, OK

Winton,
Walter Ferrell
W.F. Winton
Son of George Beverly Winton (1861-1938), and Jesse McClain (1861-1931).
Brother of Maj. George P. Winton.
Married Maria Roberts Calhoun; two sons (Brig.Gen. Walter F, Winton Jr, and Lt.Col. Tyler Calhoun Winton, USAF).
11.08.1886
Santa Rosa, CA
-
12.05.1952
Columbus, NM

2nd Lt.
07.10.1911 (accepted 29.12.1911)
03.03.1913, seniority 23.07.1912 [03164]

1st Lt.
01.07.1916

Capt.
15.05.1917

Maj. NA
03.07.1918 (accepted 09.07.1918)

Maj.
01.07.1920

Lt.Col. USA
26.10.1918 (accepted 03.11.1918) (discharged 15.03.1920)

Lt.Col.
01.08.1935

Education: Vanderbilt University, TN (1907; AB); Advanced Course, Field Artillery School (1925); Command and General Staff School (1926)

29.12.1911

commissioned, cavalry

03.03.1913

transferred, field artillery

(10.1939)

82nd Field Artillery (Ft Bliss, TX)

Winton Jr,
Walter Ferrell
"Tito"
W.F. Winton Jr.
Son of Col. Walter Ferrell Winton, and Maria Roberts Calhoun Winton.

23.07.1917
Nashville, TN
-
19.05.2007
Kimball Farms Nursing Center, Lenox

2nd Lt.
11.06.1940 [022966]

1st Lt. (AUS)
10.10.1941

Maj. (AUS)
?

Maj.
29.08.1952

Col. (AUS)
24.09.1952

Brig.Gen.
? (retd 01.08.1970)

SSM
?

LM
?
2x

BSM
?
4x

CR
?
2x

PH
?
?

CdeG
?
?

Education: IX Corps Area West Point Preparatory School at Fort Scott, CA (1935); US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1936-10.06.1940; BS; # 11871); Command and General Staff College (1953); National War College (1956); Parachute School, Ft Benning, GA (05.1942)

11.07.1943
-
spring1944
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Mediterranean)

1944
-
1945
G3 Section (G2), HQ 82 US Airborne Division (NW Europe)

1946
-
1948
on the staff of the U.S. Army Representative to the United Nations

1951
-
1952
HQ 8th Army & Chief of Staff, 24th Infantry Division (Korea)

1953
-
1955
personal staff of General Matthew Ridgway, Army Chief of Staff

1959
-
1963
Office Deputy Chief of Staff (Personnel), Department of the Army

1963

Military Attaché American Union

1963
-
1964
Commander, 2nd Brigade (25th Infantry Division)

1964
-
1966
Deputy Commanding General, Ft Polk

1966
-
1968
J-1 Joint Chiefs of Staff

1968

Assistant Division Commander, 6th Infantry Division

1968
-
1969
Assistant Division Commander, 5th Infantry Division

1969
-
1970
Chief of Staff, 1 Corps (Group)

1970

Deputy Commanding General, Army Training Centre, Ft Dix

Wolfe,
Peter Thomas
"Tom"
P.T. Wolfe
Son of Johann Wolff (1845-1920), and Nora Susan Griggs (1852-1901).
Married 1st (15.04.1918, Chattanooga, Hamilton Cnty, TN) Evelyn May Mills (11.05.1896-?); three children.
Married 2nd Ella Louise Griggs (c. 1900-?).
28.04.1896
Birmingham, Jefferson, AL
-
12.03.1966
Corvallis, Benton, OR
[Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Mltn, OR]

1st Lt.
01.07.1920 (accepted 30.09.1920) [O11437]

Capt.
01.03.1934

...
...

Col.
? (retd 30.06.1946; disability)

SSM
?
?

Education: Basic Course, Infantry School (1922)

08.06.1917
-
18.07.1918
Private, Private 1st class, Corporal & Sergeant, Company C 11th Infantry

01.06.1918

2nd Lt. of Infantry, US Army [accepted 19.07.1918]

25.02.1919

1st Lt. USA [accepted 01.03.1919; vacated 30.09.1920]

(10.1939)

15th Infantry (Ft Lewis, WA)

(06.1942)

Executive Officer, Amphibious Training Center, Camp Edwards

70th Infantry Division

Wolfe Jr,
William Roy
W.R. Wolfe Jr.

13.06.1924
Honolulu, HI
-
27.06.2002
San Antonio, TX

2nd Lt.
05.06.1945 [O27514]

...
...

Maj.Gen.
? (retd 1980)

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1945; grad. # 14908)

05.06.1945

commissioned in the Field Artillery

09.1977
-
09.1979
Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)

Wood,
John Shirley
"Tiger Jack" / "P"
J.S. Wood

Son of Carroll D. and Reola (Thompson) Wood.
Married (1912) Margarite Little, of Miss; two sons, one daughter.

11.01.1888
Monticello, AR
-
02.07.1966
Reno, NV

2nd Lt. 12.06.1912 [03352]

1st Lt. 01.07.1916

Capt. 15.05.1917

Maj. NA 18.12.1917, accepted 23.01.1918 (reld 20.01.1920)

Maj. 01.07.1920

Lt.Col. 01.08.1935

Col. AUS 01.11.1940, accepted 13.11.1940

Col. 01.01.1942

Brig.Gen. AUS 31.10.1941, accepted 05.11.1941

Maj.Gen. AUS 21.06.1942 (retd 31.08.1946; disability)

DSC ? ?

DSM ? ?

SSM ? ?

BSM ? 2x

AM ? 2x

CR ? ?

Officer, Légion d'Honneur (France)
Croix de Guerre avec palme (France)
Education: University of Arkansas (...-1907, BSc Chem; Hon. LL.D, 1945); US Military Academy, West Point (02.03.1908-12.06.1912; #5029); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS (1924; distinguished graduate); Ecole Supérieure de Guerre (1931).

12.06.1912 commissioned, Coast Artillery Corps

07.09.1916 transferred, Ordnance Corps

1916 - 1917 instructor, US Military Academy, West Point

18.12.1917 Major, Ordnanace Department, NA

WW I served with 3rd & 96th Divisions in the AEF

1919 - 1923 professor of military science and tactics, University of Wisconsin (transferred, Field Artillery 01.07.1920)

1927 - 1929 duty at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

1932 - 1936 professor of military science and tactics, Culver Military Academy

1936 - ? Commanding Officer, 80th Field Artillery Regiment

01.07.1939 - 30.09.1940 General Staff Corps:

09.1939 - 11.1940 Chief of Staff, Third Army

11.1940 - 04.1941 Artillery Officer for 1st Division

04.1941 - 06.1941 Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division Artillery

1941 - 1941 duty with I Armored Corps, Fort Knox

1941 - 1942 assigned to 5th Armored Division

05.1942 - 12.1944 Commanding General, 4th Armored Division (campaings in France 1944 included liberations of Coutances, Arvranches, Rennes, Brittany, Nantes, Orleans, Sens, Troyes, Vitry Francois, Chalons sur Marne, St Dizier, Commercy; campaign across Mozelle, north and south of Nancy; defence of Avracourt sector, advance across Saar to Maginot Line

1945 - 1946 Commander, Replacement Training Center, Fort Knox

Field director, Austria and Germany Intergovernmental Commission on Refugees, 1946-1947.Special consultant, International Refugee Organization, Germany, 1947-1951.Chief of Mission UN KRA Tokyo 1952, Korea 1952-1953, Geneva 1953. Civil Defense Director, Washoe County, Reno Sparks 1957-1959.
Literature: Hanson W. Baldwin, Tiger Jack (1989).

Woodruff,
Roscoe Barnett
R.B. Woodruff 09.02.1891
Oskaloosa, IA
-
24.07.1975
San Antonio, TX

2nd Lt.
06.1915 [O3819]

...
...

Brig.Gen.
?

Maj.Gen.
09.07.1942 (retd 31.01.1953)

DSM
?
2 x

SSM
?
3 x

BSM
?
2 x

AM
?
2 x

CR
?
?

PH
?
?

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-06.1915; grad. # 5368)

06.1915

commissioned in the infantry

1936
-
1940
Operations and Training Deivision, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)

1940
-
1942
Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Infantry Division

01.1942
-
06.1942
Assistant Division Commander, 77th Infantry Division

06.1942
-
05.1943
Commanding General, 77th Infantry Division

05.1943
-
13.02.1944
Commanding General, VII Corps

03.1944
-
06.1944
Commanding General, 84th Infantry Division

11.1944
-
11.1945
Commanding General, 24th Infantry Division

14.11.1945
-
01.02.1948
Commanding General, I Corps [except for 05.02.1946-03.04.1946]

1951
-
1953
Commanding General, XV Corps

Wyman,
Willard Gordon
W.G. Wyman

Son of John Monroe and Minnie B. (Haynes) Wyman. Married (27.09.1921) Ethel Mae Megginson; two daughters, one son. 21.03.1898
Augusta, Kennebec, ME
-
29.03.1969
Walter Reid General Hospital, Washington, DC
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt. 1919

Maj.

Lt.Col.

Col.

Brig.Gen. 11.1943

Maj.Gen. 11.1944

Lt.Gen. 1952

Gen. 1956 (retd 1958)

DSC
?
?

DSM
?
3 x

SSM
?
?

LM
?
?

BSM
?
2 x

Victory Medal; German Occupation Medal; Yangtze Service Medal (Naval); National Defense Medal; Asiatic Theater Medal with 2 campaign stars; European Theater Medal with 7 campaign stars and arrowhead; Occupation Medal; Victory Medal WW II; Legion of Honor (France); Croix de Guerre with palm (France); Russian Order of the Great War, 1st class
Education: Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, ME (1912-1915); Coburn Classical Insitute, Waterville, ME (1916); Bowdoin College, Cumberland, ME (1917; Hon. MA 1951); US Military Academy, West Point (1917-11.06.1919; grad. # 6383); Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, VA (1920); Cavalry School, Fort Riley, KS (1921); Signal School, Fort Monmouth, NJ (1926); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1937)

1919

commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps

1928
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1932
student of the Chinese language, Military Attache's office in Beijing (member of the Central Asiatic Expedition under Roy Chapman Andrews, 1930)

07.1940
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05.1941
Aide to the Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, then IX Corps

05.1941
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08.1941
Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, IX Corps

1941
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1942
assigned to the Plans Division, War Department General Staff

1942
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1942
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (Assistant G-3), China-India-Burma Theater of Operations

1942
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1943
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (Assistant G-3), Allied Force HQ

05.11.1943
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07.10.1944
Assistant Division Commander, 1st Infantry Division

11.1944
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16.08.1945
Commanding General, 71st Infantry Division

1945
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1946
G-2, Army Ground Forces

1947
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1950
Chief of Staff, 1st Army

1951
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1951
HQ Department of the Army (Washington, DC)

24.12.1951
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31.07.1952
Commanding General, IX Corps (Korean War)

1952
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1954
Commanding General, Allied Land Forces in Southeastern Europe

03.1954
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06.1955
Commanding General, 6th Army (Presidio of San Francisco)

08.1955
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1958
Commanding General, Continental Army Command (Deputy till 03.1956)

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