The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
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Edward Nolen, Brigadier-General
(1906 – 1973) (USAAF/USAF)
1942
Commanding Officer 16th Bombardment Squadron [Australia - Java]
1942
Attached to 10th Air Force [India]
1942
Attached to US Army Middle East Air Forces
1942
- 1943
Commanding Officer 12th Bombardment Group [North Africa]
1943
- 1944
Director of Combat Operations Department, Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics
1944
- 1945
Commanding Officer 97th Combat Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom - France]
1945
- 1946
Member of the Secretary of War's Separations Board
1946
- 1947
Chief of Staff, 10th Air Force
1947
- 1948
Attending the Air War College
1948
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Liaison Officer to the House of Representatives
- 1950
Chief of Legislative Division, Directorate of Legislation & Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the US Air Force
1950
- 1951
Attending the National War College
1951
- 1952
Director of Flight Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1952
Executive Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force
1952
- 1953
Commanding General 29th Air Division
1953
- 1954
Commanding General 43d Air Division [Japan]
1954
- 1955
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, 5th Air Force [Japan]
1955
- 1956
Commanding General 39th Air Division [Japan]
1956
- 1958
Commanding General 35th Air Division
1958
- 1959
Commanding General 32d Air Defense Division
1959
- 1961
Member of the Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council, Office of the Secretary of the US Air Force
1961
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon