The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Besson, Frank Schaffer Jr.
General
* 30th of May 1910
† 15th of July 1985
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1942-10-19 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-02-26 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-01-24 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-07-15 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1950-05-01 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1953-08-03 | Colonel |
| 1958-03-17 | Major-General (Dated back to 1955-04-15) |
| 1962-04-02 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1964-05-27 | General (Army of the United States) |
| 1970-10-31 | General (Retired) |
Service
| 1942-01-26 | – | 1943-11-30 | Chief of Development Board, Supply Division, Corps of Engineers |
| 1943-12-01 | – | 1944-04-30 | Assistant Director of 3rd Military Service, Persian Gulf Command |
| 1944-05-01 | – | 1945-05-17 | Director of 3rd Military Railway Service, Persian Gulf Command |
| 1945-06-XX | – | 1945-07-XX | Chief of Railway Division, Army Forces Western Pacific |
| 1945-07-XX | – | 1945-08-20 | Deputy Chief Transportation for Operations, Army Forces Western Pacific |
| 1945-08-21 | – | 1946-03-04 | Director of Military Railway Service, Service Command |
| 1946-03-05 | – | 1946-07-31 | Transportation Officer, 8th Army [Japan] |
| 1946-08-01 | – | 1948-11-14 | Transportation Officer, Far Eastern Command |
| 1946-08-01 | – | 1948-11-14 | Chief of Civil Transportation Section, Supreme Command Allied Powers Far East |
| 1948-11-23 | – | Assistant Chief of Transportation, Department of the Army | |
| Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | |||
| 1952-XX-XX | Assistant Chief of the Transportation Corps for Operations, Department of the Army | ||
| 1953-XX-XX | Deputy Chief of the Transportation Corps for Operations, Department of the Army | ||
| 1953-XX-XX | – | 1958-XX-XX | Commandant of Transportation Center & School, Fort Eustis |
| 1958-03-17 | – | 1962-03-25 | Chief of the Transportation Corps, Department of the Army |
| 1962-05-08 | – | 1969-03-09 | Commanding General Army Material Command |
| 1969-03-10 | – | 1970-10-31 | Chairman of the Joint Logistics Review Board |
| 1970-10-31 | Retired |
Picture source: From: "Spearhead of Logistics: A History of the United States Army Transportation Corps" by Benjamin King & Richard C. Biggs, 2016