The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General William Carey Crane

Crane

William Carey, Brigadier-General

(1891 – 1978)

1933
- 1937
Military Attaché to Japan
1938
Attached to Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2) US Army
1938
- 1940
Attached to 16th Field Artillery Regiment
1938
- 1940
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment
1940
Attached to Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2) US Army
1940
- 1941
Attached to Army War College
1941
Chief of Staff, I Corps
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer Provisional Field Artillery Brigade
1942
Attached to Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff (G-2), War Department General Staff
1942
Artillery Officer, 3rd Army
1942
Deputy Chief of Staff, Southern Defense Command
1942
Chief of Staff, Southern Defense Command
1942
- 1943
Attached to Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa]
1943
Assistant to the Deputy Commanding General US North African Theater of Operations
1943
- 1944
Chief of Organization & Training Section, G-3, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa]
1944
- 1945
Commanding General Artillery IV Corps [Italy]
1945
- 1946
Commanding Officer War Department Personnel Center, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
1947
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Alexandra M. Gruson & Mathew H. Gruson