The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General William Kelly Jr. Harrison

Harrison, William Kelly Jr.

Major-General

* 7th of September 1895

† 25th of May 1987

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1940-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-11 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-06-26 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1945-12-28 Colonel
1948-01-24 Brigadier-General
1949-03-11 Major-General (Army of the United States)(Dated back to 1944.12.18)
1952-04-29 Major-General

Service

1939-08-16 1942-02-21 Attached to War Plans Division, War Department General Staff
1942-02-21 1942-03-08 Deputy Chief of Strategy & Policy Group, War Plans Division, War Department General Staff
1942-03-08 1942-05-20 Deputy Chief of Strategy & Policy Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff
1942-07-14 1942-12-31 Assistant Commanding General 78th Infantry Division
1943-01-01 1946-12-31 Assistant Commanding General 30th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-06-XX 1945-09-17 Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division [Germany]
1945-09-XX 1946-04-XX Assistant Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division
1946-04-XX Commanding Officer 38th Regimental Combat Team
1946-04-23 1946-08-16 Commanding General Camp Carson, Colorado
1946-11-03 1947-01-01 Executive for Administrative Affairs and Reparations, General headquarters Supreme Commander Allied Powers [Japan]
1947-01-01 1948-12-19 Executive Officer, Far Eastern Command
1947-01-01 1948-12-19 Commanding Officer General Headquarters Supreme Commander Allied Powers [Japan]
1948-05-14 1948-12-20 Chief of the Reparations Section, General Headquarters Supreme Commander Allied Powers [Japan]
1948-12-20 1950-05-31 Chief of Armed Forces Information & Education Division, Department of the Army
1950-09-01 1951-12-XX Commanding General Fort Dix, New Jersey
1951-12-XX 1953-XX-XX Deputy Commanding General 8th Army [Korea]
1952-01-24 1952-05-19 Member of the Korean Armistice Delegation
1952-05-19 1953-XX-XX Senior Member of the Korean Armistice Delegation
1953-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Chief of Staff, US Far East Command
1954-06-15 1957-01-05 Commander in Chief US Caribbean Command
1957-02-28 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, October 1988" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.