The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Hester, John Hutchinson
Major-General
* 11th of September 1886
† 11th of February 1976
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1932-06-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1937-03-01 | Colonel |
| 1940-09-25 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1940-11-01 | Brigadier-General |
| 1942-02-13 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-02-28 | Major-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1929-09-15 | – | 1933-09-30 | Professor of Military Science & Tactics, University of Minnesota |
| 1933-10-XX | – | 1935-12-19 | Executive Officer, 65th Infantry Regiment [Puerto Rico] |
| 1936-03-28 | – | 1939-06-30 | Attached to G-3 Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1939-08-XX | – | 1940-06-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Regiment |
| 1939-08-XX | – | 1940-06-XX | Commanding Officer Camp Jackson, South Carolina |
| 1940-06-14 | – | 1941-03-23 | Executive Officer Reserves & Reserve Officers' Training Corps Affairs, War Department |
| 1941-03-25 | – | 1941-10-07 | Commanding Officer Infantry Replacement Training Center, Camp Wheeler, Georgia |
| 1941-10-08 | – | 1943-07-29 | Commanding General 43rd Infantry Division [New Georgia] |
| 1943-02-21 | – | 1943-06-29 | Commanding General Expeditionary Force Russel Islands |
| 1943-06-30 | – | 1943-07-29 | Commanding General Expeditionary Force New Georgia |
| 1943-10-23 | – | 1944-06-25 | Commanding General Tank Destroyer Center, Camp Hood, Texas |
| 1944-06-26 | – | 1945-08-30 | Commanding General Infantry Replacement Training Center, Camp Croft, South Carolina |
| 1946-02-28 | Retired |
Picture source: From "Chiefs of the Army Reserve : biographical sketches of the United States Army Reserve's senior officers" by David E. Hilkert, 2004