The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General John Hamilton Hinds

Hinds, John Hamilton

Major-General

* 9th of February 1898

† 18th of January 1993

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-09-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-07-02 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-12-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-19 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-04-30 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-03-11 Colonel
1950-01-29 Brigadier-General
1951-01-01 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1951-10-06 Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States)
1953-08-14 Major-General

Service

1939-06-XX 1942-01-XX Attached to War Department General Staff
1942-01-XX Assistant Artillery Officer, VI Corps
1943-06-XX Artillery Officer, VI Corps [North Africa
1943-07-XX 1943-10-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 71st Infantry Division
Commanding General Artillery, XIII Corps
1944-XX-XX Commanding General Artillery, XXI Corps
1944-XX-XX Commanding General Artillery, 1st Army Group
1944-XX-XX 1944-11-XX Commanding General Artillery, 12th Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1944-11-14 1946-03-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1946-04-XX 1949-11-XX Attached to Atomic Energy Group, Manhattan Engineer District Military Liaison Committee
1949-12-XX 1950-02-XX Deputy G-1, Far Eastern Command
1950-02-XX 1951-XX-XX Deputy Military Governor of Ryukyu Islands
1951-XX-XX Commanding General 1st Cavalry Division [Korea]
1952-XX-XX 1953-XX-XX Army Secretary, Research & Development Board, Office of the Director of Supply Management Agencies, Department of Defense
1956-03-31 Retired