The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Everett Strait Hughes

Hughes, Everett Strait

Major-General

* 21st of October 1885

† 5th of September 1957

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1931-11-13 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-10-01 Colonel
1942-09-06 Brigadier-General
1943-03-18 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1948-01-24 Major-General

Service

1928-08-18 1932-08-17 Attached to Officers' Branch, G-1 Division, War Department General Staff
1932-08-18 1935-08-26 Chief Proof Officer, Gun Testing Division, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland
1935-08-27 1939-05-20 Chief of Manufacturing Group, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
1939-05-21 1939-08-15 Executive Assistant to Chief of Field Service, Office of the Chief of Ordnance
1939-08-17 1942-05-19 Chief of Equipment Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance
1942-05-20 1942-07-29 Chief Ordnance Officer, US European Theater of Operations
1942-08-01 1942-10-17 Chief of Staff, Services of Supply, US European Theater of Operations
1942-10-18 1943-01-26 Deputy Chief of Staff, US European Theater of Operations
1943-02-15 1944-02-15 Deputy Commanding General US North African Theater of Operations
1943-02-15 1944-02-15 Commanding General Communications Zone, US North African Theater of Operations
1944-02-21 1945-08-28 Special Assistant to Commander in Chief US Forces European Theater
1945-08-29 1946-01-26 Inspector-General, US Forces European Theater
1946-02-12 1946-06-30 Acting Chief of Ordnance
1946-07-01 1949-10-31 Chief of Ordnance
1949-10-31 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, January 1958" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.