The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Key, William Shaffer
Major-General
* 6th of October 1889
† 5th of January 1959
(National Guard)
Promotions
| 1921-01-11 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps) |
| 1921-08-04 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Oklahoma National Guard) |
| 1923-04-26 | Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps) |
| 1927-04-14 | Termination of rank Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps) |
| 1928-02-15 | Colonel (Oklahoma National Guard) |
| 1928-08-18 | Brigadier-General (Oklahoma National Guard) |
| 1937-04-02 | Major-General (Oklahoma National Guard) |
| 1937-06-07 | Major-General (National Guard of the United States) |
| 1940-09-16 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1949-10-31 | Major-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1923-12-26 | – | 1925-07-01 | Commanding Officer 160th Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1928-08-18 | – | 1937-02-02 | Commanding Officer 70th Field Artillery Brigade |
| 1936-07-30 | – | 1937-02-01 | Acting Commanding General 45th Infantry Division |
| 1937-02-02 | – | 1942-10-13 | Commanding General 45th Infantry Division |
| 1940-XX-XX | – | 1942-XX-XX | Commanding General Fort Sill, Oklahoma |
| 1942-01-10 | – | 1942-05-19 | Commanding General V Corps |
| 1942-XX-XX | – | 1943-XX-XX | Provost Marshal General, European Theater of Operations |
| 1943-05-04 | – | 1943-05-07 | Acting Commanding General US European Theater of Operations |
| 1943-06-18 | – | 1944-12-04 | Commanding General Iceland Base Command |
| 1945-01-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Head of US Control Commission for Hungary |
Picture source: From: "The Chronicles of Oklahoma, 1959"