The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Waldo Charles Potter

Potter, Waldo Charles

Brigadier-General

* 27th of August 1885

† 21st of July 1971

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1930-11-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-12-24 Colonel
1941-11-05 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-08-16 Brigadier-General (Retired)

Service

1930-08-15 1931-06-15 Attending the Army War College
1931-07-05 1931-07-31 ASttending at Chemical Warfare Service Special Course, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland
1931-08-31 1937-10-01 Instructor to California National Guard
1937-11-20 1940-10-23 Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Cornell University, New York
1940-10-24 1941-11-06 Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of Field Artillery
1941-11-15 1943-03-05 Commanding General Field Artillery Replacement Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
1943-03-09 1945-12-11 Chairman of 2nd Section, War Department Manpower Board
1946-03-31 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of the Potter Family