The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Strother, Dean Coldwell
General
* 12th of February 1908
† 24th of September 2000
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1942-01-23 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1942-02-01 | Major |
| 1942-10-12 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1942-11-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-05-04 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-04-02 | Colonel (United States Air Force) |
| 1949-09-16 | Major-General (United States Air Force) |
Service
| 1941-11-11 | – | 1942-07-12 | Assistant Director of Training, Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center, Randolph Field, Texas |
| 1942-07-21 | – | 1943-01-12 | Fighter Staff Officer, US Army Forces in South Pacific Area |
| 1943-01-13 | – | 1943-12-15 | Commanding Officer 13th Fighter Command [New Caledonia - Espiritu Santo] |
| 1944-01-26 | – | 1944-03-01 | Commanding General San Francisco Fighter Wing |
| 1944-03-21 | – | 1944-09-02 | Commanding General 306th Fighter Wing [Italy] |
| 1944-09-03 | – | 1945-05-31 | Commanding General 15th Provisional Fighter Command [Italy] |
| 1945-09-22 | – | 1946-01-10 | Commanding General West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command |
| 1946-01-11 | – | 1946-02-10 | Acting Commanding General Pacific Division, Air Transport Command [Hawaii] |
| 1946-02-11 | – | 1946-08-29 | Commanding General West Coast Wing, Air Transport Command |
| 1946-09-XX | – | 1947-06-XX | Attending the National War College |
| 1947-06-22 | – | 1948-01-15 | Chief of Military Personnel Division, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1948-01-16 | – | 1950-02-28 | Director of Military Personnel, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-03-01 | – | 1950-07-16 | Acting Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-07-17 | – | 1950-10-11 | Director of Military Personnel, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-10-12 | – | 1950-11-01 | Acting Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-11-02 | – | 1951-03-09 | Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1951-03-15 | – | 1953-11-XX | Commanding General 12th Air Force [Germany] |
| 1951-03-15 | – | 1953-11-XX | Commanding General 4th Allied Tactical Air Force [Germany] |
| 1951-03-15 | – | 1953-11-XX | Advisor to the Commander in Chief US Forces in Europe |
| 1953-11-XX | – | 1956-06-01 | Deputy Commanding General Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama |
| 1955-06-01 | – | 1956-06-05 | Acting Commanding General Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama |
| 1956-06-06 | – | 1958-06-30 | Commanding General Air University, Maxwell AFB, Alabama |
| 1958-07-01 | – | 1962-11-XX | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1962-11-XX | – | 1965-04-01 | US representative to the Military Committee & Standing Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| 1965-04-01 | – | 1966-07-29 | Commander in Chief of the North American Air Defense Command |
| 1966-07-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of John Cook