The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Alden Harry Waitt

Waitt, Alden Harry

Major-General

* 22nd of September 1892

† 11th of February 1981

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1940-10-09 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-09-13 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1945-11-13 Major-General (Chief of the Chemical Corps)

Service

1939-10-XX 1941-02-XX Chemical Officer, Armored Force
1941-03-XX 1942-03-XX Chief of Air Corps Branch, Operations & Training Division, War Department General Staff
1942-03-XX 1942-08-XX Chief of Plan & Training Division, Office of the Chief of Chemical Warfare Service
1942-08-XX 1942-10-XX Commandant of the Chemical Warfare School
1942-10-XX 1945-11-29 Assistant Chief for Field Operations, Office of the Chief of Chemical Warfare Service
1945-11-10 1945-11-28 Acting Chief of the Chemical Corps, War Department
1945-11-29 1947-09-17 Chief of the Chemical Corps, War Department
1947-09-18 1949-09-30 Chief of the Chemical Corps, Department of the Army
Picture source: From "The Chemical Warfare Service : organizing for war" by Leo P. Brophy & George J. B. Fisher, 2004