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Portrait of Major-General James Albert Woodruff

Woodruff, James Albert

Major-General

* 19th of June 1877

† 20th of August 1969

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-05-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-08-05 Colonel (National Army)
1919-10-06 Reverted to Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-05-10 Colonel
1935-02-07 Brigadier-General
1938-03-01 Major-General

Service

1917-06-04 1917-08-12 Attached to the Office of the Chief of Engineers
1917-08-13 1917-09-09 Attached to American University Cantonment
1917-12-22 1918-02-15 Engineer Purchasing Officer, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1917-12-22 1918-02-15 Officer in Charge of Forestry Works, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1918-02-16 1918-05-22 Officer in Charge of Forestry Section, Division of Construction & Forestry, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1918-04-09 1918-05-22 Officer in Charge of General Construction Section, Division of Construction & Forestry, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1918-05-22 1918-08-31 Deputy Director of Division of Construction & Forestry, American Expeditionary Force [France]
1918-09-01 1919-07-11 Commanding Officer 20th Engineers Regiment [France]
1919-07-22 1919-08-27 Attached to the Office of the Chief of Engineers
1919-09-01 1920-08-12 District Engineer, Seattle, Washington
1920-08-21 1921-10-04 Assistant Commandant of the Engineer School
1921-10-05 1924-09-01 Commandant of the Engineer School
1924-09-12 1927-09-21 Chief of Staff, Panama Canal Department
1927-09-28 1928-08-01 District Engineer, New York District
1928-08-06 1931-07-06 Director of the Command & General Staff School
1931-07-07 1933-05-31 Assistant Commandant of the Command & General Staff School
1933-06-16 1933-08-08 Director of Public Buildings & Public Parks of the National Capitol
1933-08-08 1933-08-31 Attached to the Office of the Chief of Engineers
1933-09-01 1933-11-30 Commanding Officer 13th Engineers Regiment
1933-12-02 1934-06-27 District Engineer, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania
1934-03-05 1935-02-16 Member of the Board of Engineers for Rivers & Harbors
1934-06-28 1935-02-18 Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division
1935-03-10 1937-01-08 Commanding General San Francisco Port of Embarkation
1937-01-19 1938-08-16 Commanding Officer Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade [Hawaii]
1938-03-17 1939-03-13 Commanding General Hawaiian Division
1939-04-17 1941-06-10 Commanding General 1st Corps Area
1941-06-30 Retired
1941-12-15 Recalled
1941-12-15 1943-08-01 President of the Military Commission
1941-12-15 1943-08-01 Director of Central Identification Bureau [Hawaii]
1943-08-01 Retired
1943-09-16 Recalled
1943-09-16 1943-09-23 On mission to Dallas, Texas
1943-09-23 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, June 1970" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.