The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Alexander, Edward Harrison
Brigadier-General
* 4th of January 1902
† 14th of November 1978
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1942-01-05 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1942-08-16 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-06-27 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-05-02 | Major |
| 1948-04-02 | Colonel |
| 1956-06-30 | Brigadier-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1942-02-01 | – | 1942-03-31 | Representative of Commanding General US Army Air Forces in India |
| 1942-03-07 | – | Assistant Air Officer, US Army Air Forces in China-Burma-India Theater | |
| – | 1942-12-15 | Air Officer, US Army Air Forces in the China-Burma-India Theater | |
| 1942-12-16 | – | 1943-09-30 | Commanding Officer India-China Wing, Air Transport Command |
| 1943-10-01 | – | 1944-08-01 | Commanding General Caribbean Wing, Air Transport Command |
| 1944-08-02 | – | 1945-10-17 | Commanding General Southwest Pacific Wing, Air Transport Command |
| 1945-10-18 | – | 1946-01-04 | Air Inspector, Air Transport Command |
| 1946-01-05 | – | 1947-12-31 | Chief of Training Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1948-01-01 | – | 1949-05-12 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations & Training, Air Training Command |
| 1949-05-13 | – | 1949-08-31 | Deputy Commanding General Combined Airlift Task Force [Germany] |
| 1949-05-13 | – | 1949-08-31 | Chief of Staff, Combined Airlift Task Force [Germany] |
| 1949-09-01 | – | 1949-09-30 | Commanding General I Airlift Task Force [Germany] |
| 1949-10-01 | – | 1951-01-22 | Commanding General 61st Troop Carrier Wing [Germany] |
| 1951-02-21 | – | 1952-09-XX | Chief of US Air Force Group, Joint Military Mission to Turkey |
| 1952-09-XX | – | 1954-07-01 | Deputy Commanding General 18th Air Force |
| 1952-09-XX | – | 1954-07-01 | Chief of Staff, 18th Air Force |
| 1954-07-01 | – | 1954-10-16 | Deputy Commanding General 18th Air Force |
| 1954-10-16 | – | 1954-12-01 | Acting Commanding General 18th Air Force |
| 1954-12-01 | – | 1956-XX-XX | Deputy Commanding General 18th Air Force |
| 1956-06-30 | Retired |
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