The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General John Adams Appleton

Appleton, John Adams

Brigadier-General

* 24th of December 1891

† 5th of December 1966

(Officers' Reserve Corps)

Promotions

1944-11-13 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1942-XX-XX Called to Active Duty
1943-XX-XX Director-General of Military Railways, China-Burma-India Theater of Operations
1944-12-XX 1945-XX-XX Chief of Military Railways Branch, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1944-12-XX Director-General of Military Railways, US European Theater of Operation
1946-XX-XX Released from Active Duty
Picture source: From: "Railroading in eighteen countries; the story of American railroad men serving in the Military Railway Service, 1862 to 1953" by Carl R. Gray, 1955