The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Bessell, William Weston Jr.
Brigadier-General
* 17th of March 1901
† 13th of January 1977
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1941-12-11 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-06-11 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-05-27 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1947-07-31 | Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1947-09-01 | Colonel |
| 1959-10-01 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| Brigadier-General (Dated back to 1959-10-01) |
Service
| 1940-06-13 | – | 1942-12-15 | Chief of Military Personnel, Office of the Chief of Engineers |
| 1942-12-16 | – | 1943-05-01 | Strategy Secretary, Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1943-05-02 | – | 1946-03-07 | Army Director of Joint War Plans Commission, Combined Chiefs' of Staff & Joint Chiefs' of Staff |
| 1943-05-11 | – | Chief of Army Section, Strategy & Policy Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff | |
| 1945-09-01 | – | 1946-01-10 | Chairman of War Department Special Commission on the Permanent Peacetime Army |
| 1946-03-08 | – | 1947-07-22 | Commanding General Antilles Department |
| 1947-07-31 | – | 1947-08-31 | Professor of Mathematics, US Military Academy West Point |
| 1947-09-01 | – | 1959-09-30 | Head of Department of Mathematics, US Military Academy West Point |
| 1959-10-01 | – | 1965-05-31 | Dean of the Academic Board, US Military Academy West Point |
| 1965-05-31 | Retired |
Picture source: http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Content/images/cullums/1920/6545-1920/6545-1920%20howitzer.jpg