General of the Army
* 12th of February 1893
† 9th of April 1981
1936-06-26 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1941-02-20 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
1942-02-15 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
1943-06-02 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
1943-09-01 | Brigadier-General |
1944-09-08 | Major-General |
1945-03-12 | General (Army of the United States) |
1949-01-31 | General (Dated back to 1945-03-12) |
1934-07-01 | – | 1938-05-25 | Instructor at US Military Academy West Pont |
1938-06-01 | – | 1940-06-30 | Chief of Operations Section, G-1, War Department General Staff |
1940-07-01 | – | 1941-02-23 | Assistant Secretary of General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, War Department |
1941-03-05 | – | 1942-02-17 | Commanding General Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1942-02-19 | – | 1942-06-26 | Commanding General 82nd Infantry Division |
1942-06-27 | – | 1943-02-16 | Commanding General 28th Infantry Division |
1943-02-24 | – | 1943-03-06 | Personal Representative in the Field for Commander in Chief US North African Theater of Operations |
1943-03-07 | – | 1943-04-15 | Deputy Commanding General II Corps [Tunisia] |
1943-04-16 | – | 1943-09-07 | Commanding General II Corps [Tunisia - Sicily] |
1943-10-19 | – | 1944-07-14 | Commander in Chief 1st Army Group [United Kingdom] |
1943-10-19 | – | 1944-08-01 | Commanding General 1st Army [United Kingdom - North West Europe] |
1944-08-02 | – | 1945-07-12 | Commander in Chief 12th Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
1945-08-15 | – | 1947-11-30 | Administrator for Veterans Affairs |
1947-02-07 | – | 1949-08-15 | Chief of Staff, US Army |
1949-08-16 | – | 1953-XX-XX | Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff |
1953-XX-XX | Retired |