The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Brereton, Lewis Hyde
Lieutenant-General
* 21st of June 1890
† 1st of August 1967
(USAAF/USAF)
Nickname: Louis
Promotions
| 1935-03-04 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1935-05-01 | Termination of rank Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1935-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1936-08-26 | Colonel (Temporary) |
| 1940-08-01 | Colonel |
| 1940-10-01 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1941-07-11 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-04-28 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-06-02 | Brigadier-General |
Service
| 1931-08-04 | – | Commanding Officer 6th Group [Panama] | |
| – | 1935-06-XX | Commanding Officer Panama Air Depot | |
| – | 1935-06-XX | Air Officer, Panama Canal District | |
| 1935-08-XX | – | 1939-06-XX | Instructor at the Command & General Staff School |
| 1939-06-XX | – | 1940-10-01 | Commanding Officer Barksdale Field, Louisiana |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1941-07-XX | Commanding Officer 17th Bombardment Wing |
| 1941-07-29 | – | 1941-10-06 | Commanding General 3rd Air Force |
| 1941-10-07 | – | 1941-10-28 | Commanding General Philippine Department Air Force |
| 1941-10-28 | – | 1942-02-05 | Commanding General Far Eastern Air Force [Philippines - Australia - Java] |
| 1942-01-12 | – | 1942-01-27 | Acting Commanding General US Army Forces in Australia |
| 1942-01-15 | – | 1942-01-28 | Deputy Air Commander, American-British-Dutch-Australian Command |
| 1942-02-05 | – | 1942-02-24 | Commanding General 5th Air Force [Java] |
| 1942-03-05 | – | 1942-06-26 | Commanding General 10th Air Force [India] |
| 1942-06-28 | – | 1942-11-12 | Commanding General US Army Middle East Air Forces |
| 1942-10-22 | – | 1943-02-15 | Commanding General Desert Air Task Force [Egypt] |
| 1942-11-12 | – | 1944-08-07 | Commanding General 9th Air Force [Egypt - United Kingdom] |
| 1943-01-31 | – | 1943-09-10 | Commanding General US Army Forces in the Middle East |
| 1944-08-07 | – | 1945-05-20 | Commanding General 1st Allied Airborne Army [United Kingdom - France] |
| 1945-07-01 | – | 1946-01-XX | Commanding General 3rd Air Force |
| 1946-01-XX | – | 1946-02-XX | Commanding General 1st Air Force |
| 1946-02-XX | – | 1947-07-XX | Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board, Office of the Secretary of War |
| 1946-06-23 | – | 1946-08-01 | Observer for Operation CROSSROADS (Atomic Bomb Test on Bikini Atoll) |
| 1947-07-XX | – | 1948-06-XX | Chairman of the Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission |
| 1948-06-XX | – | 1948-08-XX | Secretary General of the Air Board |
| 1948-08-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon