The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Thomas Dewees Finley

Finley, Thomas Dewees

Major-General

* 2nd of June 1895

† 19th of December 1984

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1937-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-26 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-04-23 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1943-03-15 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1944-08-01 Colonel
1946-09-30 Major-General (Retired)

Service

1935-07-01 1939-06-30 Attached to G-2 Division, War Department General Staff
1939-08-01 1940-06-01 Professor of Medical Science & Tactics, University of Maryland
1940-08-XX 1941-05-XX Attached to G-2 Division, War Department General Staff
1941-05-XX 1941-11-XX Executive Officer, Camp Croft, South Carolina
1941-11-XX 1942-04-XX G-3, 2nd Army
1942-05-XX 1943-02-XX Assistant Commanding General 89th Infantry Division
1943-05-XX 1943-11-16 Commanding General 89th Infantry Division
1943-11-17 1944-05-30 Commanding General 80th Light Infantry Division
1944-06-01 1945-12-07 Commanding General 89th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-06-01 1945-12-07 Commanding General XVI Corps
1945-12-17 1946-06-10 Hospitalized
1946-09-30 Retired