The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Philip Stearns Gage

Gage, Philip Stearns

Brigadier-General

* 13th of November 1885

† 13th of January 1982

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1934-07-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-08-01 Colonel
1941-04-06 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1947-04-30 Brigadier-General (Retired)

Service

–1936-08-18 Executive Officer, 4th Coast Artillery District
1936-08-20 –1937-06-22 Attending the Army Industrial College
1937-07-19 –1940-09-11 Commanding Officer Coast Defenses of Charleston
1937-07-19 –1939-09-10 Executive Officer, District I Civil Conservation Corps
1939-09-11 –1940-06-26 Commanding Officer, Fort Moultrie, South Carolina
1939-09-11 –1940-06-26 Commanding Officer District I Civil Conservation Corps
1939-09-11 –1940-06-26 Commanding Officer Overseas Discharge & Replacement Depot
1940-06-28 –1940-11-13 Chief of Staff, 79th Infantry Division
1940-11-16 –1942-05-09 Commanding Officer Coast Defenses of Sandy Hook
1940-11-16 –1941-04-06 Commanding Officer 7th Coast Artillery Regiment
1941-04-06 –1945-05-09 Commanding Officer Coast Defenses of Eastern New York
1941-04-06 –1944-03-02 Commanding General Harbor Defenses of New York
1941-04-06 –1944-03-02 Commanding General New York Sub-Sector
1942-09-30 –1942-10-08 Commanding General New York - Philadelphia Sector, Eastern Defense Command
1944-03-03 –1947-04-30 Commanding General Harbor Defenses of Boston
1944-03-03 –1947-04-30 Commanding General Boston Sub-Sector
1947-04-30 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, June 1983" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.