The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Gavin, James Maurice
Lieutenant-General
* 22nd of March 1907
† 23rd of February 1990
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1942-02-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-09-25 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-09-22 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-10-20 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-06-13 | Major |
| 1948-06-10 | Colonel |
Service
| 1941-12-XX | – | 1942-07-XX | Personnel & Training Officer, Provisional Parachute Group |
| 1942-07-XX | – | 1943-01-XX | Commanding Officer 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
| 1943-01-XX | – | 1943-11-XX | Commanding Officer 505th Parachute Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division [Italy] |
| 1943-11-XX | – | 1944-02-01 | Airborne Advisor to Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force |
| 1943-12-09 | – | 1944-08-27 | Assistant Commanding General 82nd Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-08-27 | – | 1948-03-28 | Commanding General 82nd Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-07-XX | – | 1945-10-XX | American Representative to the Soviet City Commandant of Berlin |
| 1945-09-03 | – | 1945-10-10 | Commanding General US Sector Berlin [Germany] |
| 1948-04-01 | – | 1949-04-XX | Chief of Staff, 5th Army |
| 1949-05-01 | – | Member of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, Office of the Secretary of Defense | |
| 1952-XX-XX | – | 1954-XX-XX | Commanding General VI Corps |
| 1954-04-01 | – | 1955-03-24 | Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3) US Army |
| 1955-03-25 | – | 1955-10-09 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans & Research US Army |
| 1955-11-10 | – | 1958-03-31 | Chief of Research & Depvelopment, Department of the Army |
| 1958-03-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley