The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General William Nelson Gillmore

Gillmore, William Nelson

Major-General

* 25th of March 1903

† 19th of September 1990

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-12-24 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-06-02 Major
1942-09-23 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1945-05-01 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-07-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1949-09-01 Colonel

Service

1941-05-XX 1942-02-XX Assistant G-3, 40th Infantry
1942-02-XX 1942-07-XX Assistant Artillery Officer, Armored Force
1942-07-XX 1944-02-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 11th Armored Division
1944-02-XX 1945-02-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 1st Armored [Italy]
1945-02-09 1945-08-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 101st Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-XX 1945-09-XX Commanding General 101st Airborne Division
1945-12-XX 1948-01-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division
1948-01-XX 1949-04-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 11th Airborne Division [Japan]
1949-04-XX 1950-06-XX Commanding Officer Artillery, 7th Infantry Division
1950-08-10 1951-02-19 Chief of the Army Security Agency
1951-XX-XX Commanding General Artillery, IX Corps [Korea]
Director of the Joint Airborne Troop Board
1953-XX-XX Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group to Thailand
1955-XX-XX 1956-XX-XX Commanding General 4th Armored Division
1956-06-XX 1957-08-XX Commanding General Camp Hood, Texas
1957-XX-XX Commanding General II Corps
Chief of the Joint US Military Advisory Group to Greece
1959-XX-XX 1961-XX-XX Commanding General XV Corps
1962-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, July 1991" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.