The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier-General Mervin Eugene Gross

Gross, Mervin Eugene

Brigadier-General

* 16th of February 1900

† 18th of October 1946

(USAAF)

Promotions

1941-08-28 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1941-12-24 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-03-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps)
1943-01-06 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-09-25 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1945-06-13 Lieutenant-Colonel

Service

1939-07-25 1944-12-04 Chief of Requirements, Headquarters US Army Air Forcess
1944-12-10 1945-08-20 Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans, China Theater of Operations
1944-12-10 1945-08-20 Air Officer, China Theater of Operations
1945-01-26 1945-06-10 Acting Chief of Staff, US Forces China Theater of Operations
1945-06-11 1945-08-20 Chief of Staff Tactical Headquarters, US Forces China Theater of Operations
1945-08-30 1945-09-22 Liaison Officer between Headquarters China Theater of Operations and Guam Port of Embarkation
1945-10-22 1945-12-10 Liaison Officer between Headquarters China Theater of Operations and Commander 7th Fleet
1946-02-01 1946-04-22 Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel, Policy & Management, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1946-04-24 1946-10-18 Commandant of the Army Air Force Institute of Technology
1946-10-18 Killed in an aircraft accident
Picture source: From: "Assembly, January 1948" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.