The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Arthur McKinley Harper

Harper, Arthur McKinley

Major-General

* 23rd of December 1893

† 23rd of February 1972

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1940-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-11 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-05-28 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1945-02-06 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1945-12-28 Colonel
1946-01-30 Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States)
1948-01-24 Major-General

Service

1936-06-12 1940-07-25 Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Reserve Officers Training Center, Xavier University
1940-09-06 1941-12-10 Commanding Officer 60th Field Artillery Battalion
1941-11-XX 1942-02-05 Commanding Officer 55th Field Artillery Brigade
1941-12-11 1942-04-14 Artillery Officer, I Corps
1942-04-15 1942-08-31 Commanding Officer Artillery, 30th Infantry Division
1943-09-01 1944-04-07 Artillery Officer, III Corps
1944-04-08 1944-10-21 Artillery Officer, XXIV Corps
1944-10-22 1946-02-16 Commanding General 98th Infantry Division [Pacific - Japan]
1946-07-01 1946-11-16 Assistant Chief of Staff, 2nd Service Command
1947-12-10 1948-11-30 Deputy Chief of American Mission for Aid to Greece
1948-12-01 1950-03-08 Deputy Chief of Joint Planning Staff, Commander in Chief Naval Forces in Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean
1948-12-01 1950-03-08 Chief of US Army Pallning Section, Commander in Chief Naval Forces in Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean
1950-03-28 1953-11-16 Commanding General US Army Artillery & Missile Center
1950-03-28 1953-11-16 Commandant of the Armored School
1953-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, September 1975" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.