The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Earl Seeley Hoag

Hoag, Earl Seeley

Major-General

* 30th of May 1895

† 3rd of March 1968

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1940-03-11 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1941-04-18 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1941-10-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-15 Colonel (Temporary)
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-06-26 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1940-02-XX 1940-07-XX Assistant to the Chief of Planning & Equipment, War Department General Staff
1940-07-XX 1942-02-XX Chief of Development Section, Requirements & Distribution Branch, Supply Division, War Department General Staff
1942-02-02 1944-03-XX Commanding Officer US Army Air Forces in Liberia
1942-02-XX 1943-07-XX Executive Officer, Africa-Middle East Wing, Air Transport Command
1943-06-XX 1943-09-XX Commanding General US Army Forces in Central Africa
1943-07-XX 1943-10-XX Commanding General Africa-Middle East Wing, Air Transport Command
1943-10-XX 1944-03-XX Commanding General India-China Wing, Air Transport Command
1944-03-XX 1945-08-XX Commanding General European Division, Air Transport Command
1945-10-XX 1946-06-XX Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4), War Department General Staff
1946-06-XX 1946-07-XX Attached to Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1946-07-XX 1947-08-XX Attached to Research & Development Division,War Department General Staff
1947-09-XX 1949-09-XX Chief of US Air Force Group, American Mission for Aid to Turkey
1949-09-XX 1951-08-XX Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Reserve Forces, Headquarters US Air Force
1951-08-XX 1951-10-XX Chairman of the Joint Troop Carrier Board
1951-10-XX Director of Joint Air Transport Board
1953-02-XX Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon