The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Lear, Ben
Lieutenant-General
* 12th of May 1879
† 2nd of November 1966
Promotions
| 1920-07-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1929-09-19 | Colonel |
| 1936-05-01 | Brigadier-General |
| 1938-10-01 | Major-General |
| 1940-10-01 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1940-10-01 | Lieutenant-General (Temporary) |
| 1943-05-30 | Termination of rank Lieutenant-General (Temporary) |
| 1945-12-31 | Lieutenant-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1919-07-07 | – | 1921-08-19 | Director of Horsemanship Department, Cavalry School |
| 1920-08-19 | – | 1922-06-20 | Attending the School of the Line |
| 1922-06-20 | – | 1922-07-25 | Attached to Fort Lewis, Washington |
| 1922-07-25 | – | 1923-06-17 | Attending the General Staff School |
| 1923-06-XX | – | 1923-07-24 | Attached to Camp Knox, Kentucky |
| 1923-07-XX | – | 1925-06-29 | Instructor at the General Service Schools |
| 1925-07-XX | – | 1926-06-30 | Attending the Army War College |
| 1926-07-XX | – | 1927-10-17 | Commanding Officer 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1927-10-XX | – | 1930-11-10 | Chief of Inspections Division, Office of the Inspector-General |
| 1931-01-03 | – | 1933-06-30 | Commanding Officer 11th Cavalry Regiment |
| 1933-07-XX | – | 1934-11-03 | Inspector, 9th Corps Area |
| 1934-11-04 | – | 1936-06-24 | Chief of Staff, 9th Corps Area |
| 1936-07-02 | – | 1936-07-06 | Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade |
| 1936-07-XX | – | 1938-10-31 | Commanding General I Cavalry Corps |
| 1936-07-06 | – | 1936-09-04 | Commanding General 1st Cavalry Division |
| 1936-09-04 | – | 1936-10-25 | Commanding Officer 2nd Cavalry Brigade |
| 1936-10-01 | – | 1938-11-21 | Commanding General 1st Cavalry Division |
| 1938-12-09 | – | 1940-02-16 | Commanding General Pacific Sector Panama Canal Zone |
| 1940-02-16 | – | 1940-09-XX | Commanding General Panama Mobile Force |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1943-04-25 | Commanding General 2nd Army |
| 1941-03-17 | – | 1943-04-25 | Commanding General Central Defense Command |
| 1943-05-31 | Retired | ||
| 1943-06-01 | Recalled | ||
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Member of the Secretary of War's Personnel Board |
| 1944-07-14 | – | 1945-01-20 | Commander in Chief Army Ground Force |
| 1945-XX-XX | Deputy Commander in Chief Army Forces US European Theater of Operations | ||
| 1945-12-31 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley