The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Lee, Robert Merrill
General
* 13th of April 1909
† 29th of June 2003
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1942-01-23 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1942-02-01 | Major (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-12-08 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-01-11 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1945-01-25 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1947-11-02 | Major-General (Air Force of the United States) |
Service
| 1941-12-21 | – | 1942-02-08 | Air Officer, Armored Force |
| 1942-02-09 | – | 1943-01-XX | Commanding Officer 73rd Observation Group |
| 1943-01-06 | – | 1943-03-29 | Chief of Staff, 1st Air Support Command |
| 1943-04-01 | – | 1943-05-16 | Commanding Officer Tennessee Air Service Command |
| 1943-05-17 | – | 1943-08-XX | Chief of Staff, 1st Air Support Command |
| 1943-08-XX | – | 1944-04-XX | Chief of Staff, 1st Tactical Air Division |
| 1944-04-XX | – | 1944-08-21 | Chief of Staff, 3rd Tactical Air Command |
| 1944-09-01 | – | 1945-06-14 | Deputy Commander for Operations, 9th Air Force |
| 1945-06-15 | – | 1945-10-14 | Chief of Staff, 9th Air Force |
| 1945-10-15 | – | 1946-01-14 | Assistant Chief of the Air Section, Theater General Board, 15th Army [Germany] |
| 1946-02-22 | – | 1946-03-XX | Chief of Plans, Control Division, 3rd Air Force |
| 1946-04-01 | – | 1946-08-XX | Chief of Staff, Tactical Air Command |
| 1946-08-XX | – | 1947-06-XX | Attending the National War College |
| 1947-06-21 | – | 1948-11-23 | Deputy Commanding General Tactical Air Command |
| 1947-06-21 | – | 1948-11-23 | Chief of Staff, Tactical Air Command |
| 1948-11-24 | – | 1950-07-07 | Commanding General Tactical Air Command |
| 1950-07-07 | – | 1951-06-30 | Commanding General Air Task Force 3.4 |
| 1951-07-19 | – | 1951-11-14 | Deputy Director of Plans, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1951-11-15 | – | 1953-11-XX | Director of Plans, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1953-11-XX | – | 1956-06-XX | Commanding General 12th Air Force [Germany] |
| 1953-11-XX | – | 1957-07-XX | Commanding General 4th Allied Tactical Air Force [Germany] |
| 1957-07-XX | – | 1958-07-XX | Commanding General 9th Air Force |
| 1958-07-XX | – | 1959-09-XX | Chief of Staff, United Nations Command & US Forces [Korea] |
| 1959-09-XX | – | 1961-03-01 | Vice Commanding General Air Defense Command |
| 1961-03-01 | – | 1963-07-05 | Commanding General Air Defense Command |
| 1963-08-01 | – | 1966-07-01 | Deputy Commander for Air to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 1966-07-01 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon