The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Lemnitzer, Lyman Louis
General
* 29th of August 1899
† 12th of November 1988
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1941-12-11 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-06-11 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-06-25 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1947-05-27 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-01-24 | Brigadier-General |
Service
| 1941-06-15 | – | 1942-03-08 | Assistant G-3, General Headquarters |
| 1942-03-09 | – | 1942-06-30 | Chief of Plans Division, Army Ground Forces |
| 1942-07-01 | – | 1942-08-14 | Commanding Officer 34th Anti-Aircraft Brigade [United Kingdom] |
| 1942-08-15 | – | 1942-09-12 | Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Force Headquarters [United Kingdom] |
| 1942-09-15 | – | 1943-01-04 | Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3), Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa] |
| 1943-01-05 | – | 1943-02-14 | Deputy Chief of Staff, 5th Army [North Africa] |
| 1943-02-15 | – | 1943-07-24 | Commanding Officer 34th Anti-Aircraft Brigade [North Africa - Sicily] |
| 1943-05-16 | – | 1943-07-24 | Commanding Officer Anti-Aircraft, 7th Army [Sicily] |
| 1943-07-25 | – | 1944-12-30 | Deputy Chief of Staff, 15th Army Group [Italy] |
| 1944-12-31 | – | 1945-11-01 | Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Force Headquarters |
| 1945-08-01 | – | 1945-11-01 | Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
| 1945-11-02 | – | 1947-08-21 | Army Member of Joint Strategic Survey Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1947-08-22 | – | 1949-10-24 | Deputy Commandant of National War College |
| 1949-10-25 | – | 1950-XX-XX | Director of Office of Military Assistance, Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| 1951-01-XX | – | 1951-11-XX | Commanding General 11th Airborne Division |
| 1951-12-05 | – | 1952-07-03 | Commanding General 7th Infantry Division [Korea] |
| 1952-08-01 | – | 1955-03-24 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans & Research, US Army |
| 1955-06-05 | – | 1957-07-01 | Commander in Chief Far East Command |
| 1955-06-05 | – | 1957-07-01 | Commander in Chief UN Forces in Korea |
| 1957-07-01 | – | 1959-06-30 | Vice Chief of Staff US Army |
| 1959-07-01 | – | 1960-09-30 | Chief of Staff US Army |
| 1960-XX-XX | – | 1962-XX-XX | Chief Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1962-11-01 | – | 1969-05-05 | Commander in Chief US European Command |
| 1963-01-01 | – | 1969-07-01 | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 1969-XX-XX | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley