The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Ridgway, Matthew Bunker
General
* 3rd of March 1895
† 26th of July 1993
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1940-07-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-12-11 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-01-15 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-08-06 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-06-04 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
Service
| 1939-09-30 | – | 1942-01-XX | Attached to War Plans Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1942-02-25 | – | 1942-06-25 | Assistant Commanding General 82nd Infantry Division |
| 1942-06-26 | – | 1944-08-26 | Commanding General 82nd Airborne Division [Sicily - Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-08-27 | – | 1945-10-15 | Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Commanding General Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean |
| 1946-01-XX | – | 1948-06-XX | Army Representative on Military Staff Committee, United Nations |
| 1946-01-XX | – | 1948-06-XX | Chairman of Inter-American Defense Board |
| 1948-06-XX | – | 1949-08-31 | Commander in Chief US Caribbean Command |
| 1949-09-01 | – | 1950-12-23 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration, US Army |
| 1950-12-26 | – | 1951-04-11 | Commanding General 8th Army [Korea] |
| 1951-04-11 | – | 1952-05-09 | Commander in Chief Far East Command |
| 1951-04-11 | – | 1952-05-09 | Commander in Chief UN Forces in Korea |
| 1952-05-30 | – | 1953-07-11 | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 1952-08-01 | – | 1953-07-11 | Commander in Chief US European Command |
| 1953-08-15 | – | 1955-06-29 | Chief of Staff, US Army |
| 1955-06-29 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley