The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Simpson, William Hood
General
* 19th of May 1888
† 15th of August 1980
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1934-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1938-09-01 | Colonel |
| 1940-10-01 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1941-09-29 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1943-10-13 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-02-01 | Brigadier-General |
| 1946-04-11 | Major-General |
| 1946-11-30 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1932-06-20 | – | 1936-06-20 | Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Pomona College, California |
| 1936-08-12 | – | 1947-06-24 | Instructor at the Army War College |
| 1937-06-25 | – | 1940-08-25 | Director of G-2 Division, Army War College |
| 1940-08-30 | – | 1940-10-04 | Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Regiment |
| 1940-10-05 | – | 1941-04-04 | Assistant Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1941-04-05 | – | 1941-10-14 | Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1941-10-15 | – | 1942-04-05 | Commanding General 35th Infantry Division |
| 1942-04-06 | – | 1942-08-31 | Commanding General 30th Infantry Division |
| 1942-09-01 | – | 1943-03-05 | Commanding General XII Corps |
| 1943-03-06 | – | 1943-04-07 | Observer, North African Theater of Operations |
| 1943-04-08 | – | 1943-09-27 | Commanding General XII Corps |
| 1943-09-29 | – | 1944-05-08 | Commanding General 4th Army |
| 1944-05-12 | – | 1945-06-20 | Commanding General 9th Army [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-07-08 | – | 1945-08-09 | Special Mission to China |
| 1945-10-11 | – | 1945-11-14 | Commanding General 2nd Army |
| 1945-11-15 | – | 1946-04-04 | Member of the Military Intelligence Board |
| 1945-11-15 | – | 1946-04-04 | President of the War Department Reorganisation Board |
| 1946-11-30 | Retired |
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