The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General John Harrison Jr. Stokes

Stokes, John Harrison Jr.

Major-General

* 27th of October 1895

† 9th of November 1968

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-09-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-06-30 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-12-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-03-21 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-03-05 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-03-11 Colonel
1950-05-17 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1940-XX-XX –1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer 38th Infantry Battalion
1942-01-XX –1942-06-XX Assistant Chief of Staff (G-4), 2nd Infantry Division
1942-07-XX –1944-10-15 Chief of Staff, 2nd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1944-09-05 –1944-10-15 Acting Assistant Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1944-10-15 –1945-06-XX Assistant Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-07-XX –1946-02-04 Chief of Staff, IX Corps
1946-03-01 –1946-04-29 Assistant Chief of Staff (G-1), 6th Army
1946-04-30 –1946-05-28 Deputy Chief of Staff, 6th Army
1946-05-29 –1946-07-11 Attached to the Military Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff
1946-07-24 –1946-12-31 Intelligence Officer, Headquarters US Army Air Forcess
1947-01-01 –1947-09-23 Deputy Commanding Officer Detachment "O"
1947-09-24 –1949-06-30 Military Attaché to Hungary
1949-07-01 –1949-10-31 Chief of Staff, Central Military District
1949-11-01 – Chief of Central Military District
1951-XX-XX Chief of Staff, 6th Army
1954-02-26 –1956-02-05 Commanding General Washington Military District
1956-02-06 –1956-10-16 Chief of the Office of Military History, Department of the Army
1956-11-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, January 1971" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.