The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General George Edward Stratemeyer

Stratemeyer, George Edward

Lieutenant-General

* 24th of November 1890

† 11th of August 1969

(USAAF/USAF)

Promotions

1937-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-01 Colonel (Temporary)
1941-06-26 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-08-04 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1943-02-16 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1944-05-31 Colonel
1945-05-28 Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States)
1946-06-28 Brigadier-General
1947-08-01 Major-General

Service

1936-08-XX 1938-08-XX Commanding Officer 7th Bombardment Group
1938-09-XX 1939-06-XX Attending the Army War College
1939-07-XX 1941-04-XX Chief of Training & Operations Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps
1941-04-XX 1942-01-XX Executive Officer, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps
1942-01-XX 1942-06-19 Commanding General Southeastern Air Corps Training Center, Maxwell Field, Alabama
1942-07-06 1943-07-XX Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces
1943-08-05 1943-12-14 Commanding General US Army Air Forces India-Burma Sector
1943-08-05 1943-12-14 Air Advisor to the Commanding General of the China-Burma-India Theater
1943-12-15 1945-07-16 Commanding General Eastern Air Command, South East Asia Command
1944-04-16 1946-02-09 Commanding General US Army Air Forces, South East Asia Command
1945-07-12 1946-01-XX Commanding General US Army Air Forces in the China Theater
1945-11-20 1946-02-09 Deputy Commanding General US Forces, South East Asia Command
1946-03-27 1948-11-30 Commanding General Air Defense Command
1948-12-01 1949-04-15 Commanding General Continental Air Command
1949-04-26 1951-06-09 Commanding General Far East Air Forces [Japan]
1951-05-20 1951-11-08 Hospitalized
1952-01-31 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, January 1971" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.