The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Ira Platt Swift

Swift, Ira Platt

Major-General

* 8th of February 1898

† 29th of July 1987

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-09-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-02-01 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-12-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-03-20 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-01-24 Brigadier-General

Service

1941-01-11 Assistant Chief of Legislative Section, War Department General Staff
1942-01-17 Chief of Legislative Section, War Department General Staff
1942-01-18 1942-03-09 Chief of Planning Branch, Personnel Division, War Department General Staff
1942-07-01 1943-07-08 Commanding Officer 14th Armored Regiment
1943-07-09 1944-12-07 Commanding Officer Combat Command A, 9th Armored Division [United Kingdom]
1943-07-09 1944-12-07 Deputy Chief of Staff, 9th Armored Division [United Kingdom]
1944-12-13 1945-05-15 Assistant Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division
1945-09-08 1947-04-21 Chief of Military Personnel Management Group, Office of the Chief of Staff, War Department Genral Staff
1947-04-22 1948-07-13 Assistant Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division
1948-07-15 1951-XX-XX Commanding General US Forces in Austria
1951-02-XX 1951-07-XX Commanding General 3rd Armored Division
1951-07-14 1952-07-18 Commanding General 25th Infantry Division [Korea]
1952-08-XX 1953-04-XX Commanding General III Corps
1952-08-31 1953-02-27 Post Commander Fort MacArthur, California
1953-03-05 1954-06-17 Commanding General V Corps
1954-06-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, April 1989" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.