The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Taylor, Maxwell Davenport
General
* 26th of August 1901
† 19th of April 1987
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1941-12-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-02-01 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-12-04 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-05-31 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-06-13 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1948-01-24 | Brigadier-General |
Service
| 1941-07-XX | – | 1942-06-XX | Assistant Secretary, War Department General Staff |
| 1942-07-XX | – | 1942-10-XX | Chief of Staff, 82nd Airborne Division |
| 1942-11-XX | – | 1943-12-09 | Commanding Officer Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division [Sicily] |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Member Allied Control Commission Italy |
| 1944-02-09 | – | 1944-02-22 | Commanding Officer Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division |
| 1944-03-31 | – | 1944-12-04 | Commanding General 101st Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-12-27 | – | 1945-08-22 | Commanding General 101st Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-09-04 | – | 1949-01-27 | Superintendent of US Military Academy West Point |
| 1949-02-08 | – | 1949-05-14 | Deputy Chief of Staff, European Command |
| 1949-02-08 | – | 1949-08-30 | Deputy Commanding General US Army Europe |
| 1949-02-08 | – | 1949-08-30 | Chief of Staff, US Army Europe |
| 1949-05-15 | – | 1949-08-30 | Chief of Staff, European Command |
| 1949-08-31 | – | 1950-06-01 | Commanding General US Sector Berlin [Germany] |
| 1951-02-13 | – | 1951-07-31 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3), US Army |
| 1951-08-01 | – | 1953-02-06 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations & Administration, US Army |
| 1953-02-11 | – | 1954-XX-XX | Commanding General 8th Army [Korea] |
| 1955-04-01 | – | 1955-06-05 | Commander in Chief Far East |
| 1955-04-01 | – | 1955-06-05 | Commander in Chief UN Forces in Korea |
| 1955-06-30 | – | 1959-06-30 | Chief of Staff, US Army |
| 1959-XX-XX | Retired | ||
| 1961-XX-XX | Recalled | ||
| 1962-XX-XX | – | 1964-XX-XX | Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1964-XX-XX | Retired | ||
| 1964-XX-XX | – | 1965-XX-XX | Ambassador to South Vietnam |