The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford
General
* 24th of January 1899
† 2nd of April 1954
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1941-11-15 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1941-12-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-01-27 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-12-03 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-03-13 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-03-17 | Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-06-12 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1946-06-22 | Brigadier-General |
| 1947-08-01 | Major-General |
| 1947-10-01 | General |
Service
| 1941-07-09 | – | 1942-08-XX | Assistant Chief of the Air Staff for Operations & Training (A-3), Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1942-08-XX | – | 1942-09-XX | Chief of Policy Section, Air Staff Plans Division, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1942-09-13 | – | 1943-02-22 | Chief of Staff, 12th Air Force [United Kingdom - North Africa] |
| 1943-02-23 | – | 1943-08-03 | Chief of Staff, Northwest African Strategic Air Force |
| 1943-08-26 | – | 1944-03-16 | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1943-09-XX | – | 1944-01-XX | Senior US Army Air Forces Member of the US Military Mission to Soviet Union |
| 1944-03-23 | – | 1944-08-07 | Deputy Commander in Chief of the Allied Air Expeditionary Force |
| 1944-08-08 | – | 1945-05-25 | Commanding General 9th Air Force [United Kingdom - France] |
| 1945-06-25 | – | 1946-01-25 | Assistant Chief of Air Staff for Operations, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1946-01-26 | – | 1946-06-09 | Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2), War Department General Staff |
| 1946-01-26 | – | 1946-06-09 | Army Member of Joint Intelligence Committee & Combined Intelligence Committee, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1946-06-10 | – | 1947-05-01 | Director of Central Intelligence Group, Office of the Secretary of War |
| 1947-06-16 | – | 1947-08-31 | Acting Deputy Commander in Chief US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-06-16 | – | 1947-08-31 | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-09-01 | – | 1947-09-30 | Deputy Commander in Chief US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-09-01 | – | 1947-09-30 | Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1947-10-01 | – | 1948-04-29 | Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1948-04-30 | – | 1953-06-29 | Chief of Staff, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1953-06-30 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon