The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Ward, Orlando
Major-General
* 4th of November 1891
† 5th of February 1972
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1935-11-25 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-12-23 | Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1941-08-05 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-03-10 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-12-01 | Colonel |
| 1948-01-24 | Major-General (with rank from 05.09.1944) |
Service
| 1935-08-19 | – | 1936-06-30 | Attending the Army War College |
| 1936-07-11 | – | 1938-01-29 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 83rd Field Artillery Regiment |
| 1938-02-01 | – | 1938-06-30 | Specal Assistant to chief of G-2, War Department General Staff |
| 1938-07-01 | – | 1938-11-10 | Chief of Geographic Branch, G-2 Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1938-07-01 | – | 1938-11-10 | Chief of Operations Branch, G-2 Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1938-11-11 | – | 1939-07-01 | Assistant Secretary, War Department General Staff |
| 1939-07-03 | – | 1941-08-30 | Secretary, War Department General Staff |
| 1941-09-01 | – | 1942-02-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Armored Brigade |
| 1942-02-XX | – | 1943-03-XX | Commanding General 8th Armored Division |
| 1942-03-XX | – | 1943-04-XX | Commanding General 1st Armored Division [North Africa] |
| 1943-05-XX | – | 1944-03-XX | Commanding General Camp Hood, Texas |
| 1943-06-XX | – | 1944-01-XX | Commanding General Tank Destroyer Center, Camp Hood, Texas |
| 1944-01-12 | – | 1944-10-30 | Commandant of the Field Artillery School |
| 1944-10-31 | – | 1945-08-28 | Commanding General 20th Armored Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-08-XX | – | 1945-10-XX | Commanding General Infantry Advanced Replacement Training Center, Camp Gordon, Georgia |
| 1945-10-XX | – | 1946-08-XX | Member of the War Dependency Board |
| 1945-10-XX | – | 1946-06-XX | President of the Confidential Personnel Board |
| 1946-06-07 | – | 1946-09-07 | Commanding General V Corps |
| 1946-06-07 | – | 1946-11-15 | Chief of Staff, V Corps |
| 1946-09-XX | – | 1946-10-XX | Commanding General Replacement & School Command |
| 1946-10-XX | – | 1949-01-XX | Commanding General 6th Infantry Division [Korea] |
| 1949-04-01 | – | 1949-06-01 | Director of the Historical Division, Department of the Army |
| 1949-06-01 | – | 1953-01-31 | Chief of the Office of Military History, Department of the Army |
| 1953-XX-XX | Retired |
Picture source: From: "20th Armored Division in World War II - Armor in ETO", 1946