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US Army Officers
1939-1945

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C      
Calhoun Jr.,
Tyler
 T. Calhoun Jr.
02.02.1903
TN
-
13.05.1952
Letterman Army Hospital
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1926 [016463]
1st Lt.
 		05.01.1932
Capt.
 		12.06.1936
...
 		...
Col.
 		(1952)
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1921-12.06.1926; BA; #7964); Battery Officer's Course, Field Artillery School (1931)
12.06.1926

commissioned in the field artillery
(10.1940)
  
 		 
 		US Military Academy, West Point



War Department General Staff
1943
 -
 		1944
 		G-3, Allied Force HQ
1945
 -
 		1946
 		China theatre
1948
 -
 		1950
 		Chief of Staff, Camp Gordon
1951
  
 		 
 		Chief of Staff, HQ Ft Bragg
Calhoun,
William Roberts
"Billy"
 W.R. Calhoun (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elizabeth (Anne) Calhoun Lee) W.R. Calhoun (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elizabeth (Anne) Calhoun Lee)
Son of Tyler Calhoun (1866-1953), and Ida Josephine Reid (1866-1945).
Married (06.1938) Anne Elizabeth Harlan (17.03.1912 - 05.2007); three sons.
10.09.1910
Nashville, Davidson, TN
-
01.12.2000
Florence, AL
2nd Lt. 13.06.1933 [019256]
1st Lt. 13.06.1936
Capt. AUS 09.09.1940 (accepted 04.10.1940)
Maj. AUS 01.02.1942
Lt.Col. AUS 04.11.1942
Capt. 13.06.1943
... ...
Maj.Gen. ? (retd 1968)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? ?
Silver Star Medal SSM ? ?
Legion of Merit LM ? ?
Air Medal AM ? 2x
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1929-13.06.1933; BA; #9888); Regular Course (1939) & Advanced Motors Course (1940), Field Artillery School.
13.06.1933     commissioned in the infantry
13.06.1935     transferred to the field artillery
1942 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 50th Field Artillery Battalion (5th Division)
1952 - 1953 G-1 Divisional HQ US Army Reserve Europe
1961 - 1963 Director, Joint War Games Control Group Joint Staff
1963 - 1967 Commanding General, 8 Corps
Went into real estate.
Campbell,
Arthur Griffith
 A.G. Campbell
Son of John H. and Mattie S. Campbell.
 		15.11.1884
Lexington, VA
-
25.01.1957
?
2nd Lt.
 		? [O2505]
...
 ...
Brig.Gen.
 		10.1940 (retd 08.1944)
Education: Virginia Military Institute (1906); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1924); Army War College (1928)
1908

commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps
1918

Battery commander in 52nd Artillery, AEF
1918
 -
 		1921
 		military intelligence division at the War Department General Staff
1924
 -
 		1927
 		Panama
11.1940 - 11.1941 Commanding General, Camp Pendieton
29.11.1941
 -
 		17.12.1941
 		Commanding General, 2nd Coast Artillery District, Fort Hamilton (since 10.12.1941 New  York-Philadelphia Frontier Defense Sector)
12.1941
 -
 		08.1944
 		Commander of the Newport Subsector, New England Sector of North Atlantic Coastal Frontier
Campbell,
Boniface
B. Campbell 		27.09.1895
Colby, WA
-
25.03.1988
Washington, DC
2nd Lt.
 		? [O9788]
...
 ...
Col.
 		? (retd 12.1956)
Brig.Gen.
 		08.1942 (reverted to Col. 03.1946)
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Education: Bowdoin College (BS, 1917); Command and General Staff School (1936); Army War College (1939)
1917

commissioned in the infantry
1919
 -
 		1923
 		Philippines
1927
 -
 		1931
 		Professor of military science and tactics at Purdue
1931
 -
 		1935
 		instructor at Field Artillery School
1936
 -
 		1938
 		Professor of military science and tactics at Arkansas State College
1939
 -
 		1942
 		operations and training divisiion of the War Department General Staff
08.1942
 -
 		?
 		Commanding general, 98th Infantry Division Artillery
?
 -
 		10.1945
 		Commanding general, IX Corps Artillery
(1952)

Commanding general, V Corps Artillery
Campbell Jr.,
Levin Hicks
L.H. Campbell Jr. 		23.11.1886
Washington, DC
-
01.11.1976
New York, NY
2nd Lt.
 		?
...
 ...
Brig.Gen.
 		10.1940
Maj.Gen.
 		04.1942
Lt.Gen.
 		04.1945 (retd 05.1946)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Education: USNA (...-1909)
1909

resigned Naval Academy to accept a commission in the Coast Artillery Corps
WW I
  
Office of the Chief of Ordnance
1940
 -
 		1941
 		Office of the Chief of Ordnance
01.1942
 -
 		06.1942
 		Assistant Chief of Industrial Service, Office of the Chief of Ordnance
1942
 -
 		1946
 		Chief of Ordnance
Campbell,
William Archibald
W.A. Campbell 		27.12.1887
Salt Lake City
-
18.08.1971
?
2nd Lt.
 		? [O6493]
...
 ...
Col.
 		? (retd 02.1948)
Brig.Gen.
 		04.1942 (reverted to Col. 03.1946)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Education: Command and General Staff School (1934); Army War College (1937)
1908

commissioned in the infantry, Utah National Guard
(1918)
     146th Field Artillery, AEF in the Battie of Marne
1920

transferred to the Field Artillery
1928
 -
 		1932
 		Instructor at the Field Artillery School 
1934
 -
 		1936
 		Instructor with the Utah National Guard
1937
 -
 		1941
 		Instructor, Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth, KS)
1941

49th Field Artillery
1942
 -
 		1944
 		Commander of 3rd Infantry Division Artillery
08.1944
 -
 		?
 		HQ Army Ground Forces
?
 -
 		1946
 		Director of Ground Force Instruction at the Command and General Staff School
Cardwell,
Eugene Fodrea
E.F. Cardwell (portrait UNCONFIRMED)
Married Posie Kenney; at least one daughter, one son.
 		29.12.1904
IN
-
10.03.1994
El Paso, TX
Regular Army:
 		[038662]
2nd Lt.
 		08.09.1926, seniority 30.06.1926 (resigned 05.07.1928)
National Guard:
2nd Lt. 
 		19.03.1929
1st Lt.
 		05.07.1929 (resigned 28.01.1930)
2nd Lt.
 		01.07.1930
Capt.
 		06.01.1931 (resigned 13.03.1939)
Capt.
 		06.06.1939
Army of the US:
Maj.Gen. (temp)
 		01.07.1951
US Army:
Capt.
 		04.09.1946, seniority 29.12.1939
Maj.Gen.
 		27.07.1957
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Education: Armed Forces Staff College; Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1949); University of Michigan (1926 BS in Civil Engineering)
14.06.1926
 -
 		07.09.1926
 		2nd Lieutenant, Infantry Reserve (honorably discharged)
19.03.1929
 -
 		?
 		commissioned, Infantry, National Guard
?
 -
 		28.01.1930
 		transferred, Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard (resigned)
21.02.1930
 -
 		29.04.1930
 		Flying Cadet
01.07.1930
 -
 		13.03.1939
 		Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard (resigned)
06.06.1939
 -
 		?
 		Coast Artillery Corps, National Guard
01.07.1951
 -
 		?
 		Major General, Army of the United States (AUS)
28.02.1960
 -
 		04.05.1960
 		acting Chief of Staff, United States Army, Europe
11.1960
 -
 		01.1962
 		Commanding General, Southern European Task Force (SETAF)
Carvey,
James Barclay
J.B. Carvey (Photo courtesy of Mr Jack W. Sossoman) J.B. Carvey (Photo courtesy of Mr Jack W. Sossoman)
Married Florence 'Flo' Carvey (née ...); four daughters.

Carvey's son-in-law recounts two anecdotes told by his father-in-law: "One such time of laughter was when he later was the Professor of Military History at Texas Tech in Lubbock. He had as a guest at his home, General Terry Allen who was to speak at Jim’s Texas Tech’s class, and as you can imagine, they and their wives started discussing the War. General Allen had told Jim that before the War ended that General Patton had called him, and in their discussion on the phone that Patton had said, I suppose you think me as an S.O.B. for sending you into Sicily (General Allen was very opposed to Patton’s orders for that invasion because he knew he would lose many men). Anyway, General Allen’s answer was an emphatic “Yes” and then he hung up on Patton! Another story was when Jim was in North Africa and the battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia. General Roosevelt came into HQ and said to Jim that he would like to go up to the front. I don’t know if this was the first time that General Roosevelt had been at the front on the battlefield, but when they got there, there began a barrage of incoming mortars, whereby Jim and the General ended up in a foxhole. After a very short time, General Roosevelt said something to the extent, “That is enough of this, let’s get back to work at HQ!"
 		10.06.1915
NY
-
03.2008 still alive at Midland, TX
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1939 [O22095]
1st Lt. AUS
 		09.09.1940
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		22.03.1957
Col. AUS
 		14.01.1958 (retd 1967)
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 for a successful daylight campaign against Rommel’s tank forces
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 17.02.1945
 N Africa 42-43 *
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart PH
 ?
 ?
Combat Infantryman Badge CI
 ?
 ?

* For meritorious achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy in the North African Theater of Operations from 15 Dec 1942 to 24 Feb 1943.

Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (01.07.1935-11.06.1939; grad. # 11699); Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS (1948); MEd Texas Technical University (1970)
21.04.1933
 -
 		30.06.1935
 		enlisted service
12.06.1939

commissioned in the Infantry
1939
 -
 		1942
 		26th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division)
1942
 -
 		1944
 		initially S3, later Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion 26th Infantry Regiment (Middle East & Normandy [his LCVP, launched from LST 494, was hit & sunk])
1944
 -
 		1946
 		War Department, General Staff (Washington, DC)
1946
 -
 		1948
 		Logistics Division, Department of the Army (Washington, DC)
1949
 -
 		1953
 		Joint American Military Advisory Group, London
1953
 -
 		1954
 		Office Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics
1957
 -
 		1961
 		Professor of Military Science, Texas Technical University
1961
 -
 		1964
 		G3 Army Section, Joint US Mission Military Aid for Turkey
1964
 -
 		1967
 		G1 HQ XV Corps
Chamberlin,
Harry Dwight
 H.D. Chamberlin H.D. Chamberlin
H.D. Chamberlin
Son of Dwight Allen and Corinne Leona (Orth) Chamberlin.
Married 1st (24.06.1912) Sally Garlington.
Married 2nd (13.08.1933) Helen Bradman; two daughters.

see also:
www.militaryhorse.org
 		20.05.1887 *
Elgin, IL
-
29.09.1944
Presidio of Monterey, CA
[National Cemetery, Presidio of Monterey, CA]

* Army register:
19.05.1887
Cadet
 		15.06.1906
2nd Lt.
 		15.06.1910 [O2848]
1st Lt.
 		01.07.1916
Capt.
 		15.05.1917
Maj. NA
 		07.06.1918 [accepted 09.06.1918]
Lt.Col. USA
 		07.04.1919 [accepted 16.04.1919; honorable discharge 25.09.1919]
Maj.
 		01.07.1920
Lt.Col.
 		01.11.1934
Col.
 		01.05.1939
Brig.Gen.
 		06.04.1941

Mexican Campaign Medal; World War Campaign Medal (2 stars); Belgian Military Cross

Education: Elgin Academy (1905-1906); US MIlitary Academy, West Point (15.06.1906-15.06.1910; grad. # 4881); Mounted Service School (1915); Second Year Course (1916); École Application de Cavalerie, Saumur, France (distinguished graduate, 1923); Italian Cavalry School, Tor di Quinto, Italy (1924); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS (distinguished graduate, 1927); Army War College (1933)
15.06.1910

commissioned in the Cavalry



Punitive Expedition, Mexico
1917
 -
 		1918
 		Tactical Department, US Military Academy, West Point



81 Division (Allied Expeditionary Force)
1928
 -
 		1932
 		Commanding Officer, Army Horse Show Team (Quartermaster Department, Front Royal, VA)
17.04.1936

General Staff Corps
1938
 -
 		1939
 		Chief of Staff, 1st Cavalry Division
(10.)1939
 -
 		1941
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Cavalry Regiment (Ft Riley, KS)
04.1942
 -
 		06.1942
 		commanded Task Force of Army, Navy, Marines and Air Corps which occupied New Hebrides Islands (returned to US for major medical operation)
03.1943
 -
 		09.1943
 		commanded Southwestern Security District, La Jolla, CA
09.1943
 -
 		29.09.1944
 		commanded Fort Ord, CA
Member Equitation Team, Inter-Allied Games (Paris, 1919; 2nd individual place, 1920). Member Olympic Team (Antwerp, Belgium, 1922). Captain, Army Polo Team (1926). Won National 12-Goal and National 20-Goal championships, 1926-1927. Member US Olympic Equestrian Team (Amsterdam, 1929). Captain, Army Equestrian Team, Germany, Ireland and Poland (1928). Captain US Olympic Equestrian Team (Los Angeles, CA, 1932). Won first individual place in 3-day event, won 2nd place in Prix des Nations.
Published: Riding and schooling horses (1934); Training hunters, jumpers and hacks (1937); many articles
Cheadle,
Henry Barlow
H.B. Cheadle 		01.05.1891
Cannon Falls, MN
-
16.12.1959
Nogales, AZ
2nd Lt.
 		1914 [O3584]
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1935
Col.
 		? 
Brig.Gen.
 		25.12.1942 (reverted to Col. 02.1946) (retd 30.04.1951)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 2 x
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (1914; grad. # 5179)
1914

commissioned in the Field Artillery
WW I

Observer, AEF
1918
 -
 		1919
 		Instructor, Infantry School
1931
 -
 		1934
 		Operations & Training Division, War Department General Staff
1938
 -
 		1940
 		Military Attaché, Spain, Portugal & Hungary
11.07.1941
 -
 		28.08.1942
 		Commanding Officer, 16th Infantry Regiment
1943
 -
 		1945
 		Assistant Division Commander, 94th Infantry Division
1947

Office, Chief of Staff, US Army
Church,
John Huston
J.H. Church J.H. Church

The Long Island Division of Queens Library holds a scrapbook dealing with the World War I history of John H. Church.
 		28.06.1892
Glen Iron, PA
-
04.11.1953
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
[Arlington National Cemetery]
2nd Lt.
 		03.05.1917 [accepted 16.05.1917] [08197]
1st Lt.
 		01.07.1920 [accepted 08.09.1920]
Capt.
 		01.07.1920
Maj.
 		01.08.1935
Brig.Gen.
 		08.1944 (retd 06.1952)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 ?
 ?
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart PH
 ?
 3x
Education: New York University (1915-1917); Graduated from Command and Genera! Staff School (1937)
16.05.1917

commissioned in the Infantry
1918

served with the 28th Infantry, AEF at Cantigny, Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Mame and Meuse-Argonne
1920

Aide-de-camp to Brigadier-Genera! F.C. Marshall
1922
 -
 		1926
 		Instructor with the Maryland Nationa! Guard
1929
 -
 		1933
 		Instructor with the Maryland Nationa! Guard
1933
 -
 		1936
 		duty in the Philippine Islands
1938
 -
 		1940
 		Instructor with the Arizona Nationa! Guard
10.1940
 -
 		09.1943
 		Assistant chief of staff for operations, then chief of staff at 45th Division
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Commanding officer of 157th Infantry
08.1944
 -
 		01.1946
 		Assistant division commander of 45th Infantry Division, then 84th Infantry Division
25.07.1950

Commanding general of 24th Infantry Division in the Korean War
1951
 -
 		1952
 		Commanding general of the Infantry Center, Fort Benning
Clark,
Mark Wayne
M.W. Clark



01.05.1896
Madison Barracks, NY
-
17.04.1984
Charleston, SC
[The Citadel, Charleston, SC]
2nd Lt.
 		04.1917 [O5309]
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		08.1940
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		08.1941
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		17.04.1942
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		13.11.1942
Gen. (T)
 		10.03.1945 (retd 31.10.1953)
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-04.1917)
04.1917

commissioned in the infantry
1940

instructor, Army War College
16.08.1940
 -
 		1941
 		Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3), General Headquarters (GHQ), US Army
01.1942
 -
 		05.1942
 		Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces
05.1942
 -
 		07.1942
 		Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces
01.07.1942
 -
 		09.10.1942
 		Commanding General, II Corps (UK)
1942

Commander-in-Chief, US Army Forces in Europe
11.1942
 -
 		01.1943
 		Deputy Commander of Allied Forces, North Africa
05.01.1943
 -
 		12.1944
 		Commanding General, Fifth Army (Italy)
01.01.1944
 -
 		01.03.1944
 		also: acting Commanding General, Seventh Army (Sicily)
12.12.1944
 -
 		05.07.1945
 		Commanding General, 15th Army Group (Italy)
06.07.1945
 -
 		1947
 		Commander, US Forces in Austria & Allied High Commissioner for Austria & Member, Vienna Inter-Allied Council
19.01.1947
 -
 		1949
 		Commanding General, Sixth Army (San Francisco)
01.10.1949
 -
 		05.05.1952
 		Chief of Army Field Forces
04.1952
 -
 		1953
 		Commander-in-Chief US Forces Far East
12.05.1952
 -
 		07.10.1953
 		Commander-in-Chief, UN Command, Korea
President of The Citadel, 1954-1965.
Published: Calculated risk (1950); From the Danube to the Yalu (1954)
Clarkson,
Percy William
P.W. Clarkson 		09.12.1893
San Antonio, TX
-
14.09.1962
2nd Lt.
 		1916
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		06.1942
Maj.Gen.
 		12.1942 (retd 12.1953)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 3x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2x
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Air Medal AM
 ?
 2x
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart PH
 ?
 ?
Education: BS from Texas A &M in 1915
      Commissioned in the infantry in 1916. Served with the 26th Infantry, 1st Division, AEF in World War I. Graduated from Cornmand and General Staff School in 1928. Assistant professor at West Point 1928-1933. Graduated from the Army War College in 1934. 
1940
 -
 		1941
 		With the War Department General Staff
1941

Chief of staff of 36th Infantry Division
1942
 -
 		1942
 		Assistant division commander of 91st Infantry Division
1942
 -
 		1943
 		Commanding general of 87th Infantry Division
20.10.1943
 -
 		(09.)1945
 		Commanding general of 33rd Infantry Division (New Guinea & Luzon)



Assignments after the war included commanding general of X Corps November 1945-January 1946, 3rd Infantry Division March 1947-August 1950 and Deputy
Cornmanding General U.S. Army Pacific 1950-1953. 
Coffin,
Robert Edmondston
R.E. Coffin

17.06.1917
Bellingham, WA
-
2nd Lt.
 		24.03.1939 [O25234]
...
 		...
Lt.Gen.
 		1971? (retd 1975)
24.03.1939

commissioned in the Field Artillery Reserve
?
 -
 		?
 		?
04.1969
 -
 		05.1971
 		Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)
Collins,
James Francis
J.F. Collins 		02.09.1905
the Bronx, New York, NY
-
22.01.1989
McLean, VA
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
2nd Lt.
 		1927 [O16819]
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		01.1945
Maj.Gen.
 		?
Lt.Gen.
 		15.03.1958
Gen.
 		1961 (retd 03.1964)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Air Medal AM
 ?
 ?
Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (...-06.1927)
1927

commissioned in the field artillery
1941
 -
 		1944
 		Artillery Offcer, then Executive Officer, I Corps Artillery
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Deputy Chief of Staff, then Chief of Staff, I Corps
1945
 -
 		1946
 		Commanding General, I Corps Artillery
1954
 -
 		1954
 		Commanding General, US Army, Alaska
1954
 -
 		1956
 		Commanding General, 71st Infantry Division
1956
 -
 		1956
 		Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division
15.03.1958
 -
 		31.03.1961
 		Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, US Army
1961
 -
 		1964
 		Commander-in-Chief, US Army Pacific
President, American Red Cross, 01.04.1964-30.09.1970.
Collins,
Joseph Lawton
"Lightning Joe"
J.L. Collins

01.05.1896
New Orleans, LA
-
12.09.1987
Washington, DC
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
2nd Lt.
 		06.1917 [O5247]
...
 		...
Col. (T)
 		01.1941
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		02.1942
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		05.1942
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		04.1945
Brig.Gen.
 		06.1945
Maj.Gen.
 		01.1948
Gen. (T)
 		24.01.1948 (retd 31.03.1956)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 4 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2 x
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (...-06.1917; grad. # 5636)
06.1917

commissioned in the infantry
1938
 -
 		1941
 		instructor, Army War College
1941
 -
 		12.1941
 		Chief of Staff, VII Corps (AL)
12.1941
 -
 		05.1942
 		Chief of Staff, Hawaiian Department
05.1942
 -
 		1943
 		Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Guadalcanal)
14.02.1944
 -
 		08.1945
 		Commanding General, VII Corps (UK; Normandy; NW Europe)
08.1945
 -
 		12.1945
 		Deputy Commanding General & Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces
12.1945
 -
 		09.1947
 		Director of Information, War Department
09.1947
 -
 		11.1948
 		Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army
11.1948
 -
 		08.1949
 		Vice Chief of Staff, US Army
08.1949
 -
 		08.1953
 		Chief of Staff, US Army
1953
 -
 		1955
 		US representative on the NATO Military Committee
1955
 -
 		1956
 		special representative of the US to the Republic of Vietnam
Published: War in peacetime : the history and lessons of Korea (1969); Lighting Joe : an autobiography (1979)
Conover,
Charles Maxwell
C.M. Conover (Photo courtesy of Mr James Blodgett) 		21.08.1916
OR
-
19.05.2000
Great Falls, Cascade, MT
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA, section 53, site 2313]
2nd Lt. Res
 		17.12.1941 [O33685]
1st Lt. Res
 		1943?
1st Lt. RA
 		16.08.1946, date of rank 21.08.1944
Maj. RA
 		02.07.1953
Lt.Col. AUS
 		07.12.1954
Col.
 		? (retd 31.07.1971)
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2x
Soldier's Medal SM
 ?
 2x
Purple Heart PH
 ?
 2 x
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 with metal pendant
Joint Service Commendation Medal JSCM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 1944
 with V device
Education: University of Washington (1946; BS); Officers' Advance Course, Infantry School (1947); Strategic Intelligence Scholl (1948);Command and General Staff College (1952).



served World War II, Korea & Vietnam:
17.12.1941
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Infantry Reserve
10.02.1942
 -
 		30.11.1945
 		1st Military Police Platoon, 1st Infantry Division (Sicily & Normandy [Silver Star: wounded in the shoulder as he leaped from his landing craft, he directed and organized traffic three hours before collapsing])
11.1959
 -
 		01.03.1962
 		Chief Liaison Officer to Libyan Army (CR)
30.06.1965
 -
 		10.06.1967
 		Deputy Chief of Staff, Alaskan Military Command
late 1960s

senior advisor to the Conn. Army Reserve or National Guard
Cook,
George Lester
G.L. Cook

His son writes: "He was a combat engineer officer. He was on the 9th Army Staff as the Movements Officer and his name can be found in their story ‘Conquer’ (the book you mention as a reference), which I still have. At the end, he was a Captain (his annotation in Conquer). He was an extraordinarily gifted and brilliant officer and was discovered to be so early on. Earlier in the War, he spent a year in England, where he’d been specially chosen to plan the ‘pre-stowing’ of 40% of the force of the Normandy invasion – a time where he even got to meet Winston Churchill (he even had a personal bodyguard because he knew too much to be compromised – his clearance was called Top Secret Bigot – a codeword which meant he knew everything). Of course, he was decorated for his plans & actions in the Normandy invasion and later for his actions in the Battle of the Bulge while moving across Europe on the 9th Army staff. (after the Movements officer of 1st Army was killed and he was sent over to take his place during the battle – where he created a way by which many of our divisions were able to move into contact with the German offensive which significantly contributed our victory and for which he was promoted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain the week after by the Army commander during a meeting to discuss what happened). You can study the maps as well to see how he moved south to 1st Army in order to help them facilitate the counter to the German’s counterattack in Ardennes… he actually never told me what the name of the battle was until after I became an officer myself and it was shortly before his death from cancer in late ’88. Important other information – he grew up in Kansas, and was born in Palestine, Texas, 26 Dec 1917, died 11 Dec 1988 in Madigan Hospital at Fort Lewis, Wash. Other side tidbits include that he set the 100 yard dash state record in Kansas in 1932 at 9.8 seconds (world record was 9.4) at 14 years old as a freshman in high school in Parsons, Kansas."

"He was later in the Korean War, where he was first a Major (G-4 of the 25th Infantry Division) and then became the youngest Lt. Colonel in the Army at 34 (G-4, I Corps)…many things happening there, including his heroic leadership of the attack on the Chinese (leading 25th Inf Div’s counterattack on them so as to enable our retreat) when they invaded in November 1950, and of course, his many interactions and work with Gen MacArthur and especially Gen Ridgway. He did not do as well in the peacetime Army, where he remained a Lt. Colonel until his retirement in 1967, but did hold some key posts…G-4, 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood 1953-54, Commanding the Port of Bousac (Bordeaux, France) in the mid-50s, a Command of Nuclear Warhead Transportation Battalion in Stuttgart Germany 1957-58, an Armor Battalion in 2nd Armored Division in 1961-2 (for the purpose of the invasion of Cuba, which was cancelled), Commander of 2nd Armored Division’s Division Trains Command (5 Battalions) 1962, Commander of Port of Pusan Korea 1963, and Deputy Commander, Sharpe Army Depot (primary Army supply point for Vietnam War) 1966-67."
26.12.1916
Palestine, TX
-
11.12.1988
Madigan Hospital, Fort Lewis, WA
2nd Lt. AUS
 		12.05.1943 [O35450]
Capt. AUS
 		?
1st Lt. RA
 		11.07.1946, date of rank 26.12.1944
Maj. RA
 		26.12.1955
Lt.Col. AUS
 		28.02.1952 (retd 1967)
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 2 x
Education: technical college (BSc); Army Command & General Staff College (1959); officer advanced course, TC Sch [= Transportation Corps School?]
09.02.1942
 -
 		01.05.1942
 		marine
30.07.1942
 -
 		11.05.1943
 		enlisted service
12.05.1943

commissioned



Movements Officer, 9th Army Staff
11.07.1946

Quartermaster Corps
31.07.1950
  
 		 
 		transferred, Transportation Corps
Cook,
Gilbert Richard
G.R. Cook 		30.12.1889
Texarkana, AR
-
19.09.1963
La Jolla, CA
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1912 [O3391]
...
 		...
Col.
 		01.04.1942
Brig.Gen.
 		05.1942
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		10.08.1942 (retd 31.05.1946; disability)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 2 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2 x
Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1912; grad. # 5073)
12.06.1912

commissioned in the infantry
1938
 -
 		1941
 		Chief of Attack Section and later Chief of Command Section, Command and General Staff College (Fort Leavenworth, KS)
1941
 -
 		1942
 		Commanding Officer, 21st Infantry Regiment (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii)
1942
 -
 		1942
 		Assistant Division Commander, 25th Infantry Division (Hawaii)
06.1942
 -
 		10.1943
 		Commanding General, 104th Infantry Division (Camp Adair, OR)
01.11.1943
 -
 		18.08.1944 Commanding General, XII Corps (Fort Jackson, SC; Camp Forrest, TN; UK; France)
1944?
 -
 		1944?
 		also: Deputy Commanding General, Third Army
08.1944

hospitalized & return to US
1944
 -
 		05.1946
 		HQ Army Ground Forces (organized and headed the Postwar Equipment Review Board and the Ground forces Postwar Planning Group and was Chief of Plans Section)
06.1946
 -
 		30.06.1948

recalled from retirement and assigned to Chief of Staff’s Advisory Group, Washington, DC; served as member ex-officio of War Department Board for review of Policies and Programs

Corlett,
Charles Harrison
"Cowboy Pete"
C.H. Corlett




31.07.1889
Burchard, NE
-
14.10.1971
Espanola, NM
2nd Lt. 12.06.1913 [O3746]
... ...
Brig.Gen. 09.1941
Maj.Gen. 06.09.1942 (retd 31.05.1946)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM ? 2 x
Distinguished Service Medal (Navy) DSM ? ?
Silver Star Medal SSM ? ?
Legion of Merit (US) LM ? ?
Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (12.06.1913; grad. # 5193).
12.06.1913     commissioned in the infantry
1938 - ? Assistant to the Provost Marshal, Hawaiian Department
? - 1940 Provost Marshal, Hawaiian Department
07.1940 - 02.1941 Commanding Officer, 30th Infantry Regiment & Commanding Officer, Presidio of San Francisco
02.194 - 10.1941 Chief of Staff, IX Corps
27.10.1941 - ? Commanding General, Kodiak, Alaska (Fort Greely, Kodiak, Alaska)
1942 - 1943 Commanding General, Task Force Kiska
03.07.1943 - 24.02.1944 Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division (Kwajalein)
10.03.1944 - 10.1944 Commanding General, XIX Corps (UK; NW Europe)
10.1944 - 01.1945 with 12th Army Group
01.1945 - 05.1946 Commanding General, XXXVI Corps
Published: Cowboy Pete : the autobiography of Major General Charles H. Corlett (1974)
Crane,
William Carey
W.C. Crane 		25.03.1891
Fort Thomas, KY
-
20.04.1978
Leesburg, VA
2nd Lt.
 		1913 [O3538]
...
 ...
Col.
 		? (retd 28.02.1947)
Brig.Gen.
 		01.12.1942 (reverted to Col.)
Brig.Gen. (retd)
 		1948
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1913; grad. # 5125)
1913

commissioned in the field artillery
1942
 -
 		1944
 		Chief of Staff, Southern Defense Command
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Artillery Commander, IV Corps
05.1945
 -
 		07.1946
 		Commanding General, Fort Devens
Creel Jr,
Lawrence Edward
L.E. Creel Jr (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Creel) L.E. Creel Jr (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Creel)
Son of Lawrence E. Creel, and Pearl Inez Eaddy.		 09.05.1918
Poston, SC
-
28.02.1977
Poston, SC
2nd Lt. ?
Lt. ?
His son Mike Creel writes: "My late father Lawrence E. Creel Jr. of Poston, South Carolina, was a Lieutenant serving in the Pacific Theater on Guadalcanal, Figi and other islands according to his recollections to me. He said he did R and R on New Zealand at some point. The little bit we have in records indicated he was in the 2nd Bn. 24th Infantry (Det.) We have a copy of a field commendation dated 18 May 1943 for "building a rations depot during April 1943 in the jungles during continued signed by Col. Joseph Cleland (Headquqarters Provisional Service Comand APO 709) and Lt. Col. Julian G. Hearne Jr.(Company H). He talked about heavy fighting he was in on Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. He also talked about being stationed in the Fiji Islands and a native policeman who called him leftenant and cautioned him about walking beyond the camp's perimeter. He never mentioned the name of anyone he served with, just saying that most were killed in action, including his favorite search who was late coming in from a patrol, and when they went looking they found the patrol, hung as torsos in trees. He was wounded with shrapnel in his backsides and was very sick with intestinal problems for a good while after the war in McCloskey Hospital in Texas I believe. He talked about the war very little, just saying that he was among the last in his unit and that the casualties were high. His discharge records indicate he was in the 2nd Bn. 24th Infantry (Det.) Though he never mentioned it, my research shows that his regiment was an all-black unit with white officers lieutenant and above. A good bit is written about the black American soldier of the 24th, but I can find few to no names of the white officers. My father was a 1939 agronomy graduate from Clemson College and was teaching agriculture in Kingstree, SC when the war began. Having completed ROTC in college, he was a reserve 2nd Lieutenant, and as such was called up into regular service. He was wounded by shrapnel in the hip and a serious intestinal problem requiring care after returning from the Pacific Theatre. After the war he taught agriculture veterans, many of whom were black and became lifelong friends. Becoming a public school teacher later he advance to principal and later to area superintendent in the Hemingway area of Williamsburg County South Carolina. He was superintendent over two all white schools and two all-black schools at the same time. He was much respected by his teachers and the community. In later years after his retirement for health reasons and before his death on Feb. 28, 1977 (born in 1918), his friends in the African-American community tried to get him to run for an office in politics. Interestingly enough, I found in recent years that our Creel family actually had its beginnings in Virginia in the 1600s with a man from Africa named Edward Mozingo, who was an indentured servant to a Col. John Walker in Virginia and who was freed from his indenturement by a royal court document."
Crittenberger,
Willis Dale
W.D. Crittenberger


02.12.1890
Anderson, IN
-
04.08.1980
Bethesda, MD
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
2nd Lt.
 		1913 [O3548]
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		07.1941
Maj.Gen.
 		02.1942
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		03.06.1945 (retd 31.12.1952)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 3 x
Mexican Border Campaign Medal, the World War I Medal, the World War II Medal, the European Theater Campaign Medal, American Theater Campaign Medal (US), the Star of Abdon Calderon, First Class (Ecuador), Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre (France), Bedalha de Guerra, Ordem do Merito Militar (Peru), etc.
 		Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (1913; grad. # 5136)
1913

commissioned in the cavalry
1938
 -
 		1940
 		duty in the office of the Chief of Cavalry
07.1940
 -
 		08.1941
 		Chief of Staff, 1st Armored Division
08.1941
 -
 		?
 		Commanding General, 2nd Armored Brigade
02.1942 -
 		07.1942
 		Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division
1942
 -
 		?
 		Commanding General, I Armored Corps
09.1942 -
 		09.10.1943
 		Commanding General, III Armored Corps, redesignated as:
10.10.1943
 -
 		09.03.1944
 		Commanding General, XIX Corps (US; UK)
20.03.1944
 -
 		09.1945
 		Commanding General, IV Corps (Italy)
15.10.1945
 -
 		15.11.1947
 		Commander-in-Chief, Caribbean Command
1948

US Representative on the Inter-American Defense Board
01.11.1950
 -
 		31.12.1952
 		Commanding General, First Army
Cubbison,
Donald Cameron
D.C. Cubbison 		08.05.1882
Kansas City, KS
-
25.12.1968
Carmel, CA
2nd Lt.
 		1904 [O1931]
1st Lt.
 		?
Capt.
 		?
Maj.
 		?
Lt.Col.
 		?
Col.
 		?
Brig.Gen.
 		01.08.1938
Maj.Gen.
30.01.1941 (retd 28.02.1946; disability)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit (US) LM
 ?
 ?
Education: US MIlitary Academy, West Point (1904; grad. # 4272); School of the Line (1921); Army General Staff School (1922); Army War College (1927)
1904

commissioned in the Field Artillery
1914
 -
 		1916
 		served in the Philippines
1916

4th Field Artillery Regiment (Mexican Punitive Expedition)
1917
 -
 		1919
 		duty with artillery schools in the AEF (action in the Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne and St. Michiel campaigns)
1922
 -
 		1926
 		Treasurer, US Military Academy, West Point
1930
 -
 		1935
 		Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Stanford University
1937
 -
 		1938
 		Instructor, Field Artillery School
1939
 -
 		1940
 		Commanding General, 11th Field Artillery Brigade (Hawaii)
1940
 -
 		1941
 		Field Artillery School
01.1941
 -
 		05.1942
 		Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division
05.1942
 -
 		02.1946
 		Commander, Field Artillery Replacement Training Center (Fort Bragg)
Curtis,
Donald McBurney
D.M. Curtis 		06.04.1911
NJ
-
08.10.2001
Colorado Springs, El Paso, CO
...
 		... [O38837]
Maj.
 		?
Lt.Col.
 		?
1943?
 -
 		1945?
 		1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):
14.12.1944
 -
 		1945 Assistant Chief of Staff G-4 (Logistics)
       

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