Officers of the US Army 1939-1945 -- E

US Army Officers
1939-1945

Dates: day-month-year, so 10.08.1909 is August 10, 1909. RA = Regular Army. AUS = Army of the United States (temporary rank).
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Eagles,
William Willis

Son of Edward and Maud Kimmell Eagles. Married to Dorothy Van Slyck Eagles (1897-1997); one son, one daughter.
12.01.1895
Albion, IN
-
19.02.1988
Bethesda, MD
[Arlington National Cemetery, section 1]

[O5270]

Maj.
01.10.1932

Lt.Col.
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Col. ?

Brig.Gen.
07.1942

A/Maj.Gen.
12.10.1942

Maj.Gen.
11.1943 (retd 31.01.1953)

DSM
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BSM
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Education: Albion High School (1913); US Military Academy, West Point (1917; grad. # 5663); Command and General Staff School (1936)

1917

commissioned in the Infantry

1921
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1923
Instructor, Infantry School

1925
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1930
Professor of Military Science & Tactics, Ripon College

1931
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1935
Instructor, Infantry School

(10.1939)

Civilian Conservation Corps, HQ Eighth Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.

1940
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1942
VII Corps

1942
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1943
Assistant Division Commander, 3rd Infantry Division

12.1943
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03.12.1944
Commanding General, 45th Infantry Division (Italy, Southern France)

06.1945
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01.1946
Commanding General, Infantry Replacement Training Center, Camp Hood

15.07.1947
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26.04.1948
Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division

1948

Commanding General, Ryukyus Command, Okinawa

1949

Office Secretary of the Army

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1953
Inspector-General of the Army’s European command

Eddy,
Manton Sprague

16.05.1892
Chicago, IL
-
10.04.1962
Columbus, GA
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
1918 [O4655]

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Brig.Gen.
03.1942

Maj.Gen.
09.08.1942

Lt.Gen.
20.08.1948 (retd 31.03.1953)

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PH
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Honorary Companion, Order of the Bath (England), Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre (France), Order of War For The Fatherland, Medal for Valor (Russia), and Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
Education: ?

1918

commissioned in the infantry

1940
-
1941
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, III Corps Area

10.1941
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1942
Commanding Officer, 114th Infantry Regiment (44th Division)

1942
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1942
Assistant Division Commander, 9th Infantry Division

01.08.1942
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18.08.1944
Commanding General, 9th Infantry Division (Tunisia; Sicily; Cherbourg; France)

19.08.1944
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19.04.1945
Commanding General, XII Corps

1946

Commanding General, 3rd Service Command & Deputy Commander, 2nd Army

1947

Information Chief of the Army

12.08.1948
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19.10.1948
Commanding General, Fifth Army (interim commander)

1948
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1950
Commanding General, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

1950

nominated as Commanding General, US Army in Europe

07.1950
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03.1953
Commanding General, Seventh Army

Literature: Henry Gerard Phillips, The making of a professional : Manton S. Eddy, USA (2000)

Eichelberger,
Robert Lawrence

09.03.1886
Urbana, OH
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26.09.1961
Asheville, NC
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]

2nd Lt.
1909 [O2624]

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Col.
08.1938

Brig.Gen. (T)
11.1940

Maj.Gen. (T)
03.1942

Lt.Gen. (T)
10.1942 (retd 09.1948)

Gen. (retd)
04.08.1954

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Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1909)

1909

commissioned in the infantry (10th Infantry Regiment, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN)

1938
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1940
Commanding Officer, 30th Infantry Regiment (Presidio of San Francisco)

11.1940
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1942
Superintendent, US Military Academy (West Point, NY)

03.1942
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06.1942
Commanding General, 77th Infantry Division

06.1942
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07.1942
Commanding General, XI Corps

05.07.1942
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19.08.1944
Commanding General, I Corps (Australia, Papua New Guinea)

07.09.1944
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09.1948
Commanding General, Eighth Army (Philippines, Pacific)

Published: Our jungle road to Tokyo (1950)

Eisenhower,
Dwight David
"Ike"

3rd son of David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover. Married (01.07.1916) Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); two sons.
14.10.1890
Denison, TX
-
28.03.1969
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC
[buried in the Place of Meditation at the Eisenhower Center, Abilene, KS]

Cadet
11.06.1911

2nd Lt.
12.06.1915 [03822]

1st Lt.
01.07.1916

Capt.
15.05.1917

Maj. (temp)
17.06.1918-19.10.1918

Lt.Col. (temp)
14.10.1918-30.06.1920

Maj.
02.07.1920 (discharged as Maj. and appointed Capt. 04.11.1922) (re-instated as Maj. 26.08.1924)

Lt.Col.
01.07.1936

Col. (temp)
11.03.1941

Brig.Gen. (temp)
29.09.1941

Maj.Gen. (temp)
27.03.1942

Lt.Gen. (temp)
07.07.1942

Gen. (temp)
11.02.1943

Brig.Gen.
30.08.1943

Maj.Gen.
30.08.1943

Gen. of the Army (temp)
20.12.1944

Gen. of the Army
11.04.1946 (retd 31.05.1952)

DSM
1922
with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

DSM
1947
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LM
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+ Mexican Border Service Medal
+ Victory Medal, World War I
+ Victory Medal, World War II
+ American Defense Ribbon
+ European-African-Middle Eastern Service Ribbon (9 stars)
+ Army Occupation – World War II
+ (Honorary) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
   (GCB), 1943
+ North African Star (British) with silver numerals 8 and 1
+ Distinguished Service Star (Philippines)
+ Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor (France)
+ Grand Cordon of the Order of Nichan Iftikhar (Tunisia)
+ Grand Cross of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite Cherifien
   (Morocco)
+ Order of Suvorov, First Degree
+ Star of Abdon Calderon, 1 st Class, Ecuadorian
   Government
+ Polish Military Order “Virtuti Militari”
+ Croix de Guerre with Palms (France)
+ Chevalier of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)
+ Cross of Liberation (France)
+ Order of Victory (Russia)
+ (Honorary) Order of Merit (Great Britain), 1945
+ Grand Cross of the National Order of Honor and Merit
   (Haiti)
+ Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the
   Netherlands
+ Grand Croix de l’Ordre Grand-Ducal de la Couronne de
   Chene (Luxembourg)
+ Medaille Militaire (Luxembourg)
+ Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold with Palm (Belgium)
+ Croix de Guerre of 1940 with Palm (Belgium)
+ Cross of Grunwald, 1 st class (Poland)
+ Gold Star of the Order of the White Lion for Victory
+ Order of the White Lion of Czechoslovakia, 1st Class
+ Czechoslovak Military Cross, 1939
+ Order of the Elephant (Denmark)
+ Grand Cross of the Royal Order of St. Olav, 1946
   (Norway)
+ Order of Military Merit, degree of Grand Cross (Brazil) 1946
+ Order of Aeronautical Merit, degree of Grand Cross (Brazil)
   1946
+ Grand Cross, National Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil)
   1946
+ War Medal (Brazil) 1946
+ Campaign Medal (Brazil) 1946
+ Grand Cross, Order of Vasco Nunez de Balbao 1946
+ Order of Military Merit (degree of first class) Mexico 1946
+ Aztec Eagle, degree of 1st class, 1946 (Mexico)
+ Medal of Civic Merit (Mexico) 1946
+ Cross of Military Merit, First Class (Guatemala)
+ Order of Merit, degree of Grand Cross ( Chile) 1947
+ L’ Ordre d’ Ismal Grand Cordon ( Egypt) 1947
+ Order of Yn-Fei (Order of Cloud & Banner, Grand Cordon,
   Special Class (China) 18 Sept 1947
+ Grand Cross of the Order of George I, with Swords
   (Greece)
+ Knight Grand Cross, Military Order of Italy, 1948
+ Knight Grand Cross, with Cordon, order of Solomon,
   Ethiopia, 1948
Honors:
+ Gold Medal, City of Reims, 1945
+ Gold Medal, City of New York, 1945
+ Gold Medal, City of Amsterdam, 1945
+ Bronze Award, Freedom House, 1945
+ Freedom of City of Belfast, Ireland, August 1945
+ Freedom of City of London, England, 1945
+ Distinguished Service Medal of the American Legion, 1945
+ Freedom of city of Edinburgh, 1946
+ Freedom of the Burgh of Regality of Maybele, Scotland,
   1946
+ American Hebrew Medal, 1945
+ Honorary Fellowship in Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1946
+ Medal of Honor of Roosevelt Memorial Association, NYC,
   1946
+ Churchman Award, NYC, 1946
+ Award of Merit, American Alumni Council, 1946
+ Army and Navy Union Medal, 1946
+ The Sword of Honor of the city of London, 1947
+ Silver Buffalo, BSA, 1946
+ Sword of Honor, Netherlands, 1947 (presented by Queen
   of Netherlands)
+ National Civic Award of Fraternal Order of Eagles, 1947
+ Pennsylvania Society of New York, Gold Medal, 1947
+ Poor Richard Club, Gold Medal, 1947
+ Honorary Member, Phi Beta Kappa, 1949
+ Grand Medal of the Association Des Ingenieurs, Docteurs
   de France, 1949
+ Catholic War Veterans Certificate of Merit, 1950
+ Freedoms Foundation Award, 1951
+ Pilgrims' Gold Medal, 1963 Education: Abilene High School (...-1909); Kansas University (MA); US Military Academy, West Point, NY (11.06.1911-12.06.1915); Infantry Tank School (1921); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS (19.08.1925-18.06.1926); Army War College (27.08.1927-30.06.1928); Army Industrial College (1933)
Worked at Belle Springs Creamery, 1909-1911.

13.09.1915
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28.05.1917
company officer, 19th Infantry (Ft. Sam Houston, TX), being detached for some short periods to:
* National Guard of Illinois (Camp Wilson, TX)
* Assistant Mustering Officer, Southern Department, (Camp Wilson, TX)

29.05.1917
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18.09.1917
57th Infantry (Leon Springs, TX)

19.09.1917
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12.12.1917
instructor, Officers Raining Camp (Ft. Oglethorpe, GA)

13.12.1917
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28.02.1918
instructor, Army Service Schools (Ft. Leavenworth, KS)

28.02.1918
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23.03.1918
organised the 65 th Battalion Engineers (Camp Meade, MD)

24.03.1918
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18.11.1918
commanded Camp Colt, PA

19.11.1918
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22.12.1918
commanded Tank Corps troops (Camp Dix, NJ)

23.12.1918
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15.03.1919
commanded Tank Corps troops (Ft. Benning, GA)

16.03.1919
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07.01.1922
Executive Officer, Ft. Meade, MD, and later commanded various tank battalions (volunteered to participate as a Tank Corps observer in the First Transcontinental Motor Convoy, 07.07.1919-06.09.1919)

01.1922
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19.09.1924
Executive Officer to General Fox Conner of Camp Gaillard, Panama

09.1924
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15.12.1924
Recreation Officer, Headquarters of the Third Corps Area (Baltimore, MD)

12.1924
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19.08.1925
recruiting officer, Fort Logan, CO

15.08.1926
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15.01.1927
served as battalion commander, 24th Infantry (Ft. Benning, GA)

15.01.1927
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09.1929
with American Battle Monuments Commission (Washington, DC, 01.1927-08.1927, interrupted by study, then Paris, France, 07.1928-09.1929) (writing & revising a guidebook to World War I battlefields)

08.11.1929
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20.02.1933
Assistant Executive to Gen. George V. Moseley, Office of Assistant Secretary of War (Washington, DC)

21.02.1933
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24.09.1935
chief military aide to General Douglas MacArthur, Office of Chief of Staff (drafted the War Department's study and plans for industrial mobilisation)

09.1935
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12.1939
Assistant Military Adviser to Commonwealth of Philippine Islands (under Gen. McArthur)

02.1940
-
11.1940
regimental excutive, 15th Infantry (Ft. Ord, CA & Ft. Lewis, WA)

30.11.1940
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03.1941
Chief of Staff, 3rd Division (Ft. Lewis, WA)

03.1941?
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23.06.1941
Chief of Staff, IX Army Corps (Ft. Lewis, WA)

24.06.1941
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13.12.1941
Designated Chief of Staff, 3rd Army (Ft. Sam Houston, TX)

14.12.1941
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06.1942
War Department, General Staff, Washington, DC:

14.12.1941
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15.02.1942
Deputy Chief in charge of Pacific Defenses under Chief of War Plans Division, General Leonard Gerow

16.02.1942
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01.04.1942
Chief of War Plans Division

02.04.1942
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24.06.1942
Assistant Chief of Staff in charge of Operations Division for General George Marshall, Chief of Staff (conducted mission to increase cooperation among World War II allies, London, England, May 1942)

25.06.1942
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07.11.1942
Designated Commanding General, European Theater of Operations

08.11.1942
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12.1943
Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces in North Africa

31.12.1943
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05.1945
Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe (Normandy invasion 06.1944)

05.1945
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18.11.1945
Commander, American Occupation Zone of Germany (Frankfurt, Germany)

19.11.1945
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07.02.1948
Chief of Staff US Army

07.06.1948
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15.12.1950
President of Columbia University, NY (on leave of absence, 12.1950, resigned, 11.1952)

16.12.1950
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07.1952
Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Forces in Europe [assumed command 02.04.1951]

Announced his Republican candidacy for Presidency 04.06.1952, elected 04.11.1952. 34th President of the United States of America, 20.01.1953-20.01.1961. After term of office, Congress unanimously passed bill commissioning him as a General of the Army (without pay and allowances); bill became law, 1961. Maintained office at Gettysburg College and residence at his farm near Gettysburg, PA, 01.1961-03.1969.
Published: Crusade in Europe (1948); Mandate for change (1963); Waging peace : the White House years, 1956-1961 (1965); At ease : stories I tell to friends (1967)
Honorary degrees from institutions in the United States and abroad:
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Queen’s University, Belfast, Ireland
+ Honorary D.C.L. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, England 1945
+ Degree “Docteur honoris causa de la faculté des sciences de l’ Université de Louvain” –
   Belgium 1945
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, University of Toronto, 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Boston University, 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, University of Richmond, Virginia, 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania , 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Military Science, Norwich Univ., Northfield, 1946
+ Degree of Doctor “ Honoris Causa” (Brazil), University of Brazil, 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Cambridge University, England, 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1946
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Honoris Causa, Columbia University, 1947
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Princeton University, 1947
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, 1947
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor o Law, University of West Virginia, 1947
+ Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Hofstra College, 1950
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Rutgers College, 1948
+ Honorary Degree, Doctor of Law, Williams College, 1948
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Yale University, 1948
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, the Jewish Theological Seminary of
   America, 1948
+ Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Santo Domingo, 1948
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, University of Caen, 1948
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Temple University, 1950
+ Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, University of Denver, 1950

Evans,
John Paul
18.04.1901
IL
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31.07.1984
Santa Monica, CA

2nd Lt. 12.06.1923 [O15363]

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Capt.
01.08.1935

Maj.
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Lt.Col.
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Col.
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Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1923; grad. # 7207)

12.06.1923

commissioned in the infantry

(10.1939)

Fort Shafter, TH

1943
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1945
Assistant Chief of Staff G-3, VIII Corps (European Theater of Operations))

1948
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1950
Commanding Officer, 16th Infantry Regiment (Europe)

Chief, US Military Liaison Mission to USSR Forces in Germany

Evans,
Robert F
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Maj.
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Lt.Col.
15.05.1944

1943?
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1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):

(05.11.1943)
27.11.1943
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09.11.1943
09.04.1945
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2 (Intelligence)

Eymer,
Clarence M
26.09.1898
CA
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21.04.1988
CA

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Maj.
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Lt.Col.
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1943?
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1945?
1st Infantry Division (NW Europe):

19.11.1943
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14.12.1944
Assistant Chief of Staff G-4 (Logistics)

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