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1939-1945

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Palmer,
Charles Day
20.02.1902
Chicago, IL
-
07.06.1999
Knollwood, Washington, DC
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1924
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		02.1945
...
 		...
Lt.Gen.
 		19.08.1955
Gen.
 		1959 (retd 03.1962)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 3 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2 x
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 2 x
Distinguished Flying Cross DFC
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1924; grad. # 7243)
12.06.1924

commissioned in the field artillery
1941
 -
 		1942
 		served in British West Indies
1944
 -
 		1944
 		Chief of Staff, 11th Armored Division
1944
 -
 		1944
 		Chief of Staff, 2nd Armored Division
1944
 -
 		1944
 		Chief of Staff, V Corps
10.1944 -
 		1945
 		Chief of Staff, VI Corps
1945
 -
 		?
 		Chief of Staff, 4th Service Command
...
...
 		...
1959
 -
 		1962
 		Deputy Commander-in-Chief, US European Command
Patch,
Alexander McCarrell
"Sandy"


23.11.1889
Fort Huachuca, AZ
-
21.11.1945
Fort Sam Houston, TX
(died of pneumonia)
2nd Lt.
 		1913 [O3589]
...
 		...
Col. (T)
 		08.1940
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		12.1940
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		03.1942
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		07.08.1944
Gen.
 		07.1954 (posthumously)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 4 x
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1913)
1913

commissioned in the infantry
08.1940
 -
 		12.1940
 		Commanding Officer, 47th Infantry Regiment
12.1940
 -
 		01.1942
 		training duty, Fort Bragg, NC
01.1942
 -
 		02.1943
 		organized and trained the Americal Division (taking part in the first offensive in the Pacific at Guadalcanal 10.1942-02.1943); since 12.1942 commander of all US forces on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, in the capacity of:
01.1943
 -
 		04.1943
 		Commanding General, XIV Corps
04.1943
 -
 		03.1944
 		Commanding General, IV Corps Area (Fort Lewis, WA)
02.03.1944
 -
 		06.1945
 		Commanding General, Seventh Army (Italy, Southern France, Rhineland, Central Europe)
24.07.1945
 -
 		13.10.1945
 		Commanding General, Fourth Army (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
Patton Jr.,
George Smith


11.11.1885
San Gabriel, CA
-
21.12.1945
Heidelberg, Germany
(after an automobile accident at 09.12.1945 near Mannheim)
[American War Cemetery, Hamm, Luxemburg]
2nd Lt.
 		11.06.1909 [O2605]
1st Lt.
 		23.05.1916
Capt.
 		15.05.1917
Maj. (T)
 		26.01.1918
Lt.Col. (T)
 		30.03.1918 (reverted to Capt. 30.06.1920)
Maj.
 		01.07.1920
Lt.Col.
 		01.03.1934
Col.
 		01.07.1938
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		01.10.1940
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		04.04.1941
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		12.03.1943
Brig.Gen.
 		01.09.1943
Maj.Gen.
 		02.09.1943
Gen. (T)
14.04.1945
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 ?
 2 x
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 3 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart (US) PH
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1909)
06.1909

commissioned in the cavalry
07.1940
 -
 		11.1940
 		Commander, 2nd Armored Brigade
11.1940
 -
 		04.1941
 		2nd Armored Division (Fort Benning, GA)
04.1941
 -
 		1942
 		Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division (Fort Benning, GA)
04.1942
 -
 		08.1942
 		Commandant, Desert Training Center
11.1942

commanded US Forces on west coast Morocco, North Africa (Western Task Force)
09.01.1943
 -
 		04.03.1943 Commanding General, I Armored Corps (North Africa)
05.03.1943 -
 		15.04.1943
 		Commanding General, II Corps (North Africa)
16.04.1943
 -
 		10.07.1943
 		Commanding General, I Armored Corps (North Africa)
10.07.1943
 -
 		31.12.1943
 		Commanding General, Seventh Army (Sicily)
26.01.1944
 -
 		07.10.1945
 		Commanding General, Third Army (NW Europe)
10.1945
 -
 		11.1945
 		Commanding General, Fifteenth Army (France)
11.11.1945
 -
 		26.11.1945
 		Commander, US States Army, Europe
Peek,
George Meredith
G.M. Peek 		07.09.1886
VA
-
?
?
2nd Lt.
 		? [O2304]
...
 		...
Col.
 		01.07.1936 (retd 30.09.1946; disability LOD)
Education: Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1924-1925; distinguished graduate)
?
     commissioned in the field artillery
WW I

Adjutant General, 76th Division (as a Maj.)
(10.1939)

Assistant, Civilian Components Affairs, HQ 7 Corps Area (Omaha, NE)
08.1940
 -
 		10.1941
 		Chief of Staff, V Army Corps
Pilliod,
Dallas Andrew
D.A. Pilliod   		10.03.1921
OH
-
10.2009 still alive
2nd Lt. AUS
 		30.06.1942 [O36257]
1st Lt. AUS
 		1944?
1st Lt. RA
 		12.07.1946, date of rank 30.06.1945
Maj. RA
 		06.07.1954
Col. AUS
 		02.09.1955 (retd 1968)
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 2x
Education: Language and Area Training Program Japanese (1951); Strategic Intelligence School (1951); Infantry Advanced Graduate Command & General Staff College (1953)
05.06.1939
 -
 		29.06.1942
 		enlisted service
30.06.1942
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Infantry



81st Infantry Division



Korean War
Porter,
Ray Edison

Married (24.05.1921) Norma Maude Garner; one son, two daughters.
 		29.07.1891
Fordyce, AR
-
10.08.1963
Little Rock, AR
2nd Lt.
 		?
...
 		...
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		08.1942
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		13.11.1942 (retd 30.06.1953)
Distinguished Service Cross DSC
 ?
 ?
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 ?
 ?
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart (US) PH
 ?
 ?

 

Education: University of Arkansas (1906-1909)
1917

commissioned in the infantry
06.1937
 -
 		11.1940
 		instructor, Command and General Staff School (Fort Leavenworth, KS)
1940
 -
 		1941
 		plans & training officer, V Corps
12.1941
 -
 		05.1942
 		Chief of Staff, 38th Infantry Division
05.1942
 -
 		08.1942
 		Commanding Officer, 349th Infantry Regiment
08.1942
 -
 		05.1943
 		Assistant Division Commander, 34th Infantry Division
16.05.1943
 -
 		12.1944
 		Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3/Director of Organisation and Training, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)
08.01.1945
 -
 		15.01.1945
 		Commanding General, Fifteenth Army (Rhineland)
24.01.1945
 -
 		06.1945
 		Commanding General, 75th Infantry Division (Ardennes, Alsace)
06.1945
 -
 		08.1946
 		served in the office of the Chief of Staff, US Army
22.11.1948
 -
 		26.06.1951
 		Commander, US Army, Caribbean
27.06.1951
 -
 		06.1953
 		Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division
Power,
George Wilson
G.W. Power
24.01.1910
IA
-
17.03.1979
El Paso, TX
2nd Lt.
 		10.06.1932 [O18691]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		? (retd 1967)
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1932; grad. # 9361)
10.06.1932

commissioned in the infantry
1943
 -
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer, 247th Field Artillery (Americal Division, SW Pacific)
08.1964
 -
 		07.1967
 		Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)
Putnam Jr,
George Washington
G.W. Putnam Jr.

05.05.1920
ME
-
2nd Lt. AUS
 		26.05.1942 [O39206]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		? (retd ?)
26.05.1942

commissioned in the Field Artillery
07.1975
 -
 		09.1977
 		Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)
       

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