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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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Schmidt,
William Richard
W.R. Schmidt
Son of Joseph Karl and Anna (Haman) Schmidt.
Married (24.04.1919) Helen Munn Goodier; two daughters.
 		14.10.1889
Verdigre, NE
-
18.07.1966
Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC
Cadet
 		01.03.1909
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1913 [O3573]
1st Lt.
 		01.07.1916
Capt.
 		15.05.1917
Maj. NA
 		17.06.1918 [accepted 18.06.1918; vacated 03.08.1918]
Maj. (temp)
 		07.06.1918-20.01.1920
Maj.
 		01.07.1920
Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1935
Col.
 		?
Brig.Gen. (temp)
 		04.1942
Maj.Gen. (temp)
 		12.1942
Maj.Gen. USA
 		[03.09.1944 ?]  (retd 31.10.1951; age limit of 62)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
  ?
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Honour & Croix de Guerre with Palm (France); Grand Officer, Order of Orange Nassau with Swords (Netherlands); War Cross (Czechoslovakia); Croix de Guerre with Palm (Belgium); Estrella de Abdon Calderon (secind class) (Ecuador)
 		Education: US Military Academy, West Point (01.03.1909-12.06.1913; # 5166); Infantry School, Advanced Course (...-1927); Command and General Staff School (...-1928); Army War College (...-1931); Chemical Warfare School, Field Officers' Course (1931); Army Industrial College (...-1932)
12.06.1913

commissioned, infantry
1913
 -
 		1917
 		served Mexican border
1918

served 8th Division (at Schofield Barracks, Pearl Harbor, the Presidio, San Francisco and at Camp Fremont, California)
1921
 -
 		1923
 		instructor, US Military Academy, West Point
1923
 -
 		1926
 		served Hawaii
1933

Executive Officer, Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp Dix, NJ
21.03.1934
 -
 		1938
 		War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)
1938
 -
 		1940
 		21st Infantry Regiment (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii)
1940
 -
 		1941
 		Commanding Officer, 39th Infantry Regiment
13.12.1942
 -
 		02.08.1945
 		Commanding General, 76th Infantry Division
03.08.1945
 -
 		20.05.1946
 		Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division
20.05.1946
 -
 		15.02.1947
 		Chief of Staff, 3rd US Army
16.02.1947
 -
 		30.05.1947
 		Deputy Commanding General, US Constabulary
06.1947
 -
 		07.1948
 		member Personnel Board, Secretary of War
07.1948
 -
 		05.1949
 		Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division
1949
 -
 		1951
 		Office of the Chief of Staff, US Army
Schneider,
Max F
Possibly Max F. Schneider (unconfirmed) (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Villegas) Possibly Max F. Schneider (unconfirmed) (Photo courtesy of Mr Ron Villegas) 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		? [384849]
...
 		...
Maj. (temp)
 		1943?
Lt.Col. (temp)
 		1944
Col.
 		?



Executive Officer, 4th Ranger Battalion
(04?.)1944
 -
 		?
 		Commanding Officer, 5th Ranger Battalion (Normandy)
1950s

Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (24th Inf. Div.) (Korea)
Schull,
Edson
16.12.1909
MA
-

Tucson, AZ
2nd Lt.
 		13.06.1933 [O19236]
1st Lt.
 		13.06.1936
Capt. AUS
 		09.09.1940
Col. AUS
 		30.12.1950
Col.
 		02.04.1956 (retd 1963)
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 2 x
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 2x
Education: MA; US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1929-12.06.1933; BS; grad. # 9867); Command and General Staff College (1948); Infantry School Regimental Course (1940)
(10.1939)

2nd Infantry, Infantry School, Ft Benning, GA
1942
 -
 		1944
 		S4, Battalion Executive Officer, Battalion Commanding Officer, Executive Officer & Commanding Officer, 1st Artillery Regiment
1944
 -
 		1945
 		G4 Section HQ Army Ground Forces
1945
 -
 		1946
 		Commanding Officer, Replacement Training Regiment
1949
 -
 		1952
 		Tripartite Standing Representative London (tranferred Armor 14.08.1950)
1953

Naval War College
1953
 -
 		1956
 		Deputy President Army Field Forces Board Fort Knox
1957
 -
 		1959
 		J4 US Forces Japan
1959
 -
 		1961
 		Deputy Chief of Staff/Personnel (Special Review Board), Department of the Army
1961
 -
 		1963
 		Executive Joint [Trav..?] .Commission, Office Under Secretary of the Army
Schulz,
Robert Ludwig
R.L. Schulz
Son of Carl and Alice (Zallveis) Schulz.
Married (28.10.1943) Dorothy E. Cost; one son, two daughters.

private papers
 		17.09.1907
New York City
-
07.03.1984
Virginia Beach, VA
Capt. AUS
 		.08.12.1942 [O42115]
Maj. AUS
 		18.03.1944
Capt.
 		11.08.1947, date or rank 17.09.1942
Col.
 		14.09.1954
Brig.Gen.
 		1962 (retd 1962)
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Education: McBurney Preparatory School, NY (1919-1922); Columbia Grammar School, NY (1922-1923); Academy of Advanced Traffic, NY (1930s); Command and General Staff College
Entered field of traffic management and worked for Eastern Steamship Line, Norfolk and Western Railroad, and Johnson and Johnson, 1934-1942 (Industrial traffic manager, Chicago, IL, 1938-1942).
1942
 -
 		1942
 		transportation consultant, War Department
08.12.1942

commissioned Captain, Transportation Corps [appointed from Illinois]
1942
 -
 		1947

Traffic Control Division, Office of the Chief of Transportation, US Army Transportation Corps

11.08.1947

Captain, Quartermaster Corps, Regular Army
31.07.1950

transferred to Transportation Corps
1947
 -
 		1952
 		ADC to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower (Chief of Staff US Army, then President Columbia University, then Commander of SHAPE)
1953
 -
 		1961
 		military aide to the President of the United States
1961
 -
 		1969
 		executive assistant to ex-president Dwight D. Eisenhower
14.02.1969
 -
 		1974
 		special assistant to President Nixon for liaison with former presidents
Chairman of Environmental Energy Systems Inc. of Alexandria, VA, 1970s.
Searcy,
Cyrus Higginson
C.H. Searcy 		12.08.1895
Waco, TX
-
08.05.1963
?
[Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
San Antonio, Texas]
2nd Lt.
 		1917 [O5632]
...
 		...
Col.
 		?
Brig.Gen.
 		01.1945 (reverted to Col. 02.1946) (retd 07.1947)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 2 x
Education: ?
1917

commissioned in the infantry
07.1939
 -
 		03.1942
 		Assistant to the Chief of the Construction Branch, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)
03.1942
 -
 		08.1942
 		Director, Requirements Division, Services of Supply
09.1942
 -
 		08.1943
 		Commanding Offcer, 362nd Infantry Regiment
08.1943
 -
 		12.1945
 		Chief of Staff, VIII Corps (NW Europe) [except for 12.07.1944-26.07.1944 while being Assistant Division Commander, 8th Infantry Division]
Sebree,
Edmund Bower
E.B. Sebree E.B. Sebree
E.B. Sebree E.B. Sebree
Son of Milton Eddy and Catella (Bower) Sebree.
Married (10.02.1920) Pauline Barbara Weber (1897-1967); three daughters.
 		07.01.1898
Olney, IL
-
25.06.1966
Ft Ord, CA
[San Francisco National Cemetery, Presidio of San Francisco, CA]
2nd Lt.
 		01.11.1918 [O12376]
1st Lt.
 		11.01.1920 (discharged 15.12.1922)
2nd Lt.
 		15.12.1922
1st Lt.
 		15.12.1923
Capt.
 		01.08.1935
Maj.
 		?
Col.
 		?
Brig.Gen. USA
 		08.1942
Maj.Gen. USA
 		22.01.1944
Maj.Gen.
 		1951 (retd 31.07.1957; temporary disability)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 2x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2x
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart PH
 ?
 ?
French Legion of Honor; Belgian Croix de Guerre
 		Education: Cornell (1916-1917); US Military Academy, West Point (14.06.1917-01.11.1918; BS; grad. # 6404); Infantry School, basic course (1919-1920); Signal School, company officers' course (1926-1927); Command and General Staff School (1936-1937)
01.11.1918

commissioned in the infantry
1920
 -
 		1923
 		3rd Infantry Regiment (Chilkoot Barracks, Alaska)
1923
 -
 		1926
 		21st Infantry Regiment (Vancouver Barracks, Washington)
1926?
 -
 		1928?
 		31st Infantry Regiment (Manila, Philippine Islands)
1928
 -
 		1932
 		professor of military science and tactics, Western Military Academy (Alton, IL)
1932
 -
 		1934
 		45th Infantry Regiment (Philippines)
1937
 -
 		1940
 		Aide to Maj.Gen. Herbert J. Brees, HQ 8th Corps Area (Ft Sam Houston, TX)
1940
 -
 		1941
 		staff officer, 9th Division
1941
 -
 		1942
 		personnel division, War Department General Staff
1942
 -
 		1943
 		Assistant Division Commander, Americal Division (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)
01.01.1943
 -
 		29.05.1943
 		Division Commander, Americal Division (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)
09.1943
 -
 		27.02.1945
 		Assistant Division Commander, 35th Infantry Division (US, UK, NW Europe)
01.03.1945
 -
 		09.1945
 		Assistant Division Commander, 28th Infantry Division (Germany)
1946
 -
 		1946
 		Army Attaché to Australia
1946
 -
 		1948
 		Commanding General, II Constabulary Brigade
1947
 -
 		1951
 		Commanding General, Munich (Germany) Military Post
1951
 -
 		1952
 		Commanding General, US Troops, Trieste
1952
 -
 		1953
 		Commanding General, 5th Armored Division (Camp Chaffee, AR)
1953
 -
 		1954
 		Deputy Commanding General, First Army (Governor's Island, NY)
1954
 -
 		1955
 		Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division (Korea)
1955
 -
 		1957
 		Chief of Staff, CONARC (Ft Monroe, VA)
Seitz,
John Francis Regis
J.F.R. Seitz
Married (1956) Jessie Royce Landis, actress.
 		22.05.1908
DE
-
10.10.1978
DC
2nd Lt.
 		13.06.1929 [O17734]
...
 		...
Capt.
 		13.06.1939
...
 		...
Col.
?
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		? (retd 1966; disability)
DSM
 ?
 2 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2 x
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 3 x
Education: US Miltary Academy, West Point (...-13.06.1929; grad. # 8729)
13.06.1929
     commissioned in the infantry
(10.1939)

30th Infantry Regiment (Presidio of San Francisco, CA) 
14.11.1943
 -
 		09.04.1945
 		Commanding Officer, 26th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) (North Africa, Europe)
1945
 -
 		1945
 		69th Infantry Division (Europe; first contact with Russians 25.04.1945)
1953
 -
 		1954
 		Assistant Division Commander, 45th Infantry Division (Korea)
03.1954
 -
 		08.1954
 		Commanding General, 2nd Infantry Division (Korea)
1954
 -
 		1956
 		Chief, NJM District
1956
 -
 		1958
 		Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Iran
1958
 -
 		1961
 		Chief of Staff, 1st Army
1962
 -
 		1964
 		Chief of Staff, HQ Allied Land Forces Southeastern Europe
1964
 -
 		1966
 		Deputy Commanding General, 1st Army
Short,
Walter Campbell
W.C. Short

Son of Hiram Spait and Sarah Minerva (Stokes) Short. Married Isabel Dean (04.11.1914); one son.

 		30.03.1880
Fillmore, IL
-
03.09.1949
Dallas, TX
[Arlington National Cemetery]
[O1621]
2nd Lt.
 		1902
1st Lt.
 		?
Capt.
 		?
Maj.
 		?
Lt.Col.
 		?
Col.
 		?
Brig.Gen.
 		01.12.1936
A/Maj.Gen.
 		1936 ?
Maj.Gen.
 		10.1940
Lt.Gen.
 		08.02.1941 (reld 17.12.1941) (retd 02.1942)
DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 ?
 ?
Education: University of Illinois (1901); Army War College (1925)
1902

commissioned in the Infantry
1916

served with Pershing in the Mexican Punitive Expedition
WW I

served with 1st Division, on General Staff at GHQ, and as Assistant Chief of Staff, 3rd Army (France)
02.1932
 -
 		03.1933
 		Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division
10.1933
 -
 		04.1934
 		Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division
12.1936
 -
 		12.1937
 		Assistant Commandant, Infantry School
12.1937
 -
 		07.1938
 		Commander, 2nd Brigade (1st Division) (Fort Ontario, NY)
07.1938
 -
 		10.1940
Commanding General, 1st [Infantry] Division (Fort Hamilton, NY)
03.1940
 -
 		06.1940
 		Commanding General, IV Corps (provisional army corps in maneuvers)
10.1940
 -
 		01.1941
 		Commanding General, I Corps
01.1941
 -
 		17.12.1941
 		Commander, Hawaiian Department (relieved of duty) [found derelict of duty by presidential inquiry board in 1942, charges minimized to errors of judgment in 1946 Congressional investigation]
assigned to head Traffic Department, Ford Motor Co. (Dallas, TX), 09.1942-1946.
Published: Employment of machine guns (1922)
Literature: Edward L. Beach. Scapegoats : a defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor (1995); John W. Lambert, Norman Polmar. Defenseless : command failure at Pearl Harbor (2003); Charles R. Anderson. Day of lightning, years of scorn : Walter C. Short and the attack on Pearl Harbor (2004); Fred Borch, Daniel Martinez. Kimmel, Short, and Pearl Harbor : the final report revealed (2004)
Sibert,
Franklin Cummings
F.C. Sibert 		03.01.1891
Bowling Green, KY
-
24.06.1980
Pensacola, FL
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1912 [O3394]
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		09.1941
Maj.Gen.
 		11.03.1942 (retd 30.06.1946; disability)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 ?
Air Medal AM
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1912; grad. # 5076) 
12.06.1912

commissioned in the infantry
1941
 -
 		1942
 		member of General Stilwell's staff in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations (accompanied Stillwell in the retreat from Burma, 1942)
10.1942
 -
 		08.1944
 		Commanding General, 6th Infantry Division (Pacific)
08.1944
 -
 		1946
 		Commanding General, X Corps (Pacific)
Simpson,
William Hood
"Bill"
W.H. Simpson
18.05.1888
Weatherford, TX
-
15.08.1980
San Antonio, TX
[Arlington National Cemetery, Va]
2nd Lt.
 		1909 [O2645]
1st Lt.
 		1916
Capt.
 		05.1917
Maj. (T) ?
 		? (reverted to Capt. 20.06.1920)
Maj.
 		21.06.1920
Lt.Col.
 		10.1934
Col.
 		01.09.1938
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		10.1940
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		09.1941
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		13.10.1943 (retd 30.11.1946; disability)
Gen. (retd)
 		04.08.1954
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?

Croix de Guerre; Legion d'Honneur

Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-1909; grad. # 4850); Army General Staff College, AEF
1909

commissioned in the infantry (6th Infantry, Fort Lincoln, ND; 1910-1912 Philippines)
1916

punitive expedition against Mexico
05.1917

ADC to Maj.Gen. George Bell, Jr., from 07.1917 commanding 33rd Division
1918

Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), 33rd Division (France; St Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne offensives)
11.1918
 -
 		06.1919
 		Chief of Staff, 33rd Division (France)
06.1919
 -
 		?
 		Chief of Staff, 6th Infantry Division (US)
1936
 -
 		06.1940
 		instructor, Army War College
06.1940
 -
 		10.1940
 		Commanding Officer, 9th Infantry Regiment (2nd Infantry Division) (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
10.1940
 -
 		04.1941
 		Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Infantry Division (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
04.1941
 -
 		10.1941
 		Commandant, Infantry Replacement Training Center (Fort Wolters, TX)
10.1941
 -
 		04.1942
 		Commanding General, 35th Infantry Division (Camp Robinson, AR, then training site in CA)
04.1942
 -
 		09.1942
 		Commanding General, 30th Infantry Divison (Fort Jackson, SC)
09.1942
 -
 		10.1943
 		Commanding General, XII Corps (Fort Jackson, SC)
13.10.1943
 -
 		04.1944
 		Commanding General, Fourth Army (San Jose, CA; Presidio of San Francisco, CA; Fort Sam Houston, TX)
22.05.1944
 -
 		06.1945
 		Commanding General, Ninth Army (NW Europe)
07.1945

mission to China
10.1945
 -
 		11.1946
 		Commanding General, Second Army (Memphis, TN & Baltimore)
1945
 -
 		1946
 		President, War Department Reorgnisation Board
Skinner,
Robert Barrett
 R.B. Skinner 		04.07.1904
VA
-
22.03.1990
2nd Lt. (Inf Res)
 		04.06.1926
1st Lt. (Med Res)
 		14.06.1930, seniority 13.06.1930 [O226599]
1st Lt. RA
 		04.08.1932, seniority 01.07.1932 [O18917]
Capt. RA
 		01.07.1933
...
 		...
Col. RA
 		15.05.1950
Brig.Gen. AUS
 		31.10.1959
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 2x
Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute (BS, 1926); University of Virginia (MD, 1930); Medical Field Service School (1934); Army Medical School (post-graduate course, 1935); Medical Field Service School (advanced course, 1939); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (3rd GS Class 1941)
04.06.1926
 -
 		02.01.1930
 		commissioned in the Infantry Reserve (resigned)
14.06.1930

1st Lieutenant, Medical Reserve
01.07.1930
 -
 		03.08.1932
 		active duty:
(01.1931)

Fitzsimons General Hospital (Denver, CO)
04.08.1932

1st Lieutenant, Medical Corps
(10.1939)

Carlisle Barracks, PA
Smith Jr.,
George Albert
G.A. Smith Jr. 		29.03.1902
CO
-
01.03.1945
Sindorf, Germany
(KIA)
[Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium, Plot C Row 11 Grave 10]
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1926 [O16474]
...
 		...
Col.
 		?
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 2 x
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 2 x
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1926; grad. # 7975)
12.06.1926

commissioned in the infantry
23.05.1943
 -
 		25.02.1945
 		Commanding Officer, 18th Infantry Regiment (1st Infantry Division) (Sicily, Normandy)
26.02.1945
 -
 		01.03.1945
 		Assistant Division Commander, 104th Infantry Division
Smith,
Walter Bedell
"Beetle"
W.B. Smith



Son of William Long and Ida Frances (Bedell) Smith. Married (01.07.1917) Mary Eleanor (Cline) Smith (1893-1963); no children.
 		05.10.1895
Indianapolis, IN
-
09.08.1961
Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC (heart attack)
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
2nd Lt. ORC
 		27.11.1917 [010197]
1st Lt. (temp) USA
 		10.09.1918 [accepted 04.10.1918]
1st Lt.
 		01.07.1920 [accepted 23.09.190]
Capt.
 		24.09.1929
Maj.
 		01.01.1939
Lt.Col. (temp)
 		04.1941
Lt.Col.
 		05.1941
Col. (temp)
 		07.1941
Brig.Gen. (temp)
 		02.1942
Maj.Gen. (temp)
 		11.1942
Lt.Gen. (temp)
13.01.1944
Maj.Gen.
 		08.1945
Gen.
 		01.07.1951 (retd 31.01.1953; disability)
DSM
 ?
 3 x
Distinguished Service Medal (Navy) DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 ?
Order of Merit (Chile); Most Exalted Order of White Elephant 1st class (Thailand); National Security Medal; (Honorary) Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (KCB), 1945; (Honorary) Knight Grand Cross, Order of British Empire (GBE) (Gt. Britain), 1945; Grand Officer, Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre (2) (France); Order of Kutuzov,1st class (U.S.S.R.); Knight Grand Cross, Order of Lions (Netherlands); Grand Cross of Order of Crown, Croix de Guerre (Belgium); Grand Officer, Order of Polonis Restituta, Silver Cross of Order of Virtuti Militari (Poland); Grand Officer, OrderofWhite Uon, Croix de Guerre (Czech); Grand Cross, Order of Cauronne de Chene, Croix de Guerre (Luxembourg); Grand Officer, Order of Mil. Merit (BraziJ); Grand Officer, Order of Alouite (Morocco); Grand Officer, Order of Nishtan Iftikar (funisia); bon. citizen of Brussels, Schaubeek; Silver Medal, Cities of Amsterdam and N.Y. 		Education: St Peter and Paul's and Rensslear Polytechnic Institute; attended Butler University briefly; Infantry School, Advanced Course (1932); Command and General Staff School (1935); Army War College (1937)
Honorary degrees: Litt.D. (hon.), Louvaine (1945); D.Sc.Mil. (hon.), Pennsylvania Military College (1949); D.C.L. (hon.), Colgate University (1950); LL.D., Duquesne University (1949); LL.D., Hofsta College (1949); LL.D., Butler University (1950); LL.D., Amherst College (1951); LL.D., Wesleyan University (1952); LL.D., Washington and Jefferson College (1953); LL.D., University of New Hampshire (1953); LL.D.m University of South Carolina (1953); LL.D., Lafayette College (1954); LL.D., Yale (1955); LL.D., New York University (1955); LL.D., University of California (1955)
1910
 -
 		1915
 		enlisted, Indiana National Guard (serving as a Private & 1st Sergeant)
27.11.1917

commissioned in the infantry, Officers Reserve Corps (39th Infantry) [active duty from 27.11.1917 - 23.09.1920]



Bureau of Military Intelligence (Washington, DC)
04.1918
 -
 		08.1918
 		4th Division, American Expeditonary Force (France; wounded)
23.09.1920

regular commission
1920
 -
 		1925
 		staff positions with the 2nd Infantry, VI Corps (Chicago), and 12th Infantry Brigade (Ft. Sheridan, IL)
1926
 -
 		1929
 		Assistant to Chief Co-ordinator (US), and later Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Co-ordinator, Bureau of Budget
1929
 -
 		1931
 		45th Infantry (Manila, Philippine Islands)
1932
 -
 		1933
 		instructor, Infantry School (Ft. Benning, GA)
1935
 -
 		1936
 		instructor, Infantry School (Ft. Benning, GA)
1937
 -
 		1939
 		instructor, Infantry School (Ft. Benning, GA)
1939
 -
 		1941
 		Assistant Secretary, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) [1940 transferred to General Staff Corps]
31.08.1941
 -
 		03.02.1942
 		Secretary of the War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)
02.1942
 -
 		09.1942
 		Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff & of the Joint Board
09.1942
 -
 		01.1944
 		Chief of Staff, Allied Force HQ, North Africa 
01.1944
 -
 		1945
 		Chief of Staff, Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) (on behalf of Gen. Eisenhower signed formal unconditional surrender of Italy, 1943, and Germany, 1945)
06.1945
 -
 		12.1945
 		Chief of Staff, US Army Forces, European Theater of Operations
02.1946
 -
 		03.1949
 		Ambassador to the Soviet Union (retaining military rank)
29.03.1949
 -
 		30.09.1950
 		Commanding General, First Army (Governor's Island, NY)
07.10.1950
 -
 		09.02.1953
 		Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [appointed 21.08.1950]
01.1953
 -
 		10.1954
 		Undersecretary of State
Member, National Security Training Commission, 1955-57. Member, National War College Board of Consultants, 1956-59. Consultant, Special Projects Office, (Disarmament), Executive Office of the President, 1955-56. Member, President s Citizen Advisers on the Mutual Security Program, 1956-57. Member, Office of Defense Mobilization special Stockpile Advisory Committee 1957-58. Chairman and Member-at-Large, Advisory Council of President s Committee on Fund Raising, 1958-61. Member, President s Committee on Disarmament, 1958. Member, George C. Marshall Foundation Advisory Committee, 1960-61.
Corporate executive. Vice Chairman, American Machine & Foundry Co., 1954-... Vice-President, United Fruit Company, 1955-... Member of the board of directors of NBC, RCA, United Fruit Co., Corning Glass Works.
Published: My three years in Moscow (1950); Eisenhower's six great decisions (1956)
Literature: Ludwell L. Montague, General Walter Bedell Smith as Director of Central Intelligence, October 1950–February 1953 (1991)
Somervell,
Brehon Burke
B.B. Somervell



Son of William Taylor and Mary Smith (Burke) Somervell. Married 1st (28.08.1919) Anna Purnell. Married 2nd (15.03.1943) Louise H. Wartmann. Six children.
 		09.05.1892
Little Rock, AK
-
13.02.1955
Ocala, FL
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1914 [03665]
1st Lt.
 		28.02.1915
Capt.
 		15.05.1917
Maj. (temp)
 		05.08.1917-30.09.1918
Lt.Col. (temp)
 		01.10.1918-30.06.1920
Maj.
 		01.07.1920
Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1935
Col.
 		?
Brig.Gen. (T)
 		1941?
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		?
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		03.1942
Gen. (T)
 		06.03.1945 (retd as Lt.Gen. 30.04.1946) (recalled 1946) (reverted to retd 1948)
Distinguished Service Cross (US) DSC
 ?
 ?
DSM
 ?
 ?
DSM
 ?
 ?
DSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Order of Solerderad (Panama)
 		Education: US Military Academy, West Point (# 5211, BS, 01.03.1910-12.06.1914); Army Engineering School (1916-1917); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1922-1923); Army War College, Washington (1925-1926); Dr. of Mil.Sc. (Pennsylvania Military College), 1942; Dr. of Eng. (Northeastern University, Boston), 1943; Sc.D. (Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.), 1943; Dr. of Eng. (Union College), 1943; LL.D. (University of Arkansas), 1943; Dr. of Eng. (New York University), 1943
12.06.1914

commissioned in the Corps of Engineers
1916

organized the 5th Reserve Engineers
1916
 -
 		1917
 		duty with the Punitive Expedition into Mexico
1917
 -
 		1918
 		involved with numerous engineering projects in France, Engineer Construction Staff, 89 Division, AEF (DSC, DSM)
(01.1931)     Office of the District Engineer, New Orleans, La.
1933
 -
 		1934
 		duty in Turkey on a comprehensive survey for a five-year plan for the industrialization of Turkey
08.1936
 -
 		11.1940
 		headed the Works Project Administration (WPA) in New York City
11.1940
 -
 		12.1940
 		Assistant to Inspector General of Washington, DC
12.1940
 -
 		11.1941
 		Chief, Construction Division, Quartermaster Corps (Washington, DC)
11.1941
 -
 		03.1942
 		Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply (G-4), War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)
03.1942
 -
 		04.1946
 		Commanding General, Services of Supply, redesignated in 1943 as: Army Service Forces, War Department (Washington, DC) (2 DSMs, LM, naval LM)
1946 - 1948 Military Government, Germany
Industrialist. President & director, Koppers Co., Inc. since 1946, and of many other corporations.
Literature: John Kennedy Ohl, Supplying the troops : General Somervell and American logistics in World War II (1994). See also bibliography.
Stadler Jr.,
John Harry
J.H. Stadler Jr. 		10.02.1903
Bracketville, TX
-
20.04.1970
Del Rio, TX
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1924 [O15731]
1st Lt.
 		14.09.1929
Capt.
 		01.08.1935
Maj.
 		12.06.1941
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		27.03.1945 (retd 31.01.1950)
Col.
 		03.1946
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 2 x
Commendation Ribbon CR
 ?
 ?
Combat Infantryman Badge CI
 ?
 ?
Purple Heart PH
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (01.07.1920-11.06.1924; grad. # 7458); Cavalry School, Troop Officers' Course (1930); Advanced Equitation Course (1931); First Year Course, Marine Corps School (1934); Command and General Staff School (Ft Leavenworth) (1939-1940); National War College (1948)
1924

commissioned in the Cavalry
1937
 -
 		1939
 		Aide to Maj.Gen. George Grunert at HQ of the Philippine Department
07.1940
 -
 		07.1941
 		Aide to Maj.Gen. George Grunert at HQ of the Philippine Department
1941
 -
 		1942
 		HQ Army Ground Forces
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Commanding Officer, 12th Cavalry Regiment (1st Cavalry Division)
1945
 -
 		1946
 		Commander, 1st Cavalry Brigade (1st Cavalry Division)
1948
 -
 		1950
 		O&T Division, General Staff, US Army
Stanton,
Walter Clement
W.C. Stanton 		12.11.1902
New York, NY
-
28.01.1986
Alexandria, VA
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1926 [O16433]
...
 		...
Col.
 		? (retd 1956)
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 2 x
Bronze Star Medal BSM
 ?
 2 x
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1926; grad. # 7934)
12.06.1926

commissioned in the field artillery
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Deputy Chief of Staff, VIII Corps (NW Europe)
1946

Executive Officer, HQ China Theater of Operations
1947
 -
 		1949
 		G3 Section, General HQ Far Eastern Command
1951

National War College
1952
 -
 		1956
 		Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development & Acquisition
Stilwell,
Joseph Warren
"Vinegar Joe"
J.W. Stilwell


19.03.1883
Palatka, FL
-
12.10.1946
Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, CA (died of stomach cancer)
[cremated; ashes spread over the ocean]
2nd Lt.
 		15.06.1904
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		05.1939
Maj.Gen. (T)
 		01.10.1940
Lt.Gen. (T)
 		02.1942
Gen. (T)
 		01.08.1944
Distinguished Service Cross (US) DSC
 ?
 ?
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 2 x
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-15.06.1904; grad. # 4246)
15.06.1904

commissioned in the infantry
1935
 -
 		1939
 		military attache in China & Thailand
05.1939
 -
 		07.1940
 		Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade (Fort Sam Houston, TX)
07.1940
 -
 		1941
 		Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division (Fort Ord, CA)
07.1941
 -
 		02.1942
 		Commanding General, III Corps (Presidio of Monterey)
03.1942
 -
 		10.1944
 		Commander, US Forces in China-Burma-India Theater of Operations & Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, later Deputy Supreme Allied Commander in China-Burma-India Theater of Operations (relieved of command on demand of Chiang Kai-shek)
24.01.1945
 -
 		22.06.1945
 		Commanding General, Army Ground Forces (Washington, DC)
23.06.1945
 -
 		15.10.1945
 		Commanding General, Tenth Army (Okinawa)
12.1945
 -
 		03.1946
 		Commanding General, Western Defense Command
01.03.1946
 -
 		12.10.1946
 		Commanding General, Sixth Army (Presidio of San Francisco)
Published: The Stilwell papers (1948; ed. by Theodore H. White); Stilwell's personal file : China, Burma, India, 1942-1944 (1976; ed. by Riley Sunderland and Charles F. Romanus; 5 vol.)
Literature: Barbara W. Tuchman, Stilwell and the American experience in China 1911-45 (1970); D.D. Rooney, Stilwell (1971)
Sweeney,
Walter Campbell
W.C. Sweeney
Son of Andrew James Sweeney and Maria E. Hanna.
Married (20.04.1904) Anne Eloise McConnell (26.04.1873-15.12.1953); two daughters, one son (Gen. Walter Campbell Sweeney Jr.).
 		16.11.1876
Wheeling, WV
-
09.04.1963
San Francisco County, CA
[San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio]
2nd Lt.
 		01.06.1899 [accepted 21.06.1899] [O904]
1st Lt.
 		02.02.1901
Capt.
 		28.06.1909
Maj.
 		25.07.1917
Lt.Col. NA
 		05.08.1917 [accepted 20.08.1917]
Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1920
Col. USA
 		21.10.1918 [accepted 24.10.1918] [honorably discharged 31.08.1919]
Col.
 		21.03.1926
Brig.Gen.
 		24.12.1935
Maj.Gen.
 		01.06.1938 (retd 30.11.1940; age limit) (recalled to active duty 04.06.1942)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 Argonne-Meuse offensive (France)
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 Apremont (France), 28.09.18
Officer, Legion of Honor (France) LegH
 ?
 ?
-
 ?
 ?

Commander with Star, Royal Order St. Olav (Norway)
Education: Linsly Institute, Wheeling (...-1895); School of the Line, US Army (...-1912; distinguished graduate); Army Staff College (...-1913); Army War College (...-1920)
07.05.1898
 -
 		04.01.1899
 		enlisted as a Private & Corporal, 1st West Virginia Infantry Volunteers
05.01.1899
 -
 		04.02.1899
 		2nd Lieuteant, 1st West Virginia Infantry Volunteers (Spanish-American War) [mustered out]
01.06.1899

commissioned, Infantry
1901

Philippine insurrection
1906
 -
 		1907
 		Pulajane campaign
1910
 -
 		1911
 		Moro outbreaks
1915
 -
 		1916
 		on Mexican Border



chief of Censorship Division Intelligence Sectecion on General Staff AEF



duIy with General Staff, HQ 5th Corps (St Mihiel operations)
16.09.1918
 - 25.03.1919 Chief of Staff, 28th Division (Meuse-Argonne operations)
24.12.1920
 -
 		01.07.1924
 		General Staff Corps
1924

Chief of Infantry Office, Washington
1924
 -
 		1928
 		instructor, Army War College
1928
 -
 		1930
 		Commander, 3rd Infantry (Ft Snelling, MN)
30.06.1930
 -
 		30.05.1934
 		Chief of Stalf, 5th Corps Area (Ft Hayes, OH) (General Staff Corps)
1935

Commander, 38th Infantry (Ft Dougias, UT)
1936
 -
 		1938
 		Commander, 6th Brigade (Ft Douglas, UT)
06.1938
 -
 		08.1940
 		Commanding General, 3d Division (Ft Lewis, WA)
04.06.1942
 -
Commanding General, Military Forces, California
1942
 -
 		1943
 		Commanding General, HQ Western Defence Command & 4th Army
Mem. S.A.R.. Sojourners, Mil. Order World War, Am. Legion. Presbyn. Mason (Shriner). Published: Military intelligence : a new weapon in war (1924)
Swift,
Innis Palmer
I.P. Swift
07.02.1882
Fort Laramie, WY
-
03.11.1953
San Antonio, TX
[Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antionio, TX]
2nd Lt.
 		15.06.1904 [O1969]
...
 		...
Brig.Gen.
 		10.1940
Maj.Gen.
 		04.04.1941 (retd 28.02.1946; disability)
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 2 x
Silver Star Medal SSM
 ?
 ?
Legion of Merit LM
 ?
 ?
Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-15.06.1904; grad. # 4329)
15.06.1904

commissioned in the cavalry
1939
 -
 		1941
 		Commander, 2nd Cavalry Brigade
19.04.1941
 -
 		18.08.1944
 		Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division (Fort Bliss, TX; SW Pacific)
1944

Commanding General of the Task Force which recaptured the Admiralty Islands
19.08.1944
 -
 		14.11.1945
 		Commanding General, I Corps (Dutch New Guinea, Luzon, Japan)

 

       

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