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lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

s in the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

before 1960. The grade of lieutenant general (or ''three-star general'') is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Army, ranking above

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

and below

general A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

. Originally created for

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

during the Quasi-War with

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, the grade lapsed for most of the 19th century and early 20th century because it was considered too lofty for the diminutive peacetime establishment. Unlike the grades of major general and below, the grade of lieutenant general was not considered a functional office during this period, but the penultimate military honor, reserved for only the most eminent of wartime generals. After the

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, the lieutenant generalcy slowly transitioned from extraordinary accolade to routine appointment, and from permanent personal grade to temporary ''ex officio'' rank. The grade was revived permanently just before

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and has been in continuous existence ever since.Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Part One. Before

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, there was at most one lieutenant general on active duty at any time. In 1918 two

field army A field army (or numbered army or simply army) is a military formation in many armed forces, composed of two or more corps and may be subordinate to an army group. Likewise, air armies are equivalent formation within some air forces, and with ...

commanders received wartime commissions as lieutenant generals to accord them rank equal to allied counterparts, the first time the grade had been conferred purely to facilitate future command instead of to reward past service. Dozens of lieutenant generals were appointed during World War II to lead the vastly expanded military establishment, and by January 1, 1960, the official Army register listed 33 lieutenant generals on active duty in the peacetime Army.''U.S. Army Register, 1960''; Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Parts One and Four.

Taxonomy

*A lieutenant general of the line was an officer who was commissioned in the permanent grade of lieutenant general in the Regular Army and therefore maintained that rank regardless of assignment. (When the law passed in June 1916 in the reference, only major and brigadier generals were authorized in the US Army. No lieutenant generals were appointed as lieutenant generals of the line). *A lieutenant general of the staff was an officer who held the temporary rank of lieutenant general in the Regular Army only while occupying an office designated by statute to carry that rank, and who reverted to a lower permanent grade upon relinquishing that office. *An emergency lieutenant general was an officer whose Regular Army grade of lieutenant general was authorized only during the

emergency, which expired on June 30, 1920. *A temporary lieutenant general was an officer who was commissioned in the temporary grade of lieutenant general in the

Army of the United States The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army (the others being the Regular Army, the United States Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the United States), but it has been inactive si ...

, typically in addition to a lower permanent grade in the Regular Army. *A brevet lieutenant general was an officer who held the rank of lieutenant general only by

brevet Brevet may refer to: Military * Brevet (military), higher rank that rewards merit or gallantry, but without higher pay * Brevet d'état-major, a military distinction in France and Belgium awarded to officers passing military staff college * Aircre ...

, and remained commissioned in the permanent grade of major general. *

Muir S. Fairchild General (United States), General Muir Stephen Fairchild (September 2, 1894 – March 17, 1950) was a United States Air Force officer and the service's second Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, Vice Chief of Staff. Early service ...

is the only army general officer promoted in 1946 as first President and Commander, Air University.

List of U.S. Army lieutenant generals before 1960

The following list of lieutenant generals includes all officers appointed to that rank in the United States Army prior to January 1, 1960, including brevet and temporary lieutenant generals.The list of lieutenant generals is taken from the ''1947 World Almanac'', pp. 809–810; the ''Army Almanac'', pp. 330–331; and the ''Army Register''. Entries are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was appointed to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the officer's name, date of rank,Dates of rank are taken from the ''Army Register''. date the officer vacated the active-duty rank,Dates vacated are taken from the ''Army Register''. An officer could vacate the active-duty rank of lieutenant general via death, retirement, resignation, promotion to a higher permanent grade, or reversion to a lower permanent grade upon relinquishing an office bearing the statutory rank of lieutenant general. number of years on active duty as lieutenant general (Yrs),The number of years on active duty as lieutenant general is taken to be the difference between the officer's date of rank and the date on which his active duty commission as lieutenant general was vacated, rounded to the nearest whole year. positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.Biographical notes include years of birth and death; dates of promotion to higher permanent grade; awards of the

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

, Congressional Gold Medal,

Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, along with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially merito ...

, or honors of similar significance; major government appointments; university presidencies or equivalents; familial relationships with significant military officers or significant government officials such as U.S. Presidents, cabinet secretaries, U.S. Senators, or state governors; and other unusual career events such as death in office or resignation. Dates are taken from Heitman, the ''Army Register'', Eicher and Eicher, or Marquis Who's Who.

Timeline

An officer held the active-duty grade of lieutenant general ( Lt.gen.) in the U.S. Army until his death; retirement; resignation; reversion to lower permanent grade upon vacating a position carrying the ''ex officio'' rank; promotion to a higher grade such as general (

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Winfield Scott Winfield Scott (June 13, 1786May 29, 1866) was an American military commander and political candidate. He served as a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861, taking part in the War of 1812, the Mexican–American War, the early s ...

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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

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Philip H. Sheridan Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

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John M. Schofield John McAllister Schofield (September 29, 1831 – March 4, 1906) was an American soldier who held major commands during the American Civil War. He was appointed U.S. Secretary of War (1868–1869) under President Andrew Johnson and later served a ...

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Nelson A. Miles Nelson Appleton Miles (August 8, 1839 – May 15, 1925) was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanish–American War. From 1895 to 1903, Miles served as the last Commanding Gen ...

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Samuel B. M. Young Samuel Baldwin Marks Young (January 9, 1840 – September 1, 1924) was a United States Army general. He also served as the first president of Army War College between 1902 and 1903. He then served from 1903 until 1904 as the first Chief of Staf ...

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Adna R. Chaffee Adna Romanza Chaffee (April 14, 1842 – November 1, 1914) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Chaffee took part in the American Civil War and Indian Wars, played a key role in the Spanish–American War, and fought in the Boxe ...

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John C. Bates John Coalter Bates (August 26, 1842 – February 4, 1919) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from January to April 1906. Along with Arthur MacArthur Jr., Bates was one of the last American Civ ...

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Henry C. Corbin Henry Clark Corbin (September 15, 1842 – September 8, 1909) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1898 to 1904. Life and career He was born in Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, H ...

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Arthur MacArthur Jr. Arthur MacArthur Jr. (June 2, 1845 – September 5, 1912) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. He became the military Governor-General of the American-occupied Philippines in 1900; his term ended a year later due to clashes wi ...

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Hunter Liggett Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett (March 21, 1857 − December 30, 1935) was a senior United States Army officer. His 42 years of military service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to the trench warfare of World War I. Additionally, h ...

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Robert L. Bullard Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard (January 5, 1861 – September 11, 1947) was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the United States Army. He was involved in conflicts in the American Western Fron ...

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Hugh A. Drum Hugh Aloysius Drum (September 19, 1879 – October 3, 1951) was a career United States Army officer who served in World War I and World War II and attained the rank of Lieutenant General (United States), lieutenant general. He was notable for hi ...

" bar:ford from: 05/08/1939 till: 30/09/1940 color:ltg text:" Stanley H. Ford" bar:embick from: 05/08/1939 till: 30/09/1940 color:ltg bar:embick from: 07/01/1942 till: 14/02/1946 color:ltgb bar:embick from: 15/02/1946 till: 27/06/1946 color:ltg text:" Stanley D. Embick" bar:bowley from: 05/08/1939 till: 30/11/1939 color:ltg text:" Albert J. Bowley" bar:dewitt from: 05/12/1939 till: 15/09/1943 color:ltg bar:dewitt from: 16/09/1943 till: 10/06/1947 color:ltgb text:" John L. DeWitt" bar:herron from: 31/07/1940 till: 07/02/1941 color:ltg text:" Charles D. Herron" bar:vanvoorhis from: 31/07/1940 till: 18/09/1941 color:ltg text:"

Daniel Van Voorhis Daniel Van Voorhis (October 24, 1878 – January 9, 1956) was a United States Army lieutenant general and was noteworthy for his assignments as commander of V Corps and the Caribbean Defense Command, as well as his efforts in creating the Army's ...

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Herbert J. Brees Herbert Jay Brees (June 12, 1877 – December 22, 1958) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Early military career Brees was born in Laramie, Wyoming on June 12, 1877. He graduated from the University of Wyoming with a Bachelor o ...

" bar:lear from: 02/10/1940 till: 30/05/1943 color:ltg bar:lear from: 30/05/1943 till: 28/06/1943 color:ltgb bar:lear from: 29/06/1943 till: 31/12/1945 color:ltg text:" Ben Lear" bar:emmons from: 25/10/1940 till: 17/12/1941 color:ltgb bar:emmons from: 17/12/1941 till: 01/06/1943 color:ltg bar:emmons from: 01/06/1943 till: 26/09/1947 color:ltgb bar:emmons from: 26/09/1947 till: 30/06/1948 color:ltgusaf text:"

Delos C. Emmons Delos Carleton Emmons (January 17, 1889 – October 3, 1965) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Essentially a "desk general," he was the military governor of Hawaii in the aftermath of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and administered t ...

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Walter C. Short Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a lieutenant general (temporary rank) and major general of the United States Army and the U.S. military commander responsible for the defense of U.S. military installations i ...

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Walter Krueger Walter Krueger (26 January 1881 – 20 August 1967) was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century. He commanded the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. He rose fro ...

" bar:mcnair from: 09/06/1941 till: 25/07/1944 color:ltgb text:" Lesley J. McNair" bar:macarthur from: 21/11/1930 till: 01/10/1935 color:gen bar:macarthur from: 27/07/1941 till: 17/12/1941 color:ltgb bar:macarthur from: 18/12/1941 till: 17/12/1944 color:gen bar:macarthur from: 18/12/1944 till: 11/04/1951 color:ga text:"

Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army. He had served with distinction in World War I, was C ...

" bar:andrews from: 19/09/1941 till: 03/05/1943 color:ltgb text:"

Frank M. Andrews Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews (February 3, 1884 – May 3, 1943) was a senior officer of the United States Army and one of the founders of the United States Army Air Forces, which was later to become the United States Air Force. ...

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Henry H. Arnold Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), ...

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George H. Brett George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player who played all of his 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are second-mo ...

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William S. Knudsen William Signius Knudsen (March 25, 1879 – April 27, 1948) was a leading Danish-American automotive industry executive and an American general during World War II. His experience and success as a key senior manager in the operations sides of F ...

" bar:stilwell from: 25/02/1942 till: 31/07/1944 color:ltgb bar:stilwell from: 01/08/1944 till: 12/10/1946 color:gen text:"

Joseph W. Stilwell Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (March 19, 1883 – October 12, 1946) was a United States Army general who served in the China Burma India Theater during World War II. An early American popular hero of the war for leading a column walking o ...

" bar:somervell from: 09/03/1942 till: 06/03/1945 color:ltgb bar:somervell from: 06/03/1945 till: 29/04/1946 color:gen text:" Brehon B. Somervell" bar:wainwright from: 19/03/1942 till: 06/09/1945 color:ltgb bar:wainwright from: 06/09/1945 till: 31/08/1947 color:gen text:"

Jonathan M. Wainwright IV Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (August 23, 1883 – September 2, 1953) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time Japan surrendered to the United States, during World War II. Wainwright w ...

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Joseph T. McNarney Joseph Taggart McNarney (August 28, 1893 – February 1, 1972) was a four-star general in the United States Army and in the United States Air Force, who served as Military Governor of occupied Germany. Early life Joseph Taggart McNarney was ...

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

" bar:devers from: 06/09/1942 till: 07/03/1945 color:ltgb bar:devers from: 08/03/1945 till: 30/09/1949 color:gen text:" Jacob L. Devers" bar:eichelberger from: 15/10/1942 till: 31/12/1948 color:ltgb text:"

Robert L. Eichelberger Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Southwest Pacific Area during Wo ...

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George C. Kenney George Churchill Kenney (August 6, 1889 – August 9, 1977) was a United States Army general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a position he held between Augu ...

" bar:clark from: 11/11/1942 till: 09/03/1945 color:ltgb bar:clark from: 10/03/1945 till: 31/10/1953 color:gen text:" Mark W. Clark" bar:harmon from: 02/02/1943 till: 27/02/1946 color:ltgb text:"

Millard F. Harmon Millard Fillmore Harmon Jr. (January 19, 1888 – February 26, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaign in World War II. He was presumed to have perished in February 1945 on a flight when th ...

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Courtney H. Hodges General Courtney Hicks Hodges (January 5, 1887 – January 16, 1966) was a decorated senior officer in the United States Army who commanded First U.S. Army in the Western European Campaign of World War II. Hodges was a notable "mustang" officer, ...

" bar:patton from: 12/03/1943 till: 13/04/1945 color:ltgb bar:patton from: 14/04/1945 till: 21/12/1945 color:gen text:"

George S. Patton Jr. George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a General (United States), general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Mediterranean Theater ...

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Carl Spaatz Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil product ...

" bar:buckner from: 04/05/1943 till: 13/04/1945 color:ltgb text:" Simon B. Buckner Jr." bar:richardson from: 01/06/1943 till: 27/10/1946 color:ltg text:"

Robert C. Richardson Jr. Robert Charlwood Richardson Jr. (October 27, 1882 – March 2, 1954) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 27, 1882, and was admitted as a cadet at the United States Military Academy on June 19, 1900. His military career spanned the ...

" bar:fredendall from: 01/06/1943 till: 10/03/1945 color:ltg text:"

Lloyd R. Fredendall Lieutenant General Lloyd Ralston Fredendall (December 28, 1883 – October 4, 1963) was a senior officer of the United States Army who served during World War II. He is best known for his leadership failure during the Battle of Kasserine Pass, le ...

" bar:bradley from: 02/06/1943 till: 11/03/1945 color:ltgb bar:bradley from: 12/03/1945 till: 19/09/1950 color:gen bar:bradley from: 20/09/1950 till: 05/08/1953 color:ga text:"

Omar N. Bradley Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893April 8, 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. Bradley was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and over ...

" bar:yount from: 13/09/1943 till: 30/06/1946 color:ltgb text:"

Barton K. Yount Barton may refer to: Places Australia * Barton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Division of Barton, an electoral district in New South Wales * Barton, Victoria, a locality near Moyston Canada * Barton, Newfoundland and ...

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Ira C. Eaker General (Honorary) Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896 – August 6, 1987) was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and ...

" bar:grunert from: 08/10/1943 till: 31/07/1945 color:ltg text:"

George Grunert George Grunert (July 21, 1881 – January 12, 1971) was a United States Army cavalry officer who worked his way up through the ranks from private to retirement as a lieutenant general. His 47-year career extended from the Spanish–American War ...

" bar:simpson from: 13/10/1943 till: 30/11/1946 color:ltg text:"

William H. Simpson General William Hood Simpson (May 18, 1888 – August 15, 1980) was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II. He is best known for being the Commanding General of the Ninth United Stat ...

" bar:smith from: 13/01/1944 till: 30/06/1951 color:ltgb bar:smith from: 01/07/1951 till: 31/01/1953 color:gen text:" Walter Bedell Smith" bar:sutherland from: 20/02/1944 till: 30/11/1946 color:ltgb text:"

Richard K. Sutherland Lieutenant General Richard Kerens Sutherland (27 November 1893 – 25 June 1966) was a United States Army officer during World War II. He served as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's Chief of Staff in the South West Pacific Area during the ...

" bar:lee from: 21/02/1944 till: 31/12/1947 color:ltgb text:"

John C. H. Lee John Clifford Hodges Lee (1 August 1887 – 30 August 1958) was a career US Army engineer, who rose to the rank of lieutenant general and commanded the Communications Zone (ComZ) in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. A grad ...

" bar:wheeler from: 21/02/1944 till: 28/02/1949 color:ltg text:" Raymond A. Wheeler" bar:doolittle from: 13/03/1944 till: 22/05/1946 color:ltgb text:" James H. Doolittle" bar:brereton from: 28/04/1944 till: 26/09/1947 color:ltgb bar:brereton from: 26/09/1947 till: 31/08/1948 color:ltgusaf text:"

Lewis H. Brereton Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he began his military career as a United States Army o ...

" bar:giles from: 28/04/1944 till: 30/06/1946 color:ltgb text:"

Barney M. Giles Barney McKinney Giles (September 13, 1892 – May 6, 1984) was an American military officer who helped develop strategic bombing theory and practice. Giles stepped outside established bomber doctrine during World War II to develop long-range cap ...

" bar:patch from: 07/08/1944 till: 21/11/1945 color:ltg text:"

Alexander M. Patch General Alexander McCarrell Patch (November 23, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both world wars, rising to rank of general. During World War II, he commanded U.S. Army and Marine Corps force ...

" bar:sultan from: 02/09/1944 till: 14/01/1947 color:ltgb text:"

Daniel I. Sultan Daniel Isom Sultan (December 9, 1885 – January 14, 1947) was an American general. Sultan was born in Oxford, Mississippi, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1907. He entered the United States Army Corps of Engineers ...

" bar:handy from: 02/09/1944 till: 12/03/1945 color:ltg bar:handy from: 13/03/1945 till: 31/03/1954 color:gen text:"

Thomas T. Handy Thomas Troy Handy (March 11, 1892 – April 12, 1982) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Deputy Chief of Staff, United States Army from 1944 to 1947; Commanding General, Fourth United States Army from 1947 to 1949; Commande ...

" bar:truscott from: 02/09/1944 till: 30/09/1947 color:ltg text:" Lucian K. Truscott Jr. bar:styer from: 07/11/1944 till: 29/04/1947 color:ltgb text:"

Wilhelm D. Styer Wilhelm Delp Styer (22 July 1893 – 26 February 1975) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point with the class of 1916, he was commissioned into the ...

" bar:gerow from: 01/01/1945 till: 31/07/1950 color:ltgb text:"

Leonard T. Gerow Leonard Townsend Gerow (July 13, 1888 – October 12, 1972) was a general in the United States Army who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II. A 1911 graduate the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Gerow served with the Uni ...

" bar:wedemeyer from: 01/01/1945 till: 31/07/1951 color:ltgb text:"

Albert C. Wedemeyer General Albert Coady Wedemeyer (July 9, 1896 – December 17, 1989) was a United States Army commander who served in Asia during World War II from October 1943 to the end of the war. Previously, he was an important member of the War Planning Board ...

" bar:george from: 16/03/1945 till: 31/12/1946 color:ltgb text:"

Harold L. George Harold Lee George (July 19, 1893 – February 24, 1986) was an American aviation pioneer who helped shape and promote the concept of daylight precision bombing. An outspoken proponent of the industrial web theory, George taught at the Air Corps T ...

" bar:cannon from: 17/03/1945 till: 26/09/1947 color:ltgb bar:cannon from: 26/09/1947 till: 28/10/1951 color:ltgusaf bar:cannon from: 29/10/1951 till: 31/03/1954 color:genusaf text:"

John K. Cannon General John Kenneth Cannon (March 9, 1892 – January 12, 1955) was a World War II Mediterranean combat commander and former chief of United States Air Forces in Europe for whom Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico, is named. Biography Joh ...

" bar:vandenberg from: 17/03/1945 till: 26/09/1947 color:ltgb bar:vandenberg from: 26/09/1947 till: 30/06/1953 color:genusaf text:"

Hoyt S. Vandenberg Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. During World War II, Vandenberg was ...

" bar:gregory from: 14/04/1945 till: 30/06/1946 color:ltg text:"

Edmund B. Gregory Edmund Bristol Gregory (July 4, 1882 – January 26, 1961) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Early life and education Gregory was born at Storm Lake, Iowa, on July 4, 1882. He graduated from the United States Military Academ ...

" bar:griswold from: 14/04/1945 till: 31/10/1947 color:ltg text:" Oscar W. Griswold" bar:reybold from: 15/04/1945 till: 31/01/1946 color:ltg text:"

Eugene Reybold Eugene Reybold (February 13, 1884 – November 21, 1961) was distinguished as the World War II Chief of Engineers who directed the largest United States Army Corps of Engineers in the nation's history. Reybold was born in Delaware City, Delaware ...

" bar:walker from: 15/04/1945 till: 23/12/1950 color:ltg text:"

Walton H. Walker Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 – December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying ...

" bar:haislip from: 15/04/1945 till: 30/09/1949 color:ltg bar:haislip from: 01/10/1949 till: 31/07/1951 color:gen text:" Wade H. Haislip" bar:campbell from: 16/04/1945 till: 30/05/1946 color:ltg text:" Levin H. Campbell Jr." bar:collins from: 16/04/1945 till: 23/01/1948 color:ltg bar:collins from: 24/01/1948 till: 31/03/1956 color:gen text:"

J. Lawton Collins General (United States), General Joseph Lawton Collins (May 1, 1896 – September 12, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Pacific and European Theater of Operations, U ...

" bar:keyes from: 17/04/1945 till: 31/10/1950 color:ltg bar:keyes from: 26/01/1951 till: 01/08/1954 color:ltg text:"

Geoffrey Keyes Lieutenant General Geoffrey Keyes (October 30, 1888 – September 17, 1967) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in Sicily and Italy during World War II. Early life Keyes was born on October 30, ...

" bar:clay from: 17/04/1945 till: 27/03/1947 color:ltg bar:clay from: 28/03/1947 till: 31/05/1949 color:gen text:"

Lucius D. Clay General Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23, 1898 – April 16, 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General of the Army Dwight D ...

" bar:stratemeyer from: 28/05/1945 till: 26/09/1947 color:ltg bar:stratemeyer from: 26/09/1947 till: 31/01/1952 color:ltgusaf text:"

George E. Stratemeyer Lieutenant General George Edward Stratemeyer (24 November 1890 – 9 August 1969) was a senior commander in the United States Air Force. He held senior command appointments in the China Burma India Theater of World War II and was Far East Air For ...

" bar:gillem from: 03/06/1945 till: 31/08/1950 color:ltg text:" Alvan C. Gillem Jr." bar:crittenberger from: 03/06/1945 till: 31/12/1952 color:ltg text:"

Willis D. Crittenberger Lieutenant General Willis Dale Crittenberger (December 2, 1890 – August 4, 1980) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He was a career soldier who served with distinction during the Italian campaign of World War II Early life and mi ...

" bar:hall from: 04/06/1945 till: 31/12/1948 color:ltgb text:"

Charles P. Hall Lieutenant General Charles Philip Hall (December 12, 1886 – January 26, 1953) was a senior officer of the United States Army who fought in both World War I and World War II. He was the commander of XI Corps during World War II and the principal ...

" bar:ridgway from: 04/06/1945 till: 10/05/1951 color:ltg bar:ridgway from: 11/05/1951 till: 30/06/1955 color:gen text:"

Matthew B. Ridgway General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). Altho ...

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Leroy Lutes Lieutenant general LeRoy Lutes (October 4, 1890 – January 30, 1980) was a decorated American military officer who was in critical staff and supply positions during and after World War II. His last assignment was a commanding general of the Four ...

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Troy H. Middleton Lieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton (12 October 1889 – 9 October 1976) was a distinguished educator and senior officer of the United States Army who served as a corps commander in the European Theatre during World War II and later as pre ...

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Nathan F. Twining Nathan Farragut Twining ( ; October 11, 1897 – March 29, 1982) was a United States Air Force general, born in Monroe, Wisconsin. He was the chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 until 1957, and the third chairman of the Joi ...

" bar:whitehead from: 05/06/1945 till: 26/09/1947 color:ltgb bar:whitehead from: 26/09/1947 till: 31/07/1951 color:ltgusaf text:" Ennis C. Whitehead" bar:hodge from: 06/06/1945 till: 01/07/1952 color:ltg bar:hodge from: 02/07/1952 till: 30/06/1953 color:gen text:" John R. Hodge" bar:hull from: 06/06/1945 till: 29/07/1951 color:ltg bar:hull from: 30/07/1951 till: 30/04/1955 color:gen text:"

John E. Hull John Edwin Hull (May 26, 1895 – June 10, 1975) was a United States Army general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, commanded Far East Command from 1953 to 1955 and the U.S. Army, Pacific from 1948 to 1949. He served in bo ...

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Raymond S. McLain Lieutenant General Raymond Stallings McLain (April 4, 1890 – December 14, 1954) was a senior United States Army officer. In the words of General George C. Marshall, Raymond S. McLain "gave great distinction to the term 'citizen soldier. His serv ...

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Clarence R. Huebner Lieutenant General Clarence Ralph Huebner (November 24, 1888 – September 23, 1972) was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army who saw distinguished active service during both World War I and World War II. Perhaps his most no ...

" bar:eddy from: 24/01/1948 till: 31/03/1953 color:ltg text:"

Manton S. Eddy Lieutenant General Manton Sprague Eddy (May 16, 1892 – April 10, 1962) was a senior United States Army officer who served in both World War I and World War II. During the latter conflict he served with distinction, commanding the 9th Infantry D ...

" bar:chamberlin from: 24/01/1948 till: 31/12/1951 color:ltg text:"

Stephen J. Chamberlin Stephen Jones Chamberlin (23 December 1889 – 23 October 1971) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served during World War II as General of the Army Douglas MacArthur's Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, the staff officer in cha ...

" bar:aurand from: 24/01/1948 till: 31/08/1952 color:ltg text:" Henry S. Aurand" bar:paul from: 24/01/1948 till: 31/12/1948 color:ltg text:" Willard S. Paul" bar:groves from: 24/01/1948 till: 28/02/1948 color:ltg text:"

Leslie R. Groves Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project ...

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James A. Van Fleet General James Alward Van Fleet (March 19, 1892 – September 23, 1992) was a United States Army officer who saw service during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and gradu ...

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Edward H. Brooks Lieutenant General Edward Hale Brooks (April 25, 1893 – October 10, 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Army, a veteran of both World War I and World War II, who commanded the U.S. Second Army during the Korean War. He received the ...

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Thomas B. Larkin Lieutenant General Thomas Bernard Larkin (December 15, 1890 – October 17, 1968) was a military officer who served as the 32nd Quartermaster General of the United States Army. Early life Larkin was born in Louisburg, Wisconsin and attended th ...

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Harold R. Bull Lieutenant General Harold Roe "Pink" Bull (January 6, 1893 – November 1, 1976) was a general in the United States Army and served as Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3) at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) from 1943 to 19 ...

" bar:gruenther from: 30/09/1949 till: 01/08/1951 color:ltg bar:gruenther from: 01/08/1951 till: 31/12/1956 color:gen text:"

Alfred M. Gruenther General (United States), General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther (March 3, 1899 – May 30, 1983) was a senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer, American Red Cross, Red Cross president, and Bridge (game), bridge player. After be ...

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William H. H. Morris Jr. Lieutenant General William Henry Harrison Morris Jr. (March 22, 1890 – March 30, 1971) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. Early life and military career William Morris was born in the Oc ...

bar:irwin from: 15/10/1950 till: 31/05/1952 color:ltg text:" Stafford L. Irwin" bar:milburn from: 08/02/1951 till: 30/04/1952 color:ltg text:"

Frank W. Milburn Lieutenant General Frank William Milburn (January 11, 1892 – October 25, 1962) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War II and the Korean War. Military career Milburn attended the United States Military Academy and ...

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Joseph M. Swing Lieutenant General Joseph May Swing (February 28, 1894 – December 9, 1984) was a senior United States Army officer, who fought in World War I and commanded the 11th Airborne Division during the campaign to liberate the Philippines in World War ...

" bar:leonard from: 10/02/1951 till: 31/01/1952 color:ltg text:" John W. Leonard" bar:coulter from: 11/02/1951 till: 31/01/1952 color:ltg text:"

John B. Coulter Lieutenant General John Breitling Coulter (April 27, 1891 – March 6, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer. Enjoying a distinguished 40-year military career, Coulter served during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Early li ...

" bar:almond from: 12/02/1951 till: 31/01/1953 color:ltg text:" Edward M. Almond" bar:bolte from: 13/02/1951 till: 30/07/1953 color:ltg bar:bolte from: 30/07/1953 till: 30/04/1955 color:gen text:" Charles L. Bolte" bar:hoge from: 31/05/1951 till: 23/10/1953 color:ltg bar:hoge from: 23/10/1953 till: 31/01/1955 color:gen text:"

William M. Hoge General William Morris Hoge (January 13, 1894 – October 29, 1979) was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, with a military career spanning nearly forty years. Early life and military career ...

" bar:hickeydoyle from: 01/06/1951 till: 31/07/1953 color:ltg text:"

Doyle O. Hickey Doyle Overton Hickey (July 27, 1892 – October 20, 1961) was an officer in the United States Army who served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, finishing his military career as a Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant gener ...

" bar:taylor from: 29/07/1951 till: 23/06/1953 color:ltg bar:taylor from: 23/06/1953 till: 01/07/1959 color:gen bar:taylor from: 01/07/1961 till: 01/07/1964 color:gen text:"

Maxwell D. Taylor Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, ni ...

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Andrew D. Bruce Lieutenant General Andrew Davis Bruce (September 14, 1894 – July 28, 1969) was an American academic and soldier who served as the third president of the University of Houston. He retired from the United States Army in 1954 as a lieutenant gener ...

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Lewis A. Pick Lieutenant General Lewis Andrew Pick (November 18, 1890 – December 2, 1956) was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of Engineers in the United States Army. Early life Pick was born in Brookneal, Virginia. He was part of the firs ...

" bar:mcauliffe from: 01/08/1951 till: 01/03/1955 color:ltg bar:mcauliffe from: 01/03/1955 till: 31/05/1956 color:gen text:"

Anthony C. McAuliffe Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 – August 10, 1975) was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in Wor ...

" bar:odaniel from: 20/12/1951 till: 12/04/1954 color:ltg bar:odaniel from: 30/08/1954 till: 29/02/1956 color:ltg text:" John W. O'Daniel" bar:mcbride from: 29/04/1952 till: 30/06/1954 color:ltg text:"

Horace L. McBride Lieutenant General Horace Logan McBride (June 29, 1894 – November 14, 1962) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during both World War I and World War II. He commanded American forces in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge), the Rhi ...

" bar:wyman from: 08/06/1952 till: 01/03/1956 color:ltg bar:wyman from: 01/03/1956 till: 01/08/1958 color:gen text:" Willard G. Wyman" bar:palmer from: 09/06/1952 till: 01/05/1955 color:ltg bar:palmer from: 01/05/1955 till: 01/12/1959 color:gen text:" Williston B. Palmer" bar:decker from: 10/06/1952 till: 31/05/1956 color:ltg bar:decker from: 31/05/1956 till: 30/09/1962 color:gen text:" George H. Decker" bar:lewis from: 04/07/1952 till: 30/09/1954 color:ltg text:"

John T. Lewis John Trevor Lewis (15 April 1932 – 21 January 2004) was a Welsh mathematical physicist who made contributions to areas including quantum measurement, Bose–Einstein condensation and large deviations theory. He was a senior professor at the ...

" bar:hays from: 05/07/1952 till: 30/04/1953 color:ltg text:" George P. Hays" bar:noce from: 29/07/1952 till: 31/10/1954 color:ltg text:"

Daniel Noce Daniel Noce (1894−1976) was a U.S. Army Lieutenant General who served in both world wars. Over his decorated military career he rose to the position of Inspector General of the Army. Following his retirement from the armed forces, he served a ...

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Alexander R. Bolling Alexander Russell Bolling (August 28, 1895 – June 4, 1964) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II and the Cold War. Military career Bolling was a student at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis from 1915 ...

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William B. Kean William Benjamin Kean (July 9, 1897 – March 10, 1981) was a general in the United States Army. Early life He was born William Benjamin Kean Jr. in Buffalo, New York on July 9, 1897. Kean graduated from the United States Military Academy in ...

" bar:lemnitzer from: 01/08/1952 till: 25/03/1955 color:ltg bar:lemnitzer from: 25/03/1955 till: 01/07/1969 color:gen text:"

Lyman L. Lemnitzer Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was a United States Army General (United States), general who served as the fourth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1960 to 1962. He then served as the Supreme Allied Comman ...

" bar:harrison from: 05/09/1952 till: 28/02/1957 color:ltg text:" William K. Harrison Jr." bar:kendall from: 16/09/1952 till: 31/08/1955 color:ltg text:"

Paul W. Kendall Lieutenant General Paul Wilkins Kendall (July 17, 1898 – October 3, 1983) was a senior United States Army officer who served during World War I, World War II and Korean War. Early life and military career Kendall was born on July 17, 1898, in ...

" bar:jenkins from: 06/11/1952 till: 28/02/1954 color:ltg text:" Reuben E. Jenkins" bar:white from: 07/11/1952 till: 22/06/1955 color:ltg bar:white from: 22/06/1955 till: 01/04/1961 color:gen text:"

Isaac D. White Isaac Davis White (March 6, 1901 – June 11, 1990) was a senior officer in the United States Army who commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific (USARPAC) from July 1957 to March 1961. He was commissioned in the cavalry in 1923 and went on to serve in ...

" bar:burress from: 01/01/1953 till: 30/11/1954 color:ltg text:" Withers A. Burress" bar:canine from: 16/03/1953 till: 30/04/1957 color:ltg text:"

Ralph J. Canine Ralph Julian Canine (November 9, 1895 – March 8, 1969) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and the first director of the National Security Agency. Early life and education Canine was born in 1895 in Flora, Indiana, one of two c ...

" bar:dahlquist from: 01/05/1953 till: 18/08/1954 color:ltg bar:dahlquist from: 18/08/1954 till: 29/02/1956 color:gen text:"

John E. Dahlquist General John Ernest Dahlquist (March 12, 1896 – July 30, 1975) was a senior United States Army officer. In the course of his military career, Dahlquist commanded three different army divisions, commanded at the corps and field army level and ros ...

" bar:arnoldwilliam from: 22/06/1953 till: 31/01/1961 color:ltg text:" William H. Arnold" bar:clarke from: 23/06/1953 till: 01/08/1958 color:ltg bar:clarke from: 01/08/1958 till: 30/04/1962 color:gen text:" Bruce C. Clarke" bar:schuyler from: 03/07/1953 till: 18/05/1956 color:ltg bar:schuyler from: 18/05/1956 till: 01/11/1959 color:gen text:" Cortlandt V. R. Schuyler" bar:parks from: 13/10/1953 till: 29/02/1956 color:ltg text:"

Floyd L. Parks Lieutenant General Floyd Lavinius Parks (9 February 1896 – 10 March 1959) was a United States Army officer who served with distinction during World War II. During the war, he was chief of staff of the US Army Ground Forces and the First Allied A ...

" bar:weible from: 23/10/1953 till: 31/01/1957 color:ltg text:" Walter L. Weible" bar:hickeythomas from: 23/01/1954 till: 30/04/1958 color:ltg text:" Thomas F. Hickey" bar:bryan from: 26/01/1954 till: 01/03/1960 color:ltg text:"

Blackshear M. Bryan Lieutenant General Blackshear Morrison Bryan (February 8, 1900 – March 2, 1977) was a United States Army general who served during the Second World War and Korean War. Early life and education Bryan was born in Alexandria, Louisiana on Febr ...

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Carter B. Magruder Carter Bowie Magruder (April 3, 1900March 14, 1988) was a United States Army general who served concurrently as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea/Commanding General, Eighth United States Army (CINCUN ...

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Lemuel Mathewson Lemuel Mathewson (March 29, 1899 – February 26, 1970) was a United States Army lieutenant general. Early career Mathewson was born in Bath, New York on March 29, 1899. A 1917 graduate of Bath's Haverling High School, he graduated from the Un ...

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Henry I. Hodes Henry Irving Hodes (March 19, 1899 – February 14, 1962) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group from 1956 to 1959. Military career/biography Henry I ...

" bar:collier from: 17/08/1954 till: 01/10/1958 color:ltg text:" John H. Collier" bar:hart from: 18/08/1954 till: 01/08/1960 color:ltg text:"

Charles E. Hart Charles Edward Hart (June 17, 1900 – December 9, 1991) was an American military officer who served as Commanding General of the V Corps (1954–1956) and Commanding General of the Army Air Defense Command (1957–1960). Early life Charles Ed ...

" bar:gay from: 30/09/1954 till: 31/08/1955 color:ltg text:"

Hobart R. Gay Lieutenant General Hobart Raymond Gay (May 16, 1894 – August 19, 1983), nicknamed "Hap", was a United States Army officer who served in numerous conflicts, including World War II, where he worked closely alongside General George S. Patton, and l ...

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Stanley R. Mickelsen Stanley Raymond Mickelsen (1895 – 1966) was an American military leader. Born in Minnesota, and a graduate of the University of Minnesota, Mickelsen joined the Army in 1917.

" bar:herren from: 09/12/1954 till: 31/07/1957 color:ltg text:"

Thomas W. Herren Thomas Wade Herren (August 9, 1895 – June 4, 1985) was a United States Army officer and combat commander whose career spanned from World War I to the post-Korean War era. Early years and World War I Herren was born in Dadeville, Alabama, on Au ...

" bar:ferenbaugh from: 10/12/1954 till: 30/09/1955 color:ltg text:" Claude B. Ferenbaugh" bar:williamslaurin from: 01/03/1955 till: 30/06/1957 color:ltg text:" Laurin L. Williams" bar:gavin from: 25/03/1955 till: 31/03/1958 color:ltg text:"

James M. Gavin James Maurice Gavin (March 22, 1907 – February 23, 1990), sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 8 ...

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Robert N. Young Robert Nicholas Young (January 14, 1900 – October 19, 1964) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He gained prominence in the 1950s as the commander of the 2nd Infantry Division during the Korean War and as commander of the Sixth ...

" bar:montague from: 13/07/1955 till: 20/02/1958 color:ltg text:" Robert M. Montague" bar:read from: 14/07/1955 till: 01/08/1960 color:ltg text:" George W. Read Jr." bar:sturgis from: 23/07/1955 till: 30/09/1956 color:ltg text:"

Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. Lieutenant General Samuel Davis Sturgis III (July 16, 1897 – July 5, 1964), also known as Samuel D. Sturgis Jr., was a senior officer of the United States Army who served as Chief of Engineers during the Cold War. Early life Samuel Davis ...

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Clovis E. Byers Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant General Clovis Ethelbert Byers (November 5, 1899 – December 13, 1973) was a United States Army officer who served in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his role as Chief of st ...

" bar:palmercharles from: 19/08/1955 till: 01/10/1959 color:ltg bar:palmercharles from: 01/10/1959 till: 28/02/1962 color:gen text:"

Charles D. Palmer General Charles Day Palmer, Jr. (February 20, 1902 – June 7, 1999) was a senior United States Army officer who served as Deputy Commander in Chief, United States European Command from 1959 to 1962. His brother, Williston B. Palmer, was also a ...

" bar:williamssamuel from: 15/09/1955 till: 01/09/1960 color:ltg text:" Samuel T. Williams" bar:eddleman from: 10/10/1955 till: 01/04/1959 color:ltg bar:eddleman from: 01/04/1959 till: 31/03/1962 color:gen text:"

Clyde D. Eddleman Clyde Davis Eddleman (January 17, 1902 – August 19, 1992) was a United States Army four-star general who served as commander, United States Army Europe from 1959 to 1960, and as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1960 to 1962. ...

" bar:fox from: 12/11/1955 till: 31/05/1959 color:ltg text:" Alonzo P. Fox" bar:moore from: 17/02/1956 till: 21/04/1960 color:ltg bar:moore from: 21/04/1960 till: 30/06/1963 color:gen text:"

James E. Moore James, Jim, or Jimmy Moore may refer to: Authors *James Moore (Cornish author) (1929–2017), author of works on George Gurdjieff *James Moore (biographer) (born 1947), author of biographies of Charles Darwin *James W. Moore (author) (1938–2019) ...

" bar:williamsedward from: 01/03/1956 till: 28/02/1961 color:ltg text:" Edward T. Williams" bar:hershey from: 23/06/1956 till: 23/12/1969 color:ltg bar:hershey from: 23/12/1969 till: 10/04/1973 color:gen text:"

Lewis B. Hershey Lewis Blaine Hershey (September 12, 1893May 20, 1977) was a United States Army general who served as the second Director of the Selective Service System, the means by which the United States administers its military conscription. Early life H ...

" bar:cummings from: 18/07/1956 till: 31/03/1962 color:ltg text:" Emerson R. Cummings" bar:farrell from: 19/07/1956 till: 01/07/1960 color:ltg text:"

Francis W. Farrell Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Francis (surname) Places *Rural M ...

" bar:uncles from: 20/07/1956 till: 01/09/1958 color:ltg text:" John F. Uncles" bar:gaither from: 27/07/1956 till: 30/04/1962 color:ltg text:" Ridgely Gaither" bar:trudeau from: 18/10/1956 till: 30/06/1962 color:ltg text:" Arthur G. Trudeau" bar:ogden from: 31/10/1956 till: 31/10/1957 color:ltg text:" David A. D. Ogden" bar:booth from: 21/02/1957 till: 28/02/1962 color:ltg text:" Donald P. Booth" bar:davidson from: 25/03/1957 till: 30/04/1964 color:ltg text:"

Garrison H. Davidson Garrison Holt Davidson (April 24, 1904 – December 25, 1992) was a United States Army officer, combat engineer, commander, and military educator from the 1920s through World War II and into the Cold War-era. Commissioned as one of the youngest ...

" bar:lawton from: 01/07/1957 till: 01/06/1960 color:ltg text:" William S. Lawton" bar:cannonrobert from: 30/06/1957 till: 31/08/1961 color:ltg text:"

Robert M. Cannon Robert Milchrist Cannon (August 16, 1901 – September 3, 1976) was a United States Army Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general. He was notable for his World War II service in the China Burma India Theater and his command of the S ...

" bar:harkins from: 01/07/1957 till: 02/01/1961 color:ltg bar:harkins from: 02/01/1961 till: 31/07/1964 color:gen text:"

Paul D. Harkins Paul Donal Harkins (May 15, 1904 – August 21, 1984) was a career officer in the United States Army and attained the rank of general. He is most notable for having served during World War II as deputy chief of staff for operations in George S ...

" bar:trapnell from: 04/02/1958 till: 31/07/1962 color:ltg text:"

Thomas J. H. Trapnell Thomas John Hall "Trap" Trapnell (November 23, 1902 – February 13, 2002) was a United States Army lieutenant general. He was a career officer who served in World War II and the Korean War. Trapnell survived the Bataan Death March and the sinkin ...

" bar:collinsjames from: 15/03/1958 till: 01/04/1961 color:ltg bar:collinsjames from: 01/04/1961 till: 29/02/1964 color:gen text:"

James F. Collins James, Jim, Jimmy, or Jamie Collins may refer to: Sports Association football *Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1900), Scottish footballer *Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 1895), Scottish footballer *Jimmy Collins (footballer, born 19 ...

" bar:powell from: 08/04/1958 till: 01/10/1960 color:ltg bar:powell from: 01/10/1960 till: 31/01/1963 color:gen text:"

Herbert B. Powell Herbert Butler Powell (July 13, 1903 – April 3, 1998) was a United States Army general and diplomat. He served as Commanding General of the United States Continental Army Command, and was later United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. ...

" bar:ruffner from: 01/05/1958 till: 01/03/1960 color:ltg bar:ruffner from: 01/03/1960 till: 31/10/1962 color:gen text:"

Clark L. Ruffner General Clark Louis Ruffner (January 12, 1903 – July 26, 1982) was a senior officer in the United States Army who served in World War II and the Korean War. Military career Ruffner was born January 12, 1903, in Buffalo, New York, and graduated ...

" bar:oconnell from: 11/07/1958 till: 01/05/1959 color:ltg text:" James D. O'Connell" bar:harrold from: 01/08/1958 till: 30/06/1961 color:ltg text:" Thomas L. Harrold" bar:rogers from: 01/09/1958 till: 31/08/1961 color:ltg text:" Gordon B. Rogers" bar:meloy from: 01/10/1958 till: 01/07/1961 color:ltg bar:meloy from: 01/07/1961 till: 31/07/1963 color:gen text:"

Guy S. Meloy Jr. General Guy Stanley Meloy Jr. (September 4, 1903 – December 14, 1968) was a U.S. Army general, World War II and Korean War veteran, and served as commander of all U.S. forces in Korea during the Cold War. Early life and education Meloy was ...

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Paul D. Adams General Paul DeWitt Adams (October 6, 1906 – October 31, 1987) was a United States Army officer. Early life Adams was born in Heflin, Alabama. After graduating from Marion Military Institute in 1924,Robert W. Colglazier Jr." bar:itschner from: 06/09/1959 till: 31/08/1961 color:ltg text:" Emerson C. Itschner" bar:hinrichs from: 07/09/1959 till: 31/05/1962 color:ltg text:" John H. Hinrichs" bar:sink from: 08/09/1959 till: 01/02/1961 color:ltg text:" Robert F. Sink" bar:heaton from: 09/09/1959 till: 01/09/1969 color:ltg text:" Leonard D. Heaton" bar:oakes from: 01/11/1959 till: 31/12/1962 color:ltg text:" John C. Oakes"

History

Quasi-War

Portrait of George Washington-transparent

The rank of lieutenant general in the United States Army was established in 1798 when President

John Adams John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...

commissioned

in that grade to command the armies of the United States during the Quasi-War with

. The next year, Congress replaced the office of lieutenant general with that of

General of the Armies of the United States General of the Armies of the United States, more commonly referred to as General of the Armies, is the highest military rank in the United States Army. The rank has been conferred three times: to John J. Pershing in 1919, as a personal accola ...

but Washington died before accepting the new commission, remaining a lieutenant general until posthumously promoted to General of the Armies in 1976.Acts of May 28, 1798, and March 3, 1799. Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Part One.

Mexican War

In 1855 Congress rewarded the Mexican War service of Major General

by authorizing his promotion to

lieutenant general, to rank from March 29, 1847, the date of the Mexican surrender at the

Siege of Veracruz The Battle of Veracruz was a 20-day siege of the key Mexican beachhead seaport of Veracruz during the Mexican–American War. Lasting from March 9–29, 1847, it began with the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States ...

.''Senate Journal'', 33rd Congress, 2nd session, 28 February 1855, 409
Nomination of Winfield Scott
/ref> As a lieutenant general only by brevet, Scott remained in the permanent grade of major general but was entitled to be paid as a lieutenant general from the date of his brevet commission, resulting in a public tussle with Secretary of War

Jefferson Davis Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a ...

over the amount of backpay Scott was owed. Congress resolved all issues in Scott's favor once Davis left office in 1857, and allowed Scott to retire at full pay in 1861.Acts of March 3, 1857, and August 3, 1861. Fry, pp. 208–209; Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Part Five.

Civil War

The grade of lieutenant general was revived in February 1864 to allow President

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation thro ...

to promote Major General

to command the armies of the United States during the

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. After the war, Grant was promoted to general and his vacant lieutenant general grade was filled by Major General William T. Sherman. When Grant became President in 1869, Sherman succeeded him as general and Major General

succeeded Sherman as lieutenant general. Congress suspended further promotions to general and lieutenant general in 1870, but made an exception in 1888 to promote Sheridan on his deathbed by discontinuing the grade of lieutenant general and merging it with the grade of general.Acts of July 28, 1866; July 15, 1870; and June 1, 1888. Bell, p. 24. In 1895 Congress briefly revived the grade of lieutenant general to promote Sheridan's successor as commanding general of the Army, Major General

. Schofield had lobbied for the grade to be permanently reestablished in order to cement the primacy of all future commanding generals over the Army's other major generals. However, Congress regarded the lieutenant generalcy as the penultimate military accolade, second only to promotion to full general, and refused to devalue the title's significance by conferring it on any future commanding general less eminent than previous recipients. Instead, Schofield himself was promoted to lieutenant general as a one-time personal honor eight months before he retired.Act of February 5, 1895. Connelly, p. 313. In retirement Schofield argued that the rank of lieutenant general ought to be permanently associated with the office of commanding general, not the individual officers occupying it, and that an officer serving as commanding general should hold the ''

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'' rank of lieutenant general while so detailed but revert to his permanent grade of major general upon leaving office. Over the next five decades, Schofield's concept of lieutenant general as temporary ''ex officio'' rank would slowly prevail over the concept of lieutenant general as permanent personal grade.; Connelly, p. 331.

Spanish–American War

The question of whether the lieutenant generalcy should be a permanent personal grade or a temporary ''ex officio'' rank was phrased in terms of the

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of the Army, whose officers commanded combat formations, and its staff, whose officers performed specialized support functions. Permanent personal promotions to general officer grades were only available in the line, but staff officers could temporarily acquire general officer rank while detailed to an office bearing that statutory rank, so officers holding the permanent grade of general officer were called general officers of the line and ''ex officio'' general officers were called general officers of the staff.For statutory definitions of "general officer of the line" and "general officer of the staff," se
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Act of June 3, 1916. Arthur MacArthur Jr

In June 1900 Schofield's successor as commanding general, Major General

, was made a lieutenant general of the staff by an amendment to the

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appropriations bill that granted the rank of lieutenant general to the senior major general of the line commanding the Army.Act of June 6, 1900. Eight months later, the 1901 Army reorganization bill replaced this ''ex officio'' rank with the permanent grade of lieutenant general of the line.Act of February 2, 1901. When Miles retired in 1903, the senior major general was Adjutant General

, but as a staff corps officer Corbin was ineligible to command the Army, so the lieutenant generalcy went instead to the senior major general of the line,

. Young reached the statutory retirement age five months later and was succeeded by

. Seniority and scheduled retirements suggested that Chaffee would be succeeded in 1906 by

, but both Corbin and Major General

were scheduled to retire for age that year and it was decided that MacArthur's ascension would not be materially delayed by first promoting Bates and Corbin to lieutenant general for the few months of active duty remaining to them.; . Corbin's promotion became controversial when he declined to be detailed as chief of staff of the Army. Corbin felt the chief of staff should be a younger officer with the time and energy to enact a long-range program, not a superannuated placeholder on the cusp of retirement, so when Bates retired Corbin became lieutenant general but Brigadier General

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became chief of staff.; . However, by divorcing the Army's highest grade from its highest office, Corbin had again reduced the lieutenant generalcy to a personal honor. Many in Congress believed Corbin was not in the same class as Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and Schofield, and pressed to abolish the lieutenant generalcy immediately, but after a heated debate MacArthur's supporters managed to preserve the grade until after MacArthur's promotion.. MacArthur was promoted to lieutenant general in August 1906. Since he was the last Civil War officer expected to succeed to the grade, Congress stopped further promotions to lieutenant general in March 1907 and stated that the active-duty grade would be abolished when MacArthur retired.Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Part Three. Later that month, MacArthur asked to be relieved of his duties, disgruntled at his anomalous position of being the ranking officer of the Army yet consigned to the command of a mere division and subject to orders from an officer he outranked, Chief of Staff Bell, whose four-year term extended beyond MacArthur's statutory retirement date. MacArthur returned home to

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, where he marked time writing up travel reports until he retired in 1909.Act of March 2, 1907. ; Young, ''The General's General'', pp. 332–334.

World War I

In October 1917, Congress authorized the President to appoint as generals the chief of staff of the Army and the commander of the United States forces in France, and as lieutenant generals the commanders of the

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and army corps, so that they would not be outranked by their counterparts in allied European armies. Unlike previous incarnations, these new grades were time-limited, authorized only for the duration of the

emergency, after which their bearers would revert to their lower permanent grades. The commander of the

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, Major General

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, was immediately appointed emergency general, as were two successive Army chiefs of staff, but no emergency lieutenant generals were named for over a year because the armies they would command had not yet been organized.Acts of July 15, 1870, and October 6, 1917. . On October 21, 1918, Major Generals

, commander of the First Army, and

, commander of the Second Army, were nominated to be emergency lieutenant generals, less than three weeks before the

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.. With victory imminent, Secretary of War

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sought legislation to reward the Army's high commanders by making their emergency grades permanent. However, Army Chief of Staff

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had alienated many members of Congress by unilaterally reorganizing the Army without their input and his enemies blocked every effort to honor any officer but Pershing with higher rank. In the end, Pershing was promoted to permanent

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, but March, Liggett, and Bullard reverted to their permanent grades of major general when their emergency grades expired on July 1, 1920.Act of June 4, 1920. Coffman, pp. 194–195. USACE Edgar Jadwin

After the war, there were a number of unsuccessful attempts to retire as lieutenant generals a list of officers that variously included Major Generals March, Liggett, Bullard,

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Joseph T. Dickman Joseph Theodore Dickman (October 6, 1857 – October 23, 1927) was a United States Army officer who saw service in five wars, rising to the rank of Major general (United States), major general. Early life Dickman was born in Dayton, Ohio. He atte ...

, Leonard Wood, John F. Morrison,

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James W. McAndrew James William McAndrew (June 29, 1862 – April 30, 1922) was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of major general, and was most notable for his service as chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Forces during Wo ...

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Charles P. Summerall General Charles Pelot Summerall (March 4, 1867 – May 14, 1955) was a senior United States Army officer. He commanded the 1st Infantry Division in World War I, was Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1926 to 1930, and was President of ...

Ernest Hinds Ernest Hinds (August 18, 1864 - June 17, 1941) was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, and World War I, he attained the rank of major general and was notable for his ser ...

, Harry F. Hodges,

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, and

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; Surgeon General

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; and Colonel

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.; ; ; . Finally, on August 7, 1929, the Army chief of engineers, Major General

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, was retired as a lieutenant general by a 1915 law that automatically promoted officers one grade upon retirement if they had helped build the

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.Act of March 4, 1915. . There was some consternation that a peacetime staff corps officer had secured more or less by chance a promotion deliberately withheld from the victorious field commanders of World War I, so the year after Jadwin's promotion all World War I officers were advanced to their highest wartime ranks on the retired list, including Liggett and Bullard.Act of June 21, 1930. ; . In 1942, Congress allowed retired Army generals to be advanced one grade on the retired list or posthumously if they had been recommended in writing during World War I for promotion to a higher rank which they had not since received, provided they had also been awarded the

, the

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, or the

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; retired Major Generals

and

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were both advanced to lieutenant general under this provision.Acts of June 13, 1940, and July 9, 1942. ''Army Register''.

Interwar

After Pershing retired in 1924, the rank of the Army chief of staff reverted to major general, the highest permanent grade in the peacetime Army. However, the Navy continued to maintain three ''ex officio'' vice admirals and four ''ex officio'' admirals, including the

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, so in 1929 Congress raised the ''ex officio'' rank of the Army chief of staff to full general.Act of February 23, 1929. ; Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Part Four. In 1939 Congress also assigned the ''ex officio'' rank of lieutenant general to the major generals of the Regular Army specifically assigned to command each of the four

, allowing President

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to appoint the first new active-duty lieutenant generals since World War I: First Army commander

, Second Army commander Stanley H. Ford, Third Army commander Stanley D. Embick, and Fourth Army commander Albert J. Bowley. Congress extended similar rank in July 1940 to the major generals commanding the

and

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s.Acts of August 5, 1939, and July 31, 1940. . As general officers of the staff, these new lieutenant generals bore three-star rank only while actually commanding a field army or department, and reverted to their permanent two-star rank upon being reassigned or retired. However, during

most lieutenant generals of the staff received concurrent personal appointments as temporary lieutenant generals in the

so that they could be reassigned without loss of rank. Postwar legislation allowed officers to retire in their highest temporary grades, so most lieutenant generals of the staff eventually retired at that rank.Act of August 7, 1947 fficer Personnel Act of 1947 ''Army Register''. Of the lieutenant generals of the staff who were never appointed temporary lieutenant generals, Albert J. Bowley, Stanley H. Ford, Charles D. Herron,

, and

retired as major generals upon reaching the statutory retirement age; and

qualified to retire in grade due to physical disability incurred during his term as lieutenant general. After the war, Brees and Short both applied to be advanced to lieutenant general on the retired list under a 1948 law; Brees was promoted but the administration specifically declined to advance Short, who had been relieved of command of the

a few days after the defeat at Pearl Harbor.Acts of June 29, 1943, and June 29, 1948 rmy and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 ''Army Register''; Anderson, pp. 193–197; Dorn, p. I-1.

World War II

In September 1940, Congress authorized the President to appoint Regular Army officers to temporary higher grades in the

during time of war or national emergency. The first temporary lieutenant general appointed under this authority was Major General

, Commander, General Headquarters Air Force; followed by Major General Lesley J. McNair, Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, U.S. Army. In July 1941, retired four-star general

was recalled to active duty and appointed temporary lieutenant general as Commanding General,

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.Act of September 9, 1940. Wiener, "Three Stars and Up," Part Four. Dozens of officers were promoted to temporary lieutenant general during

. Lieutenant generals typically commanded one of the numbered

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; served as deputy

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commanders; or headed major headquarters staffs, administrative commands, or support organizations. Officers were only allowed to retire in their temporary grades if they were retired due to disability incurred in the line of duty, but those compelled by good health to retire in a lower grade were eventually restored to their highest wartime ranks on the retired list.Acts of June 29, 1943; August 7, 1947 fficer Personnel Act of 1947 and June 24, 1948 rmy and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948 Subject to Senate approval, anyone could be appointed temporary lieutenant general, even a civilian. In January 1942, the outgoing Director General of the Office of Production Management,

, was commissioned temporary lieutenant general in the Army of the United States, the only civilian ever to join the Army at such a high initial rank..

Postwar

The modern office of lieutenant general was established by the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, which authorized the President to designate certain positions of importance and responsibility to carry the ''ex officio'' rank of general or lieutenant general, to be filled by officers holding the permanent or temporary grade of major general or higher. Officers could retire in their highest active-duty rank, subject to Senate approval. The total number of positions allowed to carry such rank was capped at 15 percent of the total number of general officers, which worked out initially to nine generals and thirty-five lieutenant generals, of whom four generals and seventeen lieutenant generals were required to be in the Air Corps. All Air Corps personnel were transferred in grade to the

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by the

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.Acts of July 27, 1947 ational Security Act of 1947 and August 7, 1947 fficer Personnel Act of 1947 Lieutenant generals typically headed divisions of the General Staff in Washington, D.C.; field armies in Europe, Japan, and the continental United States; the Army command in the Pacific; the unified command in the Caribbean; the occupation force in

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; and senior educational institutions such as the

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, the Army War College, and the Armed Forces Staff College. During the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, the commanding general of the Eighth Army was elevated to full general, and the Eighth Army deputy commanding general and subordinate corps commanders were elevated to lieutenant general. By mid-1952, the number of active-duty general officers had swelled to nearly twice its World War II peak. In response, Congress enacted the Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954, which tied the maximum number of generals to the total number of officers. However, the real limit was the so-called Stennis ceiling imposed by Mississippi Senator

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, whose Senate Armed Services Committee refused to confirm general or flag officer nominations beyond what he considered to be a reasonable total, which typically was much lower than the statutory limit. The Stennis ceiling remained in effect from the mid-1950s until the post-

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drawdown.Mylander, pp. 26–27. Unlike the temporary general and flag officer ranks of World War II, the 1947 ranks were attached to offices, not individuals, and were lost if an officer was reassigned to a lesser job. Army generals almost always preferred to retire rather than revert to a lower permanent grade. A rare exception was Lt. Gen. John W. O'Daniel, who temporarily relinquished his third star upon becoming chief of the

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so that he would not outrank the theater commander in chief, French lieutenant general

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. O'Daniel got his star back five months later when

withdrew from Indochina following Navarre's defeat at Dien Bien Phu.Eckhardt, p. 11;

Legislative history

The following list of Congressional legislation includes all acts of Congress pertaining to appointments to the grade of lieutenant general in the United States Army before 1960.Legislative history compiled from: Wiener; Callan; Eicher and Eicher; ''Military Laws of the United States, 1915''; ''Military Laws of the United States, 1939''; the ''Army Register''; and the ''Army Almanac''. Each entry lists an act of Congress, its citation in the

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, and a summary of the act's relevance.

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