• Band of Brothers (tv series)

Date of birth:

April 3rd, 1905 (Lexington/North Carolina, United States)

Date of death:

December 13th, 1965 (Fort Bragg/Cumberland County/North Carolina, United States)

Buried on:

Arlington National Cemetery

Nationality:

American

Promotions:
June 14th, 1927: Second Lieutenant, United States Army;
August 31st, 1933: First Lieutenant, United States Army;
June 13th, 1937: Captain, Regular Army;
January 31st, 1941: Major, United States Army;
February 1st, 1942: Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army;
June 14th, 1944: Major, Regular Army;
April 11th, 1948: Major General, United States Army;
July 15th, 1948: Lieutenant Colonel, Regular Army;
February 13th, 1951: Brigadier General, United States Army;
March 23rd, 1951: Colonel, Regular Army;
April 11th, 1955: Brigadier General, Regular Army;
April 14th, 1955: Major General, United States Army;
September 8th, 1959: Lieutenant General, Regular Army.

Career:
? - June 14th, 1927: United States Military Academy, West Point, New York;
?: 8th Infantry, Fort Screven, Georgia;
November 1929: 65th Infantry, San Juan, Puerto Rico;
1932: Chemical Warfare School;
March 1932: 34th Infantry, Fort Meade, Maryland;
July 1933: Civilian Conservation Corps, McAlevy’s Fort, Pennsylvania;
December 1933: 34th Infantry, Fort Meade, Maryland;
1934: The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia;
September 1934: 57th Infantry, Fort McKinley, Philippine Islands;
November 1937: Company Commander, 25th Infantry, Fort Huachuca, Arizona;
?: Regimental Operations Officer, 25th Infantry, Fort Huachuca, Arizona;
November 1940: 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion, Fort Benning;
1941: The Parachute School;
?: Commanding Officer 503rd Parachute Infantry Battalion;
?: Commanding Officer 5033rd US Army Reserve Force School (USARF);
July 1942: Commanding Officer 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment;
August 12th, 1945: Assistant Division Commander 101st Airborne Division;
January 1946: Commanding Officer Infantry Detachment, United States Military Academy;
1947: Armed Forces Staff College (Equivalent);
August 1948 - juni 1949: National War College;
June 1949: Ruckus Command;
October 1949: Chief of Staff, Ruckus Command;
January 1951: Assistant Commander 7th Infantry Division;
December 1951: Assistant Commander 11th Airborne Division;
February 1953: Commanding Officer 7th Armored Division;
November 1953: Commanding General 44th Infantry Division;
October 1954: Joint Airborne Troop Board;
1955: Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië;
April 1955: Chairman United States Delegation to the Joint Brazil-United States Military Commission / Chief of Army Section, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Brazil;
May 1957: Commanding General XVIII Airborne Corps;
May 1958: Commanding General Strategic Army Corps (STRAC), United States Army;
?: Commanding General, United States Forces in Panama;
1961: Retirement.

Portrayed in the tv series "Band of Brothers".

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• Photo 1: 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment
• - Bando, M., 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles in World War II, Zenith Press, St. Paul/Minnesota, USA, 2007
  - Rapport, L., Northwood Jr., A, Rendezvous with Destiny – A History of the 101st Airborne Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 2000 (reprint of the original 1948 edition not the later 1965 second edition)
  - Bragg.Army.mil
  - 506infantry.org
  

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