Swing, Joseph May
- Date of birth:
- February 28th, 1894 (Jersey City/New Jersey, United States)
- Date of death:
- December 9th, 1984
- Buried on:
- Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 30. Grave: 17. - Nationality:
- American
Biography
Joseph May Swing studied at the U.S.
Promotions:
1915: Second Lieutenant;
1916: First Lieutenant;
1917: Captain;
1918: Major (National Army);
1924: Major;
1936: Lieutenant Colonel;
1941: Colonel (Army of the United States);
1942: Brigadier General (Army of the United States);
1943: Major General (Army of the United States);
1943: Colonel;
1947: Brigadier General;
1948: Major General;
1951: Lieutenant General.
Career:
1915: Military Academy;
1915: 4th Field Artillery;
1916: 8th Field Artillery;
1917: Aide-de-campe, General March;
1918: Aide-de-campe, Army Chief of Staff;
1921: 1st Field Artillery;
1926: Command and General Staff School;
1927: Instructor, Field Artillery School;
1931: Office of the Chief of Field Artillery;
1934: Army War College;
1935: Executive officer, 6th Field Artillery;
1938: Assistant chief of staff, G-2 (Intelligence), 2nd Division;
1940: Chief of Staff, 2nd Division;
1941: Artillery Commander, 1st Cavalry Division;
1942: Artillery Commander, 82nd Division;
1942: Artillery Commander, 82nd Airborne Division;
1942: War Department;
25th February 1943 - February 1946: Commander, 11th Airborne Division;
June 1946 - January 1948: Commander, 11th Airborne Division;
1st February 1948 - 27th January 1949: Commander, Ist Corps;
9th April 1949 - 31st March 1950: Commandant, Artillery School;
1950 - 1st July 1951: Commandant, Army War College;
1951: Commander, 6th Army;
1954: Retirement;
24th May 1954 - 5th January 1962: Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.
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Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- 1945
War Department, General Orders No. 53
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- 1945
Headquarters, XXIV Corps, General Orders No. 10
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- 1945
This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award. (Headquarters, 8th Army, General Orders No. 13)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
- Awarded on:
- September 26th, 1947
Department of the Army, General Orders No. 2
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
This award was obtained in the form of a second Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
Citation unavailable.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major General
- Unit:
- Commanding General, HQ, 11th Airborne Division "Angels", U.S. Army
This award was obtained in the form of an Oak Leave to be attached on the ribbon of the first award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: ww2-airborne.us
- Photo: ww2-airborne.us
- - Flanagan, E.M., The Angels – A History of the 11th Airborne Division 1943-1946, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1988
- Arlingtoncemetery.net
- Home of Heroes
- ww2-airborne.us
- Find a Grave
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