The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Anderson, Samuel Egbert
General
* 6th of January 1906
† 12th of September 1982
(USAAF/USAF)
Promotions
| 1942-01-05 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-02-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States) |
| 1942-03-01 | Colonel (Army of the United States)(Air Corps) |
| 1943-11-11 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-08-09 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1945-06-09 | Major |
| 1948-04-02 | Colonel |
| 1948-06-11 | Brigadier-General |
| 1948-06-30 | Major-General (Air Force of the United States) |
| 1950-08-04 | Major-General (Confirmed US Senate)(Dated back to 1945-04-03) |
| 1953-05-01 | Lieutenant-General (Air Force of the United States) |
| 1959-03-10 | General (Air Force of the United States) |
| 1963-08-01 | General (Retired) |
Service
| 1941-10-09 | – | 1942-03-09 | Member of the Air War Plans Division, Headquarters US Army Air Forces |
| 1942-03-10 | – | 1942-12-31 | Member of the Strategy Section, Strategy & Policy Group, Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1943-04-19 | – | 1943-05-29 | Deputy Chief of Strategy & Policy Group for Ground for Air, Operations Division, War Department General Staff |
| 1943-05-30 | – | 1943-07-11 | Administrative Inspector, 3d Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-07-12 | – | 1943-10-15 | Commanding Officer 3d Bombardment Wing [United Kingdom] |
| 1943-10-16 | – | 1945-05-23 | Commanding Officer 9th Bomber Command [United Kingdom - North West Europe] |
| 1945-05-26 | – | 1946-01-31 | Chief of Staff, Continental Air Forces, Bolling Field, D.C. |
| 1946-02-01 | – | 1948-02-24 | US Army Air Forces (later, US Air Force) member of the Joint Strategic Survey Committee, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| 1948-02-25 | – | 1950-06-15 | Director of Plans & Operations, Headquarters US Air Force |
| 1950-06-14 | – | 1953-05-08 | Commanding General 8th Air Force |
| 1950-06-16 | – | 1950-08-04 | Military Assistant to the Secretary of the US Air Force |
| 1953-05-31 | – | 1954-06-01 | Commanding General 5th Air Force [South Korea] |
| 1954-06-XX | – | 1957-07-31 | Director of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Development |
| 1957-08-01 | – | 1959-03-09 | Commander Air Research & Development Command |
| 1959-03-15 | – | 1961-03-31 | Commander Air Material Command |
| 1961-04-01 | – | 1961-07-31 | Commander Air Force Logistics Commando |
| 1961-08-01 | – | 1963-08-01 | Deputy Commander for Air to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 1963-08-01 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Shawn M. Bohannon