The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hugh Aloysius Drum

Drum, Hugh Aloysius

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of September 1879

† 3rd of October 1951

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1917-08-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1918-07-30 Colonel (United States Army)
1918-08-05 Termination of rank Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary)
1918-10-01 Brigadier-General (United States Army)
1919-07-31 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (United States Army)
1919-07-31 Termination of rank Colonel (United States Army)
1920-07-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-09-21 Brigadier-General
1921-03-04 Termination of rank Brigadier-General
1921-05-09 Colonel
1922-12-06 Brigadier-General
1930-01-29 Major-General (Inspector-General)
1931-11-30 Termination of rank Major-General (Inspector-General)
1931-12-01 Major-General
1939-08-05 Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States)
1943-09-30 Lieutenant-General (Retired)

Service

1918-XX-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Army [France]
1918-XX-XX Chief of Staff, 1st Army [France]
1923-03-04 1923-12-03 Commanding Officer 2nd Coast Artillery District
1923-12-04 1926-04-08 Assistant Chief of Staff (G3) US Army
1926-05-20 1927-10-20 Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade
1926-05-21 1927-05-01 Commanding General 1st Infantry Division
1926-11-20 1927-01-08 Commanding General 2nd Corps Area
1927-09-06 1930-01-29 Commanding General 1st Infantry Division
1930-01-12 1931-11-30 Inspector-General of the Army
1931-12-03 1933-02-22 Commanding General 5th Corps Area
1931-12-03 1933-02-22 Commanding General 5th Infantry Division
1932-11-08 1933-02-22 Commanding General V Corps
1933-02-23 1935-02-01 Deputy Chief of Staff, War Department General Staff
1935-03-18 1937-07-30 Commanding General Hawaiian Department
1937-09-15 1938-10-31 Commanding General 6th Corps Area
1937-09-15 1938-10-31 Commanding General 2nd Army
1938-11-05 1940-12-XX Commanding General 2nd Corps Area
1938-11-05 1943-10-07 Commanding General 1st Army
1941-03-17 1942-03-20 Commanding General Northeast Defense Command
1941-12-24 1942-03-20 Commander in Chief Eastern Theater of Operations
1942-03-20 1943-10-07 Commanding General Eastern Defense Command
1943-09-30 Retired, but remained employed
1943-10-15 Retired
1943-10-19 1945-XX-XX Commanding General New York State Guard
Picture source: http://www.usarpac.army.mil/history/cgbios/cg_drum.asp