The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Edwin Forrest Harding

Harding, Edwin Forrest

Major-General

* 18th of September 1886

† 5th of June 1970

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1934-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-08-01 Colonel
1940-10-01 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-02-14 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-10-30 Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-10-30 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1948-08-16 Major-General (Retired)

Service

1934-06-27 1938-07-10 Secretary of the US Infantry Association, Office of the Chief of Infantry
1934-06-27 1938-07-10 Editor of the Infantry Journal
1938-10-01 1940-09-30 Commanding Officer 27th Infantry Regiment
1941-01-03 1942-02-09 Assistant Commanding General 9th Infantry Division
1942-02-09 1942-12-05 Commanding General 32nd Infantry Division [New Guinea]
1943-03-26 1944-08-19 Commanding General Mobile Force Panama Canal Zone
1944-08-20 1945-06-28 Commanding General Antilles Department
1945-06-29 1945-12-16 Attached to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1945-12-17 1946-07-12 Director of the Historical Division, War Department
1946-10-31 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley