The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General John Clifford Hodges Lee

Lee, John Clifford Hodges

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of August 1887

† 30th of August 1958

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1933-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-06-01 Colonel
1940-10-01 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-02-14 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1944-02-21 Lieutenant-General (Army of the United States)
1947-02-27 Major-General
1947-12-31 Lieutenant-General (Retired)

Service

1932-06-XX 1934-01-XX Assistant Commandant of Army Industrial College
1934-01-XX 1934-05-XX Attached to Civil Works Administration
1934-05-XX District Engineer in Charge of Potomac Watershed, Northwestern Chesapeake Bay & Washington, D.C. Water Supply, Washington
Member of Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
1938-05-XX District Engineer in Charge of Delaware Watershed & Atlantic Coast of Southern New Jersey & Delaware, Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1938-05-XX 1940-10-XX Division Engineer, North Pacific Division
1940-10-XX 1941-10-XX Commanding General All Pacific Coast Ports of Embarkation
1941-11-06 1942-05-08 Commanding General 2nd Infantry Division
1942-05-XX Commanding General Services Forces, European Theater of Operations
Commanding General Services of Supply, European Theater of Operations
1944-01-XX 1945-06-XX Deputy Commander in Chief for Administration, European Theater of Operations
1945-06-XX Commanding General Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations
1945-12-XX Commanding General Theater Services Forces, European Theater of Operations
1946-01-XX 1947-09-17 Commanding General Mediterranean Theater of Operations US Army
1946-01-XX 1947-09-17 Deputy Commander in Chief Allied Forces Mediterranean
1947-12-31 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godman