The Generals of WWII
Generals from USA
Mehaffey, Joseph Cowles
Major-General
* 20th of November 1889
† 18th of February 1963
(Regular Army)
Promotions
| 1935-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-01-01 | Colonel |
| 1942-06-20 | Brigadier-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1944-05-27 | Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1946-06-30 | Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States) |
| 1948-01-24 | Brigadier-General |
| 1949-12-01 | Major-General (Retired) |
Service
| 1935-06-25 | – | 1938-09-08 | Executive Assistant to the Chief of Engineers |
| 1938-09-09 | – | 1939-06-20 | Attending the Army War College |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1940-11-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Engineers Battalion |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1940-11-01 | Commanding Officer Fort DuPont, Delaware |
| 1940-11-XX | – | 1941-09-11 | Corps Engineer, I Corps |
| 1941-09-16 | – | 1944-05-15 | Engineer of Maintenance, Panama Canal |
| 1944-05-16 | – | 1948-05-07 | Governor of the Panama Canal |
| 1948-07-05 | – | 1949-11-30 | Division Engineer, Ohio River Division |
| 1949-11-30 | Retired |
Picture source: From: "The Ohio River Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers : the history of a central command" by Leland R. Johnson, 1992