The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General William Lemuel Mitchell

Mitchell, William Lemuel

Major-General

* 6th of December 1897

† 10th of February 1974

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1941-12-24 Lieutenant-Colonel (Army of the United States)
1942-07-15 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1943-07-02 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-01-13 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1946-06-30 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1941-11-14 1942-03-08 Assistant G-4, General Headquarters
1942-03-09 1942-06-15 Assistant G-4, Army Ground Forces
1942-06-16 1943-02-14 Secretary, Headquarters, Army Ground Forces
1943-02-15 1945-08-15 Deputy Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces
1945-05-21 1945-07-20 Acting Chief of Staff, Army Ground Forces
1945-08-16 1945-09-23 Army Ground Forces Representative with War Department Sub-Committee of Appropriations, House of Representatives on World-Wide Inspection Trip
1945-09-24 1945-10-26 Special Duty with Bureau of Budget, War Department
1945-11-06 1946-06-24 Secretary-General of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg [Germany]
1946-08-04 1946-08-09 Member of the Regulary Army Integration Board
1946-08-05 1946-12-14 Member of the War Department Prmomotion Planning Committee
1946-12-15 1947-01-19 Member of the Regulary Army Integration Board
1947-01-20 1947-08-19 Executive Officer, Officer Division, Army Ground Forces
1947-08-20 1948-06-02 Member of the Department of the Army Efficiency Evaluation Board
1948-08-04 1949-10-21 Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (G-3), Far Eastern Command
1949-12-04 Chief of Civil Historical Section, Headquarters Supreme Commander Allied Powers Japan
1951-XX-XX Deputy Commanding General IX Corps
1951-XX-XX 1952-XX-XX Assistant Commanding General 25th Infantry Division, Korea
1952-XX-XX Assistant Commanding General 5th Armored Division
1952-XX-XX 1955-XX-XX Commanding General 5th Armored Division
1955-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, September 1975" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.