The Generals of WWII

Generals from USA Flag for USA
Portrait of Major-General Philip Bradley Peyton

Peyton, Philip Bradley

Major-General

* 22nd of January 1881

† 23rd of June 1949

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1927-12-14 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-02-07 Colonel
1937-08-01 Brigadier-General
1940-10-01 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1941-07-01 Major-General

Service

1929-07-02 1929-07-18 Commanding Officer Fort Rosecrans, California
1930-01-24 1930-06-30 Commanding Officer Fort Rosecrans, California
1936-10-01 1937-07-20 Commanding Officer 29th Infantry Regiment
1937-08-14 1938-04-12 Commanding Officer 12th Infantry Brigade
1938-04-XX 1938-12-07 Commanding Officer Hawaiian Separate Coast Artillery Brigade
1938-12-16 1939-11-15 Commanding Officer 21st Infantry Brigade
1939-12-01 1940-06-30 Commandant of the Army War College
1940-06-09 1940-11-07 Commanding General Fort Jackson, South Carolina
1940-07-01 1940-11-30 Commanding General 8th Infantry Division
1940-12-26 1941-02-28 Commanding General I Corps
1942-02-28 Retired
Picture source: From 'The Bomb, the yearbook of the Virginia Military Institute', 1902