The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Irving Joseph Phillipson

Phillipson, Irving Joseph

Major-General

* 3rd of April 1882

† 4th of April 1955

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1928-05-22 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-08-01 Colonel
1938-07-01 Brigadier-General
1941-04-03 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1944-12-31 Major-General

Service

1931-07-11 –1934-07-10 Attached to War Department General Staff
1934-07-11 –1935-08-11 Chief of Budget & Legislative Planning Board, War Department General Staff
1935-08-15 –1938-07-01 Commanding Officer 30th Infantry Regiment
1938-06-01 –1938-07-03 Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Brigade
1938-08-25 –1940-03-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade
1938-08-25 –1940-03-01 Commanding General 98th Infantry Division
1938-11-09 –1939-11-25 Deputy Director of 1st Army Maneuvers
1940-03-XX –1940-12-XX Chief of Staff, 2nd Corps Area
1940-12-XX –1942-05-15 Commanding General 2nd Corps Area
1942-05-16 –1944-01-15 Executive Director of Army Emergency Relief
1944-01-15 –1944-12-31 Member of the War Department Dependency Board
1944-12-31 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assembly, October 1955" by United States Military Academy. Association of Graduates.