The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Milton Atchinson Reckord

Reckord, Milton Atchinson

Major-General

* 28th of December 1879

† 9th of September 1975

(National Guard)

Promotions

1917-08-05 Lieutenant-Colonel (National Army)
1918-05-01 Colonel (National Army)
1919-06-26 Termination of rank Colonel (National Army)
1919-09-01 Colonel (Officers' Reserve Corps)
1920-07-27 Colonel (Federal)
1921-04-15 Termination of rank Colonel (Federal)
1921-04-30 Colonel (Maryland National Guard)
1921-07-20 Brigadier-General (Maryland National Guard)
1921-12-16 Brigadier-General (Officers' Reserve Corps)
1922-11-08 Brigadier-General (Federal)
1923-02-17 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Federal)
1923-11-26 Brigadier-General (Federal)
1924-01-04 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Federal)
1926-11-03 Termination of rank Brigadier-General (Officers' Reserve Corps)
1934-04-14 Major-General (Maryland National Guard)
1934-06-28 Major-General (National Guard of the United States)
1941-02-03 Major-General (Army of the United States)

Service

1918-04-17 1919-06-07 Commanding Officer 115th Infantry Regiment
1920-03-11 1941-05-14 Adjutant-General of Maryland
1924-03-21 1934-04-14 Commanding Officer 58th Infantry Brigade
1934-04-14 1942-02-XX Commanding General 29th Infantry Division
1942-03-09 1943-12-XX Commanding General 3rd Service Command
1943-12-XX 1945-07-01 Provost Marshal, US European Theater of Operations
1945-07-XX 1945-10-30 Chairman of the War Department General Staff Committee on National Guard & Reserve Policies
1945-11-01 Adjutant-General of Maryland
Picture source: From: "29, let's go! A history of the 29th Infantry Division in World War II" by Joseph H. Ewing, 1948