The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Sidney Parker Spalding

Spalding, Sidney Parker

Major-General

* 5th of August 1889

† 21st of December 1988

(Regular Army)

Promotions

1935-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-20 Colonel (Army of the United States)
1941-05-06 Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)
1942-02-01 Colonel
1944-08-07 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-05-31 Termination of rank Major-General (Army of the United States)
1946-09-25 Major-General (Army of the United States)
1949-09-01 Major-General (Retired)

Service

1934-08-14 1935-08-14 Attending the Army Industrial College
1935-08-15 1936-06-24 Attending the Army War College
1936-06-25 1939-08-14 Attached to Manufacturing Service, Small Arms Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance
1939-08-16 1940-06-15 Executive Officer, Springfield Armory, Massachusetts
1939-08-16 1940-06-15 Officer in Charge of Administration & Military Depot, Springfield Armory, Massachusetts
1939-08-16 1940-06-15 Officer in Charge of Property Accountability & Warehousing, Springfield Armory, Massachusetts
1940-06-17 1943-10-10 Director of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War
1940-06-17 1943-10-10 Assistant Executive, Munitions Assignment Board
1940-06-17 1943-10-10 President of the Protocol Committee
1940-06-17 1943-10-10 Chairman of the Joint Rearmament Committee
1943-07-19 1943-08-07 Chief of Liaison Section, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa]
1943-11-11 1945-06-14 Chief of Supply Division, US Military Mission to Soviet Union
1945-08-21 1949-08-31 Deputy Executive, Army & Navy Munitions Board
1949-XX-XX Acting Director of Industrial Programs, Munitions Board, Office of the Secretary of Defense
1949-08-31 Retired
1950-XX-XX Recalled
1950-XX-XX Attached to the Office of the Secretary of Defense
1950-XX-XX Retired