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Pages in category "United States Army generals of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 542 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States entered World War II on 7 December 1941 with one Army general, chief of staff George Marshall, authorized. [166] Legislation enacted in 1933 and amended in 1940 allowed the president to appoint officers of the Regular Army , the Army's professional military component, to higher temporary grades in time of war or national ...
This is a complete list of major generals in the United States Regular Army before July 1, 1920. For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the rank of major general was the highest possible in the Regular Army. It was also one of the rarest: until 1915, there were at most eight major generals on active duty at any given time.
In 1954, the United States Congress passed Public Law 83-508, which promoted lieutenant generals who had commanded an army or Army Ground Forces during World War II to the rank of general. When it took effect on 19 July 1954, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. and Lesley J. McNair were posthumously promoted.
List of United States Army four-star generals; List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 1990 to 1999; List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020; General officers in the United States *
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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:United States Army Air Forces generals. It includes United States Army Air Forces generals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
List of United States Army lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Army lieutenant generals since 2020; List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960; List of general officers of the United States Army Medical Department in World War II; List of female United States military generals and flag officers ...