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In 1945 he was promoted to lieutenant general, the first Quartermaster Officer to attain this rank. As Quartermaster General during World War II, he oversaw the development, procurement and distribution of billions of dollars worth of equipment and supplies. Gregory also supervised the training of thousands of quartermaster soldiers.
During World War II, he served as the quartermaster-general from 1941 to 1944 and was promoted to General of the Artillery on 1 August 1943. On 24 July 1939, he drew up regulations that allowed German soldiers to take hostages from civilian populations and execute them in response to resistance. [ 1 ]
In 1945 he was promoted to Lieutenant General, the first Quartermaster Officer to attain this rank. As Quartermaster General during World War II, he oversaw the development, procurement and distribution of billions of dollars worth of equipment and supplies. Gregory also supervised the training of thousands of quartermaster soldiers.
Andrew Thomas McNamara Jr. (14 May 1905 – 6 April 2002) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army who served in World War II.He was Quartermaster General from 1957 to 1961, and the first director of the Defense Supply Agency from 1961 to 1964.
He disliked the series of monographs written on Quartermaster operations in the ETO by historians at Fort Lee, Virginia, and attacked Roland Ruppenthal's magisterial two-volume Logistic Support of the Armies (1953 and 1959) in the United States Army in World War II series as a slanderous attack on his reputation. [3]
On February 1, 1946, he became Quartermaster General of the US Army, serving in this position until March 20, 1949. [1] He retired with grade of lieutenant general in 1952. Larkin died at Walter Reed Army Hospital on October 17, 1968, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. [2]
Williams served in this capacity throughout World War II and finally was relieved by Major General William P. T. Hill on February 1, 1944. For his service as quartermaster of the Marine Corps, he was decorated with the Legion of Merit by the Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox. [5] [6]
The Remount Service continued to operate until the end of World War II, when its functions were taken over by the United States Department of Agriculture. [15] Aleshire was appointed to a third term as Quartermaster General in August 1916, but declining health caused him to retire for disability a month later. [12]