1896 July 9 | Born, Omaha, Nebraska |
1918 | Commissioned Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army |
1919 | Graduated from United States Military Academy, West Point, New York |
1919-1922 | Assigned to Infantry School and 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1920 | Promoted to First Lieutenant |
1922-1923 | Aide-de-Camp to Brigadier General Paul B. Malone at Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas |
1923-1925 | Served with the 31st Infantry and 57th Infantry, Philippine Islands |
1925-1930 | Assigned to 12th Infantry, Fort Washington, Maryland |
1927-1930 | Aide-de-Camp to Commanding General, District of Washington |
1930-1931 | Served with 15th Infantry, Tientsin, China |
1932-1934 | Aide-de-Camp to Major General C. E. Kilbourne, Corregidor, Philippine Islands |
1934 | Attended the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
1935 | Promoted to Captain |
1936-1938 | Student officer, German War College, Berlin, Germany |
1938-1940 | Assigned to 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia |
1940 | Promoted to Major |
1940-1941 | Assigned to Training Section, Office of the Chief of Infantry |
1941-1942 | Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) Staff member, War Plans Division, War Department General |
1942-1943 | Promoted to Colonel (temporary), Brigadier General (temporary), and Lieutenant Colonel (permanent) Chief, Strategy and Policy Section, Operations Division, War Department |
1943 | Promoted to Major General (temporary) |
1943-1944 | Deputy Chief of Staff to Admiral Mountbatten, Combined Anglo-American South East Asia Command |
1944-1946 | Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek |
Commanding General, United States Forces, China Theatre | |
1945 | Promoted to Lieutenant General (temporary) |
1946 | Promoted to Brigadier General (permanent) |
1946-1947 | Commanding General, Second Army, Baltimore, Maryland |
1947 | Special Envoy to China and Korea |
1947-1948 | Director, Plans and Operations Division, General Staff, United States Army |
1948-1949 | Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Combat Operations |
1949-1951 | Commanding General, Sixth Army, San Francisco, California |
1951 | Retired with rank of Lieutenant General |
1951-1956 | Executive Vice President, AVCO Manufacturing Corporation |
1952 | Chairman, National Citizens for Taft |
1954 | Promoted to General on retired list |
1956-1959 | Executive Vice President, Rheem Manufacturing Company |
1958 | Author, Wedemeyer Reports! |
1987 | Author, Wedemeyer on War and Peace (edited by Keith Eiler) |
1989 December 17 | Died, Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
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