John B. Anderson (United States Army officer)
Major General John Benjamin Anderson (March 10, 1891 – September 1, 1976) was a senior United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II. During the latter he served as the first wartime commander of the 102nd Infantry Division and later commanded XVI Corps during the final stages of the war in Europe.[2]
John B. Anderson
"Andy"[1]
March 10, 1891
Parkersburg, Iowa, United States
September 1, 1976 (aged 85)
Washington, D.C., United States
1914–1946
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1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Battalion, 24th Field Artillery Regiment
102nd Infantry Division
XVI Corps
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Between the wars[edit]
After brief occupation duties, Anderson returned to the United States in 1919 and was posted to the Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where John was appointed instructor at the local U.S. Army Field Artillery School. John also attended the Advanced Course at this institution during the years 1922 and 1923.[13]
John Benjamin Anderson attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in June 1925 and subsequently served as a battalion commander of the 24th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Stotsenburg, Philippines until July 1927.[15][1]
From September 1927 to June 1928 Anderson studied at the U.S. Army War College in Washington, D.C. Among his fellow students there included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Joseph Stilwell and William Hood Simpson.[16] Anderson was then assigned to the personal division of the War Department General Staff. In this capacity, John was sent to the Geneva, Switzerland in 1929 as one of the U.S. Army representatives to the conference regarding the treatment of prisoners of war.
John was transferred to the 13th Field Artillery Regiment stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and served there until September 1934. John was subsequently appointed the instructor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in this capacity.[2]
In July 1938, towards the end of the interwar period, John Benjamin Anderson was transferred to the staff of the Office of the Chief of Artillery in Washington, D.C., where Jon was appointed Chief of Personnel Section. In this capacity, John Benjamin Anderson was promoted to the one-star general officer rank of brigadier general at the end of October 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II.[13]