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Last Rank
Lieutenant General
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Last Service Branch
Field Artillery
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Last Primary MOS
00GC-Commanding General
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Last MOS Group
General Officer
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Primary Unit
1957-1960, 00GC, First Army (1st Army)
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Service Years
1922 - 1960
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Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth 1900 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
LTC Bob Thompson
to remember
Bryan, Blackshear, LTG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
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Home Town Alexandria |
Last Address Silver Spring, MD
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Date of Passing Mar 02, 1977 |
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Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery - West Point, New York |
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Last Known Activity He was in charge of all Japanese Internment Camps and German POW Camps in CONUS during World War Two.
Served as the US Army's first permanent Provost Marshal General. He turned the Office of the Provost Marshal into a post - war organization with charge over US Army military investigations, the Military Police and the US Army MP School.
From 1960 - 1965, he served as the first president of the Nassau Community College in Long Island, NY.
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Other Comments: Not Specified
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1922-1922, Basic Airborne Course (BAC) Airborne School
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1925-1929, United States Military Academy West Point (Staff-USMA)
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1932-1933, Field Artillery Officers' Advance Course
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1933-1934, Basic Airborne Course (BAC) Airborne School
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1935-1936, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Course
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1939-1940, Army War College (Staff)
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1940-1942, 2615, United States Department of War
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1942-1948, 9100, Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG)
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1948-1951, 2010, Caribbean Defense Command
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1951-1952, 00GC, 24th Infantry Division
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1952-1953, 00GC, XVI Corps
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1953-1954, 00GC, I Corps
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1954-1956, 00GC, Office of the Commanding General, United States Military Academy
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1956-1957, 00GC, US Army Pacific (USARPAC)
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1957-1960, 00GC, First Army (1st Army)
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