Finley, Thomas, MG

Deceased

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major General

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer

Last MOS Group
General Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1945, 0002, 89th Infantry Division

Service Years
1916 - 1947

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Last Known Activity:

Commanding General of 89th Infantry Division from Feb 1943 to Dec 1945.
Deployed to ETO in Jan 1945. Crossed Rhine River at midnight, 22 - 23 March 1945 under intense enemy fire. Rotated to CONUS in Dec 1945.

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Unit Assignments


	1935-1939, United States Department of War
	1939-1940, HQ, US Army Cadet Command
	1940-1941, Department of the Army (DA)
	1941-1942, 2162, Second Army (2nd Army)
	1943-1945, 0002, 89th Infantry Division

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1941-1945 WWII - American Theater
	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)/Advance to the Rhine

Colleges Attended



	1912-1916, United States Military Academy, West Point