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Hughes, John, MG USA(Ret).
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MG Hughes saw combat in Cuba (1898) and France (1918).
He was the Commanding General of the Philippine Department/Division,1937 - 1939.
He retired in FEB 1940.
He was recalled to active duty from SEP 1941 to FEB 1945 and served as a Member of the War Department Personnel Board..
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United States Department of War Details
The War Department existed from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949.
