The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-08

Combined chiefs OF stat
For the United States
Army Chief of Staff; Admiral Err
nest ]. King, Commander in Chief
of the Fleet and Chief of Naval
Operations; Gen. H. H. Arnold,
Commanding Army Air Forces,
and Admiral William D. Leahy,
Chief of Staff to the President
For Great Britain: Field Mar
shall Sir John Dill, Admiral Sir
Percy Noble, 1t. Gen. G. N. Mac
Ready, and Air Marshal Sir Will
liam L. Welsh.
Allied commanders for European
African Theater Western:
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, SUI
preme commander.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur
Tedder, deputy supreme command
err.
Air Marshal Trafford Z. Leigh
Mallory, commander in chief, tao
teal air force for British theater.
1t. Gen. Carl Spaatz, command
err U. S. Strategic Air Force.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
cry, Commander British Ground
Forces.
american ground forces COM
mander to be announced.
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle,
Commander U. S. 9th Air Force.
Sir Bertram Ramsay, Ma " a l
commandments.
Mediterranean:
Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson,
commander in chief.
Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, Al
lied commander in Italy.
1t. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, deputy
commander in chief and command
er of American forces.
1t. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese, Com
mander British Eighth Army.
1t. Gen. Ira c. Eaker, Allied
air commander.
1t. Gen. Mark Clark, command
er of 5th Army.
1t. Gen. George S. Patton, COM
of 7th Army.
1t. Gen. Walter B. Smith, chief
of staff.
Maj. Gen. John C. Cannon, COM
mander of u S. 18th Air Force.
Maj. Gen. Nathan Twining, COM
mander of U. S. 18th Air Force.
Middle east:
Gen. Sir Bernard Paget, COM
mander in chief.
Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, COM
mander 9th Air Force.
Maj. Gen. Donald H. Connolly,
Persian Gulf Service Command.
Caribbean area:
1t. Gen. George H. Brett, COM
manding general.
Maj. Gen. H. r. Harmon, COM
mander 9Th Air Force.
Maj. Gen. Glen E. Edgerton, gov
ernor of Panama Canal one.
Maj. Gen. William E. Shedd,
commander Antilles department.
New Foundland:
Maj. Gen. John B. Brooks. COM
handing general.
Bermuda: =
Brig. Gen. Alden G. Strong, COM
mandiag officer U. S. Army Air
Forces and base commander.
Southeast Asia:
Lord Louis Mountbatten, com
mander in chief.
1t. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, com
mander U. S. Armies in Burma,
India and China.
Maj. Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer,
deputy chief of staff.
Maj. Gen. George C. Stratemey-
err, commander of theater air fore
eS.
Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault com
mander 18th Air Force (China).
Brig. Gen. Howard Davidson, the
commander of 10th Air Force Gn.
dia).
Southwest Pacific:
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, com.
mander in chief.
Gen. Sir Thomas Blamey, com.
mander of Allied forces.
1t. Gen. George c. Kenney, com.
mander Allied air forces.
Maj. Gen. Ennis c. Whitehead
commander 5th Air Force.
1t. Gen. Walter Kruger, com.
mander U. S. 9Th Army.
Maj. Gen. Richard A. Sutherland
chief of staff.
South Pacific:
Admiral William F. Halsey, the
commander in chief.
1t. Gen. Willard +. H3rmon, the
commanding general of the Army
forces,
Maj. Gen. Oscar w. Griswold
commander of ground forces.
Central Pacific:
1t. Gen. R. c. Richardson, com
manding general.
Maj. Gen. Willis c. Hale, com
mander 7th Air Force.
Alaska:
1t. Gen. Simon Buckner, com
mandi1g general.
Brig. Gen. Frank L. Whitaker
deputy commander
Maj. Gen. Davenport Johnson
commander of 18th Air Force.