Maj. Gen. Herbert Wolff was born 24 May 1925 in Cologne, Germany, but his family relocated to the United States in 1939 to escape the harsh rule of the Nazi Party. He commanded what is today the US Army, Pacific from December 1977 until his retirement in 1981. He was instrumental in elevating the US Army, Pacific to a component command within the Pacific Command (PACOM), on par with the other services.