Q:Facts: - battles: world war i world war ii - death date: 25 november 1949 - allegiance: united states united states of america - commands: third service command - rank: 25px major general - awards: army distinguished service medal legion of merit - birth date: june 16 , 1887 - serviceyears: 1909 -- 1946 - name: philip hayes - branch: 25px united states army - death place: washington , d.c. , usa - birth place: portage , wisconsin , usa Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of philip hayes -lrb- general -rrb- .
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philip hayes -lrb- b. june 16 , 1887 -- d. november 25 , 1949 -rrb- was a major-general in the u.s. army .he was the commander of the third service command from 1943 to 1946 .hayes was in charge of the u.s. military 's takeover , under the authority of the smith-connally act , of the philadelphia transit company in august 1944 that brought to an end the philadelphia transit strike of 1944 .earlier in his career , hayes served as the chief of staff to gen. walter short , who was the commander of the hawaiian department at the time of the pearl harbor attack , although hayes was rotated from hawaii back to the mainland in november 1941 , shortly before the attack .