Military History
- 1933: graduated from the United States Military Academy
- 1933–1937: Commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 3d Infantry at Fort Snelling
- 1936: Promoted to first lieutenant
- 1938: Graduated from the Infantry School at Fort Benning
- 1938-1940: Served in the 28th Infantry at Fort Niagara
- 1940: Assigned to the 57th Infantry, Philippine Scouts, at Fort McKinley
- 1940: Promoted to temporary rank of captain
- 1941: Promoted to temporary rank of major
- 1942: Promoted to temporary rank of lieutenant colonel
- 1943: Promoted to permanent rank of captain
- 1942–1945: Was a battalion commander in the defense of the Philippines, was taken prisoner when Bataan fell, survived the Bataan Death March and imprisonment in the Philippines, Japan, and Korea, and was liberated by the 7th Infantry Division
- 1945: Promoted to temporary colonel
- 1947–1949: Instructor at Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth
- 1950: Commanded the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry, at Fort Devens, 1950;
- 1950–1951: Battalion commander and commander of both the 5th and 8th Cavalry in Korean War operations
- 1951: Plans and operations officer of the I Corps, Far East Command
- 1951-1952: Plans and operations officer in the Office of the Chief of Army Field Forces at Fort Monroe
- 1953: Graduated from the National War College
- 1954–1955: Chief of the Joint War Plans Branch, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G–3
- 1956: Promoted to temporary brigadier general
- 1956: Promoted to permanent colonel
- 1955–1956: Executive officer in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G–3
- 1956–1957: Assistant division commander of the 8th Infantry Division
- 1957–1959: Chief of staff of the American Seventh Army in Germany
- 1959–1960: Chief of staff of the Central Army Group, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- 1959: Promoted to temporary major general
- 1960: Promoted to permanent brigadier general
- 1960–1963: Commandant of the Command and General Staff College
- 1963: Assistant and then acting deputy chief of staff for military operations
- 1963: Promoted to permanent major general
- 1963: Promoted to temporary lieutenant general
- 1964: Promoted to temporary general
- 1963–1964: Deputy chief of staff for military operations
- July 3, 1964 – July 2, 1968: Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- 1968: Retired from active service
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