J. Lawton Collins
1945; he was deputy Commanding General and Chief of Staff of Army Ground Forces, August–December 1945; he was Director of Information (later Chief of Public Information) of the Army, 1945–1947; he was Deputy (later Vice) Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 1947–1949; he was promoted to temporary General and permanent Major General, January 1948; he was Chief of Staff of the United States Army, 16 August 1949–15 August 1953
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