Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew

Born: Aug 23, 1883 AD
Died: 1953 AD, at 69 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: General

1883 - He was born on the 23rd of August at Fort Walla Walla, Washington.

1901 - He graduated high school at Highland Park High School.

1906 - He graduated at United States Military Academy (West Point)

1916 - He was promoted to a Captain.

1917 - He was on the staff of the first officer training camp at Plattsburgh New York.

1918 - He became Assistant Chief-of-Staff of the U.S. 82nd Infantry Division.

1920 - He was then promoted to Major.

1921 - He was assigned to the U.S. 3rd Cavalry Regiment,

Fort Myer, Virginia.

1929 - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and graduated from the Command and General Staff School,

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

1935 - He was promoted to Colonel, served as commander of the 3rd Cavalry.

1938 -He was promoted to Brigadier General in command of the 1st Cavalry regiment at Fort Clark, Texas.

1940 - In September he was promoted to Major General and returned to the Philippines, as

commander of the Philippine Department.

1941 - Responsible for resisting the Japanese invasion of the Philippines.

1945 - He received his 4th star General.

1946 - Became the commander of the 4th Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

1947 - He retired in August.

Page last updated: 3:50pm, 26^th Feb '07

	Hero of Bataan: The Story of General Wainwright by Duane P. Schultz (Hardcover - Oct 30, 1981)
	General Wainwright's story by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008)
	MacArthur and Wainwright;: Sacrifice of the Philippines by John Jacob Beck (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 1974)
	Those who came before us: Wainwrights, Mayhews, Stuyvesants, and others by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008)
	An order of family prayer for every day in the week: And for the commemoration of the holy days and seasons of the church : selected and arranged from ... the liturgy, and various books of devotion by Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright (Unknown Binding - Aug 30, 2008)
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