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Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and...

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01/01/2012

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and...

Army and Corps area Commanders meet with Woodring and Chief of Staff. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. A conference held yesterday at the War Department between Army and Corps area commanders and the Secretary of War and Chief of Staff was held to plan intensive training of the army for the next six months. Left to right: Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser; Maj. Gen. Daniel Van Voorhis, Commanding General of the 5th Corps. area; Maj. Gen. Percy P. Bishop, Commanding General, 7th Corps. area; Maj. Gen. Herbert J. Brees, Commanding General, 8th Corps area; Lieut. Gen. Stanley D. Embick, Commanding General, 3rd Army and Fourth Corps area; Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, Commanding General, First Army and Second Corps. area; Major Gen. George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff; Harry Woodring, Secretary of War, Lieut. Gen. Stanley H. Ford, Commanding General, 2nd Army and Sixth Corps area on or about Dec. 1 with the rank of Lieutenant General; Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons, Commanding General, 3rd Corps area; Maj. Gen. James A. Woodruff, Commanding General, 1st Corps area; Brig. Gen. George P. Tyner, Assistant Chief of Staff. Note: Brig. Gen. Gasser who is first in this photo is Acting Chief of Staff

Date & Place: [19]39 December 1.

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