- SURNAME
Cranston
- FORENAME
Joseph Alfred
- UNIT
HQ Detachment (Temporary C.O.)
- RANK
Brigadier General
- NUMBER
0-12465
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Medal,Bronze Star,Special Order of the Cloud and Banner (China)
- PLACE
Burma and India 1944-45
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 8.9.1898 Leavenworth,Kansas
son of Joseph Alfred and Sarah (nee Holcamp) Cranston
graduated Leavenworth High School 1916
graduated U.S.M.A.,West Point June 1917-1919
commissioned Second Lieutenant,Infantry
member US Olympic boxing team 1920
instructor,U.S.M.A. 1922-26
Aide to Commanding General,Philippine Department 1926-28
instructor,U.S.M.A. 1929-33
graduated Command and General Staff School 1935
graduated Army War College 1938
29 Infantry Regiment (Captain) 1938-39
War Department General Staff,Washington,D.C. 1940-42
Staff Officer Army Ground Forces,Fort Humphries 1942-43
Brigadier General March 1943
Services of Supply,CBI Theater of Operations (C.O. Intermediate Base Section No 2,Chabua,Assam,India) 1944-45
first temporary commander Merrills Marauders
Chief of Staff V Corps 1946
Assistant Commander 2 Infantry Division
C.O. Michigan District,Detroit
retired 31.7.1948 (Brigadier General)
Director of Special Activities,National Security Industrial Association (17 years) (retired 1967)
married Maxine Elliott 28.5.1938 (1903-82)
died 2.12.1973 Washington,D.C.
Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 6 (or Section 7 Site 10118-H-6-1)
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