SENIOR COMMANDS/COMMANDERS                                                   [p2 of 4]  

Senior Military Commands and Commanders  (continued)

1941-1947

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CARIBBEAN DEFENSE COMMAND

(Established as a theater command responsible for tactical control of Panama Canal Department, Puerto Rican Department, and base sites in the Caribbean)

                           COMMANDING GENERALS

Lieutenant General Daniel Van Voorhis (Feb 1941 - Sept 1941)

Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews (Sept 1941 - Nov 1942)

Lieutenant General George H. Brett (Nov 1942 - Oct 1945)

Lieutenant General Willis D. Crittenberger (Oct 1945 - Nov 1947)

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1947-1963

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U.S. CARIBBEAN COMMAND

(Established as a regional unified command; commanded by a commander in chief - Army lieutenant general)

                           COMMANDERS IN CHIEF

Lieutenant General Willis Crittenberger (Nov 1947 - June 1948)

Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway (June 1948 - Oct 1949)

Lieutenant General William H.H. Morris (Oct 1949 - April 1952)

Lieutenant General Horace L. McBride (April 1952 - June 1954)

Lieutenant General William K. Harrison (June 1954 - Jan 1957)

Lieutenant General Robert M. Montague (Jan 1957 - Feb 1958)

Lieutenant General Ridgely Gaither (April 1958 - July 1960)

Lieutenant General Robert F. Sink (July 1960 - Jan 1961)

Lieutenant General Andrew P. O'Meara (Jan 1961 - June 1963)

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