SIGNED 3-STAR GENERAL - PANCHO VILLA EXP & WWII BATTLE OF BULGE NORMANDY CHINA

Description: INVREF#5-23 HENRY SPIESE AURAND(1894 – 1980)3-STAR WEST POINT LT. GENERAL, US ARMYWORLD WAR II ORDNANCE and LOGISTICS GENERAL AT NORMANDY and THE CHINA THEATERKOREAN WAR COMMANDING GENERAL , UNITED STATES ARMY, PACIFIC&MEXICAN BORDER WAR OFFICER DURING THE 1916 PANCHO VILLA EXPEDITION IN MEXICOOne of General Aurand’s core beliefs lay in the potential of African American troops. By making extensive use of these supply troops, Aurand led America to win many battles during World War II, including the Battle of the Bulge, one of the largest and bloodiest battles during the war. He believed that African American soldiers could be as just effective as any other group of soldiers, provided their officers were allowed to act with the same authority as white troops. The success of the U.S. Army logistical operation in Europe proved him to be correct.Aurand's colleague, General Wade McManus described him as "a skilled logistician who served as a catalyst in reforming the U.S. Army's logistical systems. He was directly involved in many changes pertaining to logistics and ordnance. As early as 1935 he was developing logistics principles that sound familiar to modern Ordnance officers."<<>> HERE’S AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE CARD SIGNED BY AURAND AS MAJOR GENERAL.A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR WWII MILITARY HISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!The document card measures 7” x 8½” and is in VERY FINE CONDITION.<<>>::<<>>MILITARY SERVICE CHRONOLOGY OF LT GENERALHENRY S. AURANDHenry Spiese Aurand (November 16, 1894 – June 18, 1980) was a United States Army career officer. He was a veteran of World War I, World War II and the Korean War. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Aurand was ranked 20th in the class of 1915, known as "the class the stars fell on" because no fewer than 59 of the 164 members of the class who graduated became generals. His classmates included Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, who achieved five-star rank. He was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps, but later transferred to the Ordnance Department.During World War I he served on the Mexican border during the Pancho Villa Expedition, was an assistant to the officer in charge of the design and construction of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, and was at the Sandy Hook Proving Ground from 1917 to 1919. Between the wars Aurand attended Ordnance School at the Watertown Arsenal in 1921–1922, the Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1927–1928, the Army War College in 1930–1931, and the Army Industrial College in 1939–1940. He served in the Philippines from 1925 to 1927, and on the faculty of the Ordnance School at Watertown Arsenal from 1929 to 1930. From 1933 to 1937, he was an instructor in logistics at the Army War College.During World War II Aurand was the Director of Defense Aid, the program that sent Lend Lease materials to the Allies. He became the Chief of the International Division, Army Service Forces in 1942 and later that year the secretary of the Combined Production and Resources Board. In September 1942 he became the Commanding General of the Sixth Service Command, based in Chicago, Illinois. In 1944, Aurand was assigned as the Assistant Chief Ordnance Officer, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) and Communications Zone (COMZ). He become the Commanding General, Normandy Base Section, in December 1944. In May 1945, he went to the China Theater as the Commanding General, United States Army Services of Supply there.Aurand (right) with Omar Bradley in 1950Aurand returned to the United States as the Commanding General of the Sixth Service Command, and he was commander of the Africa-Middle East Theater in 1946. In June 1946, he became the last Director of Research and Development, War Department. In 1948, he became the Director of Logistics, Department of the Army. His final assignment was as Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific, a position he held until his retirement in 1952.MILITARY SERVICE CHRONOLOGY OF GENERALHENRY S. AURANDPromotions1936-04-01Lieutenant-Colonel1941-06-26Colonel (Army of the United States)1942-01-30Brigadier-General (Army of the United States)1942-09-23Major-General (Army of the United States)1943-06-12Colonel1946-06-26Brigadier-General1948-01-22Lieutenant-General1948-01-24Major-General1949-03-21Lieutenant-GeneralService1933-08-15–1937-06-28Instructor at Army War College1937-06-19–1939-09-06Chief of Technical Groups, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey1939-09-XX–1940-06-XXAttending the Army Industrial College1940-06-XX–1941-10-XXChief of Requirements & Distribution Branch, G-4 Division, War Dept General Staff1941-10-XX–1942-03-08Director of International Division, Services of Supply1942-03-09–1942-07-20Director of International Division, Army Service Forces1942-07-21–1942-09-08Secretary of the Combined Production Board1942-09-04–1944-10-26Commanding General 6th Service Command1944-11-XX–1944-12-XXDeputy Chief Ordnance Officer, Communications Zone, US European Theater of Operations1944-12-XX–1945-05-09Commanding General Normandy Base Section1945-05-25–1945-11-XXCommanding General Services of Supply, US China Theater of Operations1946-01-10–1946-02-03Commanding General 6th Service Command1946-02-XX–1946-05-23Commanding General US Army Forces Africa-Middle East Theater1946-06-10–1947-09-17Director of Research & Development Division, General Staff US Army1947-09-17–1948-01-01Director of Research & Development Division, General Staff US Army1948-01-05–1948-02-19Director of Service, Supply & Procurement Division, Department of the Army1948-02-19–1949-03-20Director of Logistics Division, Department of the Army1949-03-21–1952-08-31Commanding General US Army Pacific1952-08-31 RetiredPurchase Origin ProvenanceProud member of the Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Society & the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). 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