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John Taylor Lewis (October 28, 1894 - December 5, 1983) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. ==Biography== Lewis was born in Rockford, Illinois, on October 28, 1894. In 1917 he received a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering from the University of Illinois, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery, and was assigned to the 37th Infantry Regiment in Laredo, Texas. During World War I he served in France. After the war he remained in France as a military attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. In the 1920s he was assigned as an instructor at the Fort Monroe, Virginia Coast Artillery School. In the early 1930s Lewis served as a member of the Coast Artillery Board at Fort Monroe. In 1933 he began attendance at the Army Command and General Staff College, from which he graduated in 1935. In 1938 Lewis graduated from the Army War College. From 1940 to 1941 he served in the Office of the Chief of Coast Artillery, first as Chief of the Material & Finance Section and then as Chief of the Fiscal Section. In 1941 he was appointed Secretary of the War Department General Staff as a brigadier general. From 1942 to 1944 Lewis commanded the 38th Coast Artillery Brigade (Anti-Aircraft)〔Hamilton, John A. (Skies: Air Defense Artillery on Fort Bliss, Texas, 1940-2009'' ). Government Printing Office, 2009, p. 113.〕 and was the commander of the Washington Military District, receiving promotion to major general. In 1942 he was a member of the military panel that tried and convicted German saboteurs who were captured after entering the United States with a plan to attack military targets. He was head of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) mission to the French government from 1944 to 1945. Lewis was commander of Fort Riley, Kansas from 1948 to 1950. In 1952 he was appointed to head Army Anti-Aircraft Command (ARAACOM) and promoted to lieutenant general, remaining in this position until his 1954 retirement. General Lewis died in San Diego, California, on December 5, 1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Taylor Lewis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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