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Philip Hayes (b. June 16, 1887〔 – d. November 25, 1949〔(''Hayes rites to be Monday'' ), The Baltimore Sun, November 26, 1949, p. 7〕) was a Major-General in the U.S. Army. He was the commander of the Third Service Command from 1943 to 1946. Hayes was in charge of the U.S. military's takeover, under the authority of the Smith-Connally Act, of the Philadelphia Transit Company in August 1944 that brought to an end the Philadelphia transit strike of 1944. Earlier in his career, Hayes served as the chief of staff to Gen. Walter Short, who was the commander of the Hawaiian Department at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, although Hayes was rotated from Hawaii back to the mainland in November 1941, shortly before the attack. ==Early life, education and early military career== Philip Hayes was born on June 16, 1887 in Portage, Wisconsin.〔 He graduated from West Point in 1909, was commissioned into the Army there and remained at West Point as an instructor after graduation. He was later transferred to the field artillery and served in the Philippines during World War I.〔 Given a field promotion to a temporary rank of Lt. Colonel during the war, Hayes reverted to his permanent rank of Captain after World War I ended. In 1919 he returned to West Point, first as an exchange officer and then as executive officer for athletics.〔 Philip Hayes was promoted to the rank of Major in July 1920. He then served as executive officer of the 76th Field Artillery Division at Camp Lewis, Washington. In 1920s he held a number of executive posts and attended officer's school. After a one-year course of study, Hayes graduated from the Army War College at Washington Barracks in 1930.〔 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「Philip Hayes (general)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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