Posted By:	Brendan O'Donoghue
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	Subject:	Re: General Frank Keating, WWII
	Post Date:	January 16, 2009 at 06:44:50
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Frank A. Keating Major General, United States Army Frank A. Keating: February 4, 1895 Born, New York City May 18, 1915 Entered Military Service April 28, 1917 Commissioned as First Lieutenant 1917-1918 Served in Combat in France July 30, 1918 Promoted to Captain 1918 Assigned as instructor at the Infantry Weapons School in Chatillion-Sur-Seine, France December 30, 1919 Honorably discharged July 1, 1920 Received commission as First Lieutenant and promoted to Captain 1921-1922 Student in the Company Officers’ Course at Fort Benning, Georgia 1922-1924 Instructor for Iowa and Minnesota National Guards 1924 Sent to Japan and the Philippines 1927-1929 Served with 3rd Infantry at Fort Snelling, Minnesota 1929 Sent to Hawaii May 24, 1933 Promoted to Major 1934-1938 Served with Organized reserves in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio 1937 Cited for outstanding accomplishment during Ohio River flood 1939 Graduated from Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1939 Assigned to 15th Infantry at Camp Lewis, Washington. Served with Major Mark Clark and Lieutenant Colonel Dwight D. Eisenhower 1941 Assigned to Operations and Training division of the War Department General Staff December 11, 1941 Promoted to Colonel December 1941 Assigned as Chief of Staff of 2nd Infantry Division at Fort Sam Houston, Texas 1942 Called to Washington and assigned by Chief of Army Ground Forces to organize an Amphibious Training Center at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts July 27, 1942 Promoted to Brigadier General January 20, 1944 Assumed command of the 102nd Infantry July 2, 1945 Promoted to Major General May 1945-January1946 Served as Military Governor of Germany 1946-1948 Assigned as Commander of Troops in Berlin, Deputy Military Governor of the U.S. Zone of Germany and Deputy to General Lucius Clay of the Allied Control Council 1948 Assigned as Commanding General, 1st Service Command, Boston, Massachusetts 1950 Appointed Chief U.S. Military Advisor to Korea August 31, 1950 Retired April 28, 1973 Died at age 78 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEATING, FRANK A MG USA VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF BIRTH: 02/04/1893 DATE OF DEATH: 04/28/1973 DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/02/1973 BURIED AT: SECTION 5 SITE 7033 RH ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Brendan