George Brett
Military Person
1886 – 1963
Who was George Brett?
George Howard Brett was a United States Army Air Forces General during World War II. An Early Bird of Aviation, Brett served as a staff officer in World War I. In 1941, following the outbreak of war with Japan, Brett was appointed Deputy Commander of a short-lived major Allied command, the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command, which oversaw Allied forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific. In early 1942, he was put in charge of United States Army Forces in Australia, until the arrival of Douglas MacArthur. Brett then commanded all Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area. In November 1942, he was appointed commander of the US Caribbean Defense Command and remained in this post for the rest of the war.
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- Born
- Feb 7, 1886
Cleveland - Also known as
- George Howard Brett
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Virginia Military Institute
- Air Corps Tactical School
- Lived in
- Cleveland
- Died
- Dec 2, 1963
Winter Park
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on July 23, 2013
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