Douglass T. Greene
| Douglass Taft Greene | |
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| Nickname(s) | Doug |
| Born |
April 23, 1891 Fort Logan, Colorado |
| Died | June 13, 1964 (aged 73) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania |
| Place of burial | West Point Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1913–1946 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands held | |
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Douglass Taft Greene (April 23, 1891 – June 16, 1964) was a Major General in the United States Army during World War II. He served as Commanding General of the 16th Armored Division and the 12th Armored Division during their training in the United States. Despite being an officer during both World War I and World War II, he never held a combat command, and was assigned to active duty positions within the continental United States during both wars.
Douglass Taft Greene was born on April 23, 1891 at Fort Logan, Colorado, the son of Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, USMA Class of 1878, and Lillian Taft Adams Greene.
Greene was appointed to West Point from Illinois and entered the Military Academy on March 1, 1909. He graduated with the Class of 1913, was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. and was stationed at Fort Shafter, HI with Co. I, 2nd Infantry Division. On May 15, 1916 he was promoted to 1st Lt. and was assigned to the Schofield Barracks in Hawaii from August 17, 1916, to February 4, 1917. He was transferred to the 21st Infantry Division at Camp H. Beacom in Calexico, California from March 16 to April 22, 1917. On May 15, 1917, he was promoted to Captain of the Infantry and became Adjutant at Camp Beacom. From May 2 to August 15, 1917 he was an instructor at the 1st Officers Training Camp at the Presidio, San Francisco. On December 13, 1917, he was transferred to command of the 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Div. at Camp Taliaferro, San Diego, California. On June 17, 1918, he was promoted to Major in the National Army (USA) and became Adjutant of the 162nd Depot Brigade at Camp Pike, Ark. between June 19 and August 29, 1918. On September 1, 1918, he became an Instructor in the Department of Tactics at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point until August 1922.
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