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  ABOVE: a representative grouping of 3AD CG's spanning 1941-1989, from left: MG Alvan Gillem, Jr., 1941-42 (3AD's first commander); BG Doyle Hickey, 1945; MG Creighton Abrams, 1960-62; MG Walter Kerwin, Jr., 1965-66; MG William Kraft, Jr., 1971-73; and MG George Joulwan, 1988-89.

3rd Armored Division
Commanding Generals 1941 - 1992

IN ORDER, including placement of incoming U.S. President. IN REVERSE ORDER, starting with Division deactivation in 1992.
                                    
  Commander-in-Chief 1933
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT
39. Maj. Gen. Jerry Rutherford
April 1991 - Jan 1992
  1. Maj. Gen. Alvan Gillem, Jr.
April 1941 - Jan 1942
38. Maj. Gen. Paul Funk
Oct 1989 - April 1991
  2. Maj. Gen. Walton Walker
Jan 1942 - Aug 1942
37. Maj. Gen. George Joulwan
March 1988 - Oct 1989
  3. Maj. Gen. Leroy Watson
Aug 1942 - Aug 1944
36. Maj. Gen. Thomas Griffin, Jr.
June 1986 - March 1988
  4. Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose
Aug 1944 - March 1945
35. Maj. Gen. Richard Graves
March 1984 - June 1986
  5. Brig. Gen. Doyle Hickey
March 1945 - June 1945
34. Maj. Gen. T. Anderson
Feb 1982 - March 1984
Commander-in-Chief 1945
HARRY TRUMAN
33. Maj. Gen. Walter Ulmer, Jr.
Oct 1979 - Feb 1982
  6. Brig. Gen. Truman Boudinot
June 1945 - July 1945
32. Maj. Gen. Wallace Nutting
Nov 1977 - Sept 1979
  7. Brig. Gen. Frank Allen, Jr.
July 1945 - July 1945
31. Maj. Gen. Charles Simmons
June 1975 - Nov 1977
 8. Maj. Gen. Robert Grow
July 1945 - Nov 1946
30. Maj. Gen. Jonathan Burton
March 1973 - June 1975
  9. Maj. Gen. Ray Maddocks
July 1947 - April 1948
29. Maj. Gen. Wm. Kraft, Jr.
May 1971 - March 1973
10. Maj. Gen. Roderick Allen
April 1948 - June 1950
28. Maj. Gen. M. Roseborough
Aug 1969 - May 1971
11. Brig. Gen. R. Williamson
June 1950 - Feb 1951
27. Maj. Gen. Donald Cowles
April 1968 - Aug 1969
12. Maj. Gen. Ira Swift
Feb 1951 - July 1951
26. Maj. Gen. Welborn Dolvin
Oct 1966 - April 1968
13. Brig. Gen. Arthur Walk
July 1951 - Oct 1951
25. Maj. Gen. Walter Kerwin, Jr.
March 1965 - Oct 1966
14. Brig. Gen. R. Williamson
Oct 1951 - Nov 1952
24. Maj. Gen. Berton Spivy, Jr.
Feb 1964 - March 1965
15. Brig. Gen. John Cole
Nov 1952 - Dec 1952
23. Maj. Gen. John R. Pugh
May 1962 - Feb 1964
Commander-in-Chief 1953
DWIGHT EISENHOWER
22. Maj. Gen. Creighton Abrams
Oct 1960 - May 1962
16. Maj. Gen. Richard Stephens
Dec 1952 - Dec 1953
21. Maj. Gen. Frederic Brown
July 1959 - Oct 1960
17. Maj. Gen. Gordon Rogers
Jan 1954 - April 1955
20. Maj. Gen. Thomas Van Natta
Jan 1958 - July 1959
18. Maj. Gen. John Willems
April 1955 - July 1956
19. Maj. Gen. Robert Porter, Jr.
July 1956 - Jan 1958
19. Maj. Gen. Robert Porter, Jr.
July 1956 - Jan 1958
18. Maj. Gen. John Willems
April 1955 - July 1956
20. Maj. Gen. Thomas Van Natta
Jan 1958 - July 1959
17. Maj. Gen. Gordon Rogers
Jan 1954 - April 1955
21. Maj. Gen. Frederic Brown
July 1959 - Oct 1960
16. Maj. Gen. Richard Stephens
Dec 1952 - Dec 1953
  Commander-in-Chief 1961
JOHN KENNEDY
15. Brig. Gen. John Cole
Nov 1952 - Dec 1952
  22. Maj. Gen. Creighton Abrams
Oct 1960 - May 1962
14. Brig. Gen. R. Williamson
Oct 1951 - Nov 1952
  23. Maj. Gen. John R. Pugh
May 1962 - Feb 1964
13. Brig. Gen. Arthur Walk
July 1951 - Oct 1951
  Commander-in-Chief 1963
LYNDON JOHNSON
12. Maj. Gen. Ira Swift
Feb 1951 - July 1951
  24. Maj. Gen. Berton Spivy, Jr.
Febr 1964 - March 1965
11. Brig. Gen. R. Williamson
June 1950 - Feb 1951
  25. Maj. Gen. Walter Kerwin, Jr.
March 1965 - Oct 1966
10. Maj. Gen. Roderick Allen
April 1948 - June 1950
  26. Maj. Gen. Welborn Dolvin
Oct 1966 - April 1968
  9. Maj. Gen. Ray Maddocks
July 1947 - April 1948
  27. Maj. Gen. Donald Cowles
April 1968 - Aug 1969
  8. Maj. Gen. Robert Grow
July 1945 - Nov 1946
  Commander-in-Chief 1969
RICHARD NIXON
  7. Brig. Gen. Frank Allen, Jr.
July 1945 - July 1945
  28. Maj. Gen. M. Roseborough
Aug 1969 - May 1971
  6. Brig. Gen. Truman Boudinot
June 1945 - July 1945
  29. Maj. Gen. Wm. Kraft, Jr.
May 1971 - March 1973
  5. Brig. Gen. Doyle Hickey
March 1945 - June 1945
  30. Maj. Gen. Jonathan Burton
March 1973 - June 1975
  4. Maj. Gen. Maurice Rose
Aug 1944 - March 1945
  Commander-in-Chief 1974
GERALD FORD
  3. Maj. Gen. Leroy Watson
Aug 1942 - Aug 1944
  31. Maj. Gen. Charles Simmons
June 1975 - Nov 1977
  2. Maj. Gen. Walton Walker
Jan 1942 - Aug 1942
  Commander-in-Chief 1977
JIMMY CARTER
  1. Maj. Gen. Alvan Gillem, Jr.
April 1941 - Jan 1942
  32. Maj. Gen. Wallace Nutting
Nov 1977 - Sept 1979
  33. Maj. Gen. Walter Ulmer, Jr.
Oct 1979 - Feb 1982
  Commander-in-Chief 1981
RONALD REAGAN
  34. Maj. Gen. T. Anderson
Feb 1982 - March 1984
  35. Maj. Gen. Richard Graves
March 1984 - June 1986
  36. Maj. Gen. Thomas Griffin, Jr.
June 1986 - March 1988
  37. Maj. Gen. George Joulwan
March 1988 - Oct 1989
  Commander-in-Chief 1989
GEORGE H.W. BUSH
  38. Maj. Gen. Paul Funk
Oct 1989 - April 1991
  39. Maj. Gen. Jerry Rutherford
April 1991 - Jan 1992

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