US Army Major General. Sullivan graduated from West Point in 1917, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. He was then assigned to the 10th Infantry Brigade. During WWI he fought in the battles of San Mihiel and the Muesse Argonne where he was badly wounded. In 1920 he was transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. By the end of the 1920's, now a major he returned to school and received his master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1932. Just prior to World War II he was promoted to Colonel. In 1943, by order of General Mark Clark, Sullivan was made quartermaster of the Fifth Army in Italy. He served as General Clark's quartermaster through the North African campaigns, supervising the feeding of troops and distribution of supplies. In 1945 he was promoted to Brigadier General and for his meritorious service as quartermaster he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit. In 1952, during the Korean War, he was quartermaster for the Far Eastern Command in Tokyo. In addition to the medals mentioned above, he received the Purple Heart, Silver Star, and the Cross of Malta. In 1959 he retired from the Army after forty years service and accepted the position of administrative dean at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. He left a plethora of correspondence from his combat experience and compiled over thirty four volumes of orders and related documents and presented them to the Quartermaster Library at Fort Lee, Virginia where they are used as a source of reference material for future quartermasters.
US Army Major General. Sullivan graduated from West Point in 1917, and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant. He was then assigned to the 10th Infantry Brigade. During WWI he fought in the battles of San Mihiel and the Muesse Argonne where he was badly wounded. In 1920 he was transferred to the Coast Artillery Corps. By the end of the 1920's, now a major he returned to school and received his master's degree from Harvard Business School in 1932. Just prior to World War II he was promoted to Colonel. In 1943, by order of General Mark Clark, Sullivan was made quartermaster of the Fifth Army in Italy. He served as General Clark's quartermaster through the North African campaigns, supervising the feeding of troops and distribution of supplies. In 1945 he was promoted to Brigadier General and for his meritorious service as quartermaster he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and Legion of Merit. In 1952, during the Korean War, he was quartermaster for the Far Eastern Command in Tokyo. In addition to the medals mentioned above, he received the Purple Heart, Silver Star, and the Cross of Malta. In 1959 he retired from the Army after forty years service and accepted the position of administrative dean at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina. He left a plethora of correspondence from his combat experience and compiled over thirty four volumes of orders and related documents and presented them to the Quartermaster Library at Fort Lee, Virginia where they are used as a source of reference material for future quartermasters.
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