George Brett (general)

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 shortlived major Allied command, the AmericanBritishDutchAustralian 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.

George Howard Brett was born in Cleveland, Ohio onFebruary 1886, the second of five children of William Howard Brett, a notable librarian, and his wife Alice ne Allen. Georges older brother Morgan graduated with the United States Military Academy at West Point class of 1906, and served for many years as an ordnance officer, retiring in 1932 as a colonel. The family was unable to secure a second West Point appointment, so George Brett graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1909 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Philippine Scouts onMarch 1910. While in the Philippines he transferred to the US Cavalry onAugust 1911, joining the 2nd Cavalry.

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