Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1908. Retired in 1947.
Maj. Gen. Chaney USAAF relinquished command of European Theater of Operations U.S. Army to Maj. Gen. D.D. "Ike" Eisenhower in 1942, Ike having been chosen by Pres. Roosevelt to oversee the D-Day invasion of Continental Europe on June 6, 1944.
Chaney was given command of Army forces for the Battle of Iwo Jima from November 1944 until July 1945. As commander of Iwo Jima from March 1945, he commanded all United States Forces on the island. Assigned command as general of the Western Pacific Base Command in August 1945 Chaney had his headquarters on Saipan. Then in October 1945, he was made a member (later president) of the Secretary of War's Personnel Board in Washington, D.C. There he served until he retired on July 31, 1947 at his own request.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1908. Retired in 1947.
Maj. Gen. Chaney USAAF relinquished command of European Theater of Operations U.S. Army to Maj. Gen. D.D. "Ike" Eisenhower in 1942, Ike having been chosen by Pres. Roosevelt to oversee the D-Day invasion of Continental Europe on June 6, 1944.
Chaney was given command of Army forces for the Battle of Iwo Jima from November 1944 until July 1945. As commander of Iwo Jima from March 1945, he commanded all United States Forces on the island. Assigned command as general of the Western Pacific Base Command in August 1945 Chaney had his headquarters on Saipan. Then in October 1945, he was made a member (later president) of the Secretary of War's Personnel Board in Washington, D.C. There he served until he retired on July 31, 1947 at his own request.