John E. Hull

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title: "John E. Hull" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1895-births", "1975-deaths", "military-personnel-from-ohio", "burials-at-arlington-national-cemetery", "miami-redhawks-football-players", "people-from-greenfield,-ohio", "recipients-of-the-distinguished-service-medal-(us-army)", "recipients-of-the-legion-of-merit", "recipients-of-the-silver-star", "united-states-army-vice-chiefs-of-staff", "united-states-army-war-college-alumni", "united-states-army-personnel-of-world-war-i", "united-states-army-generals-of-world-war-ii", "united-states-army-generals", "national-war-college-alumni"] description: "United States Army general" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Hull" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	John Hull
image	John E. Hull (GEN) (cropped).jpg
office	Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
president	Dwight Eisenhower
term_start	1 March 1958
term_end	20 January 1961
predecessor	James Killian
successor	James Killian
office1	Governor of the Ryukyu Islands
president1	Dwight Eisenhower
term_start1	7 October 1953
term_end1	1 April 1955
predecessor1	Mark Clark
successor1	Max Taylor
birth_date
birth_place	Greenfield, Ohio, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Washington, D.C., U.S.
education	Miami University (BS)
allegiance	United States
branch	United States Army
serviceyears	1917–1955
rank	General
commands	Far East Command
United States Army Pacific
battles	World War I
World War II
Korean War
awards	Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
caption	Hull in 1953
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| name = John Hull | image = John E. Hull (GEN) (cropped).jpg | office = Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | president = Dwight Eisenhower | term_start = 1 March 1958 | term_end = 20 January 1961 | predecessor = James Killian | successor = James Killian | office1 = Governor of the Ryukyu Islands | president1 = Dwight Eisenhower | term_start1 = 7 October 1953 | term_end1 = 1 April 1955 | predecessor1 = Mark Clark | successor1 = Max Taylor | birth_date = | birth_place = Greenfield, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | education = Miami University (BS) | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Army | serviceyears = 1917–1955 | rank = General | commands = Far East Command United States Army Pacific | battles = World War I World War II Korean War | awards = Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit | caption = Hull in 1953 John Edwin Hull (26 May 1895 – 10 June 1975) was a United States Army general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, commanded Far East Command from 1953 to 1955 and the U.S. Army, Pacific from 1948 to 1949. He served in both world wars and was a contemporary of generals George Marshall and Omar Bradley. Because of his primary role in planning Allied operations throughout World War II, he was credited with having more experience integrating strategy with overseas operations than any other Army officer.

Biography

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Hull was a pre-medical student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, prior to joining the Army in 1917. He received an honorary LLD in 1954. His military education included the Army War College and the National War College.

Prior to the U.S. Army, Pacific, Hull was the Commanding General for Army Ground Forces in the Pacific. From 1953 to 1955 he was Commander in Chief of the Far East Command after the conclusion of the Korean War. This was his last major assignment before retiring on 30 April 1955.

He was Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board under president Dwight Eisenhower from 1 March 1958 to 20 January 1961.

Other significant assignments for Hull involved major staff duties in Washington, D.C. Among these were Director of the Weapons Evaluation Group and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Administration for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. At the outbreak of World War II he was assigned to the War Department.

Hull died on 10 June 1975, at the age of 80.

Awards and decorations

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	United Nations Service Medal for Korea
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::data[format=table] | [[File:United States Army Staff Identification Badge.png|100px]] Army Staff Identification Badge | |---| ::

Bibliography

• {{Cite book|last=Hull|first=John Edwin|title=The Autobiography of General John Edwin Hull, 1895-1975 |publisher=M. Anderson|year=1978|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TPojPAAACAAJ}}

References

References

1. [http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=100208 GEN Hull in the Hall of Valor]
2. "General John E. Hull Biography".

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