 He took command of the 71st Infantry Division from 1944 to 1945.During the Korean War he commanded the IX Corps, and after that assignment served as Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces South-Eastern Europe (NATO) from 1952 to 1954, followed by command of Sixth United States Army from 1954 to 1955.His final assignment was Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) U.S. Continental Command.