General 'Daniel Isom Sultan', (
December 9,
1885 –
January 14,
1947) was born
Oxford, Mississippi and died in
Washington, D.C., while on
active duty.
He graduated from West Point in 1907 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers.
On
July 8,
1939 he was promoted to Brigadier General. He commanded the
38th Infantry Division at the beginning of
World War II and the
VIII Corps. In
1943 he was assigned to the
China Burma India Theater (CBI) as Deputy Commander under General
Joseph Stilwell and on
September 2,
1944 promoted to Lieutenant General. He became the Commander of the Burma-India Theater under the command of
South East Asia Command (SEAC) of the
South-East Asian Theatre on
October 24,
1944. The CBI had been split in two with General
Albert Wedemeyer becoming the Chief of Staff to
Chiang Kai-shek and commander in China. On
July 14 1945 Sultan became Inspector General of the Army.
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