John C. Arrowsmith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Army General during World War II
Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1894
Place of Birth: Reno, Nevada, United States
Date of Death: 01-Jun-1985
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About John C. Arrowsmith
- John Caraway Arrowsmith (June 4, 1894 Reno, Nevada - June 1, 1985 Asheville, North Carolina) was a Brigadier general in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, commanding the 45th Engineers in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations during World War II.Arrowsmith was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1918, promoted to first lieutenant in 1919, while stationed at Camp Fremont California.
- During the 1920s he was detailed to the 3rd Engineer Regiment, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, the 2nd Cincinnati Engineer District, and the 13th Engineer Regiment, Camp Humphreys, VA.
- From 1930 to 1933 he was assigned to the San Francisco Engineer District, and promoted to captain in 1933.
- He was detailed to the Office of the Corps of Engineers in Washington, D.C.
- from April 1933 to July 1938, when he was assigned to the Missouri River Division, COE.
- He was promoted to major in 1940, and lieutenant colonel in 1942, when he was sent to Camp Blanding, Florida.
- as commander of the 45th Engineer General Service Regiment.
- In Nov.
- 1942 he went with these troops to India, where Arrowsmith was placed in command of Base Section 3 in Ledo, Assam, which was responsible for construction of the Ledo Road.
- Under Arrowsmith's command, the road reached the Patkai mountains and crossed into Burma.
- Stillwell, while recognizing the problems that diversion of roadbuilding assets to airfield construction had caused, was still unsatisfied with progress and began searching for a replacement.
- Lewis A.
- Pick replaced him as Chief Road Engineer in October 1943, but retained command of the 45th Eng, GSR.
- While Arrowsmith received a temporary promotion in July 1943 to brigadier general, he reverted to colonel in Jan.
- 1944.
- In Feb.
- 1944 he was detailed to the XXI Corps as Corps Engineer at Camp Polk, La., later accompanying these troops into France and Germany. From Sept.
- 1945 to Nov.
- 1947 he was assigned to the U.S.
- Office of Military Government for Germany.
- From Jan.
- 1948 to Oct.
- 1949 he was commanding officer of the Engineer Research and Development Laboratories at Fort Belvoir.
- In Nov.
- 1949 he received his last assignment as a Deputy Chief in the Army Security Agency.
- He retired from the military in May 1953 as a brigadier general.
- He died in 1985 and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
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