List of United States Military Academy graduates from the class of 1933

This article highlights graduates of the class of 1933. The United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY is an undergraduate institution dedicated to educating and commissioning officers for the United States Army.

The USMA Class of 1933 produced 347 graduates, making it the largest graduating class in the academy's history at the time. This number exceeded previous classes by an average of 50 to over 100 graduates, a record that remained unmatched until 1939, when the growing prospect of war led to an increase in commissioned officers.

Of the 347 graduates in 1933, 89 (26%) attained the rank of general. Five graduates reached the rank of four-star generals, 12 three-star lieutenant generals, 31 two-star major generals, and 41 one-star brigadier generals. 159 (46%) of the graduates reached the rank of colonel, 27 lieutenant colonel, 11 major and 2 captain. Senate list of USMA graduates 1933Cullum, George W. (1930). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the US Military Academy at West Point New York since its Establishment in 1802: Supplement Volume VII 1920–1930. Chicago, Illinois: R. R. Donnelly and Sons, The Lakeside Press.

The top 5 graduating cadets in 1933 were:

1. Kenneth E. Fields. 2. George Wood Beeler 3. John Joseph Danis 4. Duncan Hallock 5. Alfred Dodd Starbird.

List of USMA class of 1933 four star generals (5) +Four Star GeneralsUSMAServiceBranchHighest commandYear DiedClass RankDisosway, Gabriel PoillonGabriel P. DisoswayAir Force Commander of the 37th Fighter Group Panama Commander 312th Fighter Wing, China Commander 12th Air Force & Tactical Air Command Deputy chief of staff, operations, USAF2001200Harrell, BenBen HarrellArmy Deputy Chief of Staff Ops VI Corps & Fifth. Army Worked on plans for Africa & Sicily invasions. Commander 7th Infantry Reg. France Commander Allied Land Forces Southern Europe1981323Polk, James HilliardJames H. PolkArmy Commander 3rd Mechanized Cavalry Group France "Task Force Polk" Dir Policy Planning Staff Office Asst. Sec. of Def. Commander United States Army Europe199272Conway, Theodore JohnTheodore J. ConwayArmy 9th Infantry Division, VI Corps, & Fifth Army. Africa, Italy, France Commander U.S. Strike Command U.S. Commander in Chief, Middle East, Africa199059Johnson, Harold KeithHarold K. JohnsonArmy Japanese POW from 9 April 1942 to 7 Sept. 1945 Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 of I Corps. Korea Chief of Staff of the United States Army1983232

List of USMA class of 1933 three star lieutenant generals (12) +Three Star Lieutenant GeneralsUSMAServiceBranchMajor CommandsYear DiedClass RankStarbird, Alfred DoddAlfred D. StarbirdArmy Corps of Engineers Commander 1135th Engr. Combat Group Dir Military Appl Atomic Energy Commission Sec. Defense Prog. Dep. of Energy19835Donnelly, Harold CooperHarold C. DonnellyHAROLD COOPER DONNELLYAir Force Served in Panama CZ & Philippines. Chief of staff India-Burma Theater. Dir., Defense Atomic Support Agency200284Montgomery, Richard MatternRichard M. MontgomeryAir Force Office Asst Chief, Air Staff Trng, Pentagon Chief of staff Strategic Air Command Vice Commander U.S. Air Forces in Europe1987336Ely, William JonasWilliam J. ElyArmy Corps of Engineers Chief of Military Construction, Pacific. Deputy Commander U.S. Army Materiel Dep. Dir. Research & Engineering, DOD201718Moorman, Thomas SamuelThomas S. MoormanAir Force Chief climatologist, Air Corps Research Director of weather for Ninth Air Force Superintendent of the US Air Force Academy199742Doleman, Edgar CollinsEdgar C. DolemanArmy Commander 30th Inf. Reg., Italy France. Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Chief of Staff Army in the Pacific1997175Lincoln, Lawrence Joseph LincolnLawrence J. LincolnArmy Corps of Engineers Planning staff Admir.Mountbatten, Asia Deputy Chief of Staff for logistics Commander Fourth Army200012Quinn, William WilsonWilliam W. QuinnArmy Chief of Staff of the G-2, IV Army Corps. Chief of Staff Pentagon Dep. Dir. Defense Intelligence Agency Commander 7th Army2000330Senter, William OscarWilliam O. SenterWILLIAM OSCAR SENTERAir Force Commander Weather Wing, Philippines Director, petroleum logistics policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense200986Engler, Jean EvansJean E. EnglerArmy Commanding general US Army, Japan Deputy commander US Army Vietnam Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics1993243Hurlbut, Oren EugeneOren E. HurlbutArmy Commander Ordnance Weapons Command. Senior Army Rep., Defense Dep. Joint Chief of Staff.2000121Meyer, Richard DavisRichard D. MeyerArmy Chief of Staff for Logistics19987

List of USMA class of 1933 two star major generals (31) +Two Star Major GeneralsUSMAServiceBranchMajor Commands Year DiedClass rankBaumer, William Henry Jr.William H. Baumer Jr.Army USMA as a history instructor Staff of General Eisenhower, (OPD) Planned "Operation Bodyguard" Joint Chiefs of Staff1989199Jensen, Walter AugustWalter A. JensenArmy Deputy Exercise Director, Operation PlumbbobB ACKGROUND INFORMATION ON NEVADA NUCLEAR TESTS "Operation Plumbbob" Commander, 14TH Corps, Vietnam198950Breit, John MartinJohn M. BreitAir Force Dir. plans Alaskan Air Command Commander of the Dep of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations1981215Dahlen, Chester ArthurChester A. DahlenArmy Commander 34th Infantry Reg, 24th Infantry Div, Pacific Deputy Commander, Fourth Army200664Carver, George AllenGeorge A. CarverArmy Commander 542nd Field Artillery BN, 42nd Infantry Div., Patton's army. Commander IV Corps, Army.2003166Bastion, Joseph Edward Jr.Joseph E. Bastion Jr.Army Sec. to Eisenhower Deputy Commander, V Corps, Europe Commandant, the Armor School2009206Chapman, Ethan AllenEthan A. ChapmanArmy Chief of Staff US Forces in JapanCommanders in Chief Pacific1988120Dolph, Cyrus Adba IIICyrus A. Dolph IIIArmy Commander 102d Cavalry Group, 2d Inf. Div., France Deputy Commander, US Forces, Vietnam1985214Hetherington, Travis MonroeTravis M. HetheringtonAir Force Director of Radio and Radar Schools, Air Training Command Chief of staff for operations, Fifth Air Force, Pacific Deputy director of the NSA200266Evans, Roy TrippRoy T. EvansArmy Quartermaster Corps Commandant of Quartermaster School First Exec. Director for Logistics, Plans & Systems, Defense Supply Agcy1976184Gibb, Frederick WilliamFrederick W. GibbArmy Commander 16th Infantry Regiment Oran, Sicily, Normandy, Bulge Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division1968267Evans, Thomas BowesThomas B. EvansArmy Quartermaster Corps G-4, Headquarters and Service Command, Far East Command1997218Gee, Samuel EdwardSamuel E. GeeArmy Commander 164th Infantry Reg, 23d Infantry Div., Philippines Commander 16th Infantry1998298Darnell, Carl Jr.Carl Darnell Jr.Army Army Air Defense Command Sentinel Missile System Chief, Office Reserve Components, Department of the Army1985258Honeycutt, John ThomasJohn T. HoneycuttArmy Planning for Operation Torch Africa & Sicily Operations Div., War Dep. General Staff, Pentagon Asst. COS for Programs, SHAPE199619Gibbs, David ParkerDavid P. GibbsArmy Signal Corps Commander 51st Signal Operations Battalion Chief of Communications-Electronics, Dept. of the Army Staff1987234Gray, David WarrenDavid W. GrayArmy Commander 27th Infantry Reg, 25th Infantry Div, Korea Chief, Subsidiary Activities Div., J-5, Joint Staff, CIA Para-Military Plan, Cuba, DOD Rep to Kennedy 200232Harris, William AllenWilliam A. HarrisArmy Special Plans Branch, 12th US Army Group Created the deception unit knows as the Ghost Army198620McMorrow, Francis JosephFrancis J. McMorrowAir Force Ordnance Officer of the 7th Air Force G4, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe 1st Commander, U.S. Army Missile CommandMG Francis J. McMorrow bio200739Lane, John JosephJohn J. LaneArmy Commander of Military Traffic Management and Terminal ServiceUMC Pastor history and memoirs page 69198965Shinkle, John GardnerJohn G. ShinkleArmy Field Artillery 1st commander, Army Rocket & Guided Missile Agency Director Apollo Manned Space Project NASA23Pottenger, Charles HoffmanCharles H. PottengerAir Force Asst. COS for operations, Tactical Air Force, Italy Commander, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base2004338Maddux, Harold RothHarold R. MadduxAir Force Commander 99th Pursuit Group Commander Air Force in Pacific Director Office of Manpower Req.2002130Welling, Alvin CharlesAlvin C. WellingArmy Corps of Engineers Built the Alcan Highway, Ledo Road Engineer Comm'r of D.C.200827Powers, George ThomasGeorge T. Powers IIIArmy Special Asst. to Joint Chiefs of Staff, for Arms Control Commander 15th Army CorpsPowers-George-III-Maj-Gen.1983181Zierath, Frederick RobertFrederick R. ZierathArmy Commander 1st BN, 19th Inf. Reg., Pacific Commander, 15th Corps1999256Truesdell, Karl Jr.Karl Truesdell Jr.Air Force Commander 29th Bomb Sqn. PR Command Foreign Wing, Air Trans., Pacific Commander of 12th Air Force1978305Thorlin, John FrederickJohn F. ThorlinArmy Ordnance Corps Ordnance Officer in Pacific theater Called "Mr. Armed Forces Automotive" 6/26/62 "Gen. Fred Thorlin Day." in Detroit.2004111Sparrow, Herbert GeorgeHerbert G. SparrowArmy Field Artillery Chief of staff, 98th Division in Japan Army Gen. Staff DC Commander 42nd Field Arty Grp. w/ 1st tactical nukes.MG Herbert George Sparrow obituaryGeneral Herbert G. Sparrow bio200647Calhoun, William RobertsWilliam R. CalhounArmy Field Artillery Commander 50th Field Artillery BN.2000303Chase, Charles HenryCharles H. ChaseArmy Exec. Off. 506th Parachute Inf. "FIVE O SINK" Normandy. G2 of Eighth Army, Korea. Chief, US Advisory Grp in Cambodia1981139Meyer, Richard JohnRichard J. MeyerArmy Signal Corps Commander 57th Signal BN, Italy 1st Commander of STRATCOM1999191

List of USMA class of 1933 one star brigadier generals (41) +One Star Brigadier GeneralsUSMAServiceBranchMajor CommandsYear DiedClass RankDarby, William OrlandoWilliam O. DarbyArmy Founding commander 1st Ranger Battalion, US Army Rangers 1st BN in Oran, Sicily, and Anzio invasions1945177Summerfelt, Milton FrederickMilton F. SummerfeltAir Force Commander 333d Bomb Group, Pacific Deputy chief of staff for ops, Atomic Energy Office Joint Chiefs of Staff1984197Fields, Kenneth E.Kenneth E. FieldsArmy Corps of Engineers Commander 1159th Engr. Combat Grp. Europe Asst. to Gen. Groves & Dir. of Military Applications of the AEC19961Beck, Thomas HerbertThomas H. BeckArmy G-3, 8th Infantry Div.1984208Reynolds, Royal Augustus Jr.Royal A. Reynolds Jr.Army Commander 1st BN Philippines After defeat by Japanese he became a guerrilla fighter203284Tripp, Robert CampbellRobert C. TrippArmy Corps of Engineers Transportation Officer, Third Army. PioneeredRed Ball Express to move supplies. Commander, Army Terminal Command201416Whipple, Sherburne Jr.Sherburne Whipple Jr.Army Cmdr. 92nd Reconnaissance Squadron American rep. on the Demilitarization Cmte. (DMZ) Korea1998174King, Richard Thomas Jr.Richard T. King Jr.Air Force 44th Recon. Sqd. Panama Chief of the Policy Division, Air Force1995277Risden, Richard A.Richard A. RisdenArmy G-1, Berlin Command Commander, 17th Infantry Reg., Korea.1998325Blandford, William OWilliam O. BlandfordArmy Commander of the 3d Battalion, WWII198634Dalton, James Leo IIJames L. Dalton II Army commander the 161st Inf. Luzon asst. commander 25th Infantry Division Killed by sniper. The pass was named after him. Dalton Pass 1945144DeGavre, Chester BraddockChester B. deGavreArmy chief of staff, airborne invasion of southern France Commander, 65th Inf. Reg. Korea1993309Kelley, Laurence BrowningLaurence B. KelleyAir Force 25th Bomb Squadron, France Field, Panama Commander 494th Bomb Group, “Kelly’s Kobras”Pacific Director of logistics plans, Materiel1979152Solomon, Maddrey AllenMaddrey A. SolomonArmy Field Artillery Commander 43rd Div. Artillery Germany Chief of Staff 35th Infantry, EU Joint Chief of Staff1977239Giffin, Sidney FrancisSidney F. GiffinAir Force Chief of the Airdrome Defense Unit, Pacific