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Eastern Defense Command
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<h2 id="commanders">Commanders</h2> <p>The following men served as Commanding General, Eastern Defense Command: </p> <ul><li>Lieutenant General <a href="/facts/Hugh_A._Drum/NNPGEEVP">Hugh A. Drum</a>, 18 March 1941 – 8 October 1943</li> <li>Lieutenant General <a href="/facts/George_Grunert/NDgmopof">George Grunert</a>, 8 October 1943 – 31 July 1945</li> <li>Brigadier General Kenneth P. Lord, (acting) 1 August 1945 – 28 September 1945</li> <li>General <a href="/facts/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_(general)/CTj3dWXm">Jonathan M. Wainwright</a>, 28 September 1945 - 11 January 1946</li> <li>Brigadier General Kenneth P. Lord, 11 January 1946 – 15 March 1946</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Western_Defense_Command/E7WJlx1Q">Western Defense Command</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Central_Defense_Command/mVfP4nyI">Central Defense Command</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Southern_Defense_Command/tJz6zznu">Southern Defense Command</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Alaska_Defense_Command/C5tbHDrE">Alaska Defense Command</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Caribbean_Defense_Command/JhMVN1sI">Caribbean Defense Command</a></li></ul> <ul><li>Conn, Stetson; Engelman, Rose C.; Fairchild, Byron (2000) [1964]. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071225041653/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Guard-US/index.htm#contents"><i>Guarding the United States and its Outposts</i></a>. United States Army in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army. Archived from <a href="http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Guard-US/index.htm#contents">the original</a> on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2013.</li> <li>Connole, Dennis A. (2008). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0raQBAAAQBAJ"><i>The 26th Yankee Division on Coastal Patrol Duty, 1942–1943</i></a>. McFarland. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-78-643142-7.</li> <li>Stanton, Shelby L. (1991). <i>World War II Order of Battle</i>. Galahad Books. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-88365-775-9.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Conn, p. 28 <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Conn, p. 29, 33–39 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Conn, p. 29, 33–39 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Conn, p. 29, 33–39 <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Conn, p. 29, 33–39 <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Map of Continental Defense Organization, from Conn <a href="https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Guard-US/maps/map1.htm" target="_blank">https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/Guard-US/maps/map1.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Conn, pp. 39–40, 44 <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Conn, p. 95 <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>'Massachusetts own 104th U.S. Infantry Regiment', published and distributed under the Auspices of the 104th U.S. Infantry Regiment Veterans' Association. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Conn, pp. 36–39 <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Stanton, pp. 101–102, 217, 224, 232, 252 <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Conn, p. 44 <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>