that regiment, he was promoted to the temporary rank of Brigadier general on July 15, 1941 and assumed duty as Assistant Division Commander, 6th Infantry Division under Major general Franklin C. Sibert. He participated in the desert training in California and embarked with the division to Hawaii in July 1943 for defense of the islands. Adler participated in the coordination of the defense plans of Oahu and received Bronze Star Medal. The Sixth Division then conducted intensive jungle training until January 1944, when it received orders to reinforce allied units on Southwest Pacific. Adler participated in the New Guinea campaign until June 1944, when became ill and was shipped to the United States for treatment. Unfortunately his illness was so serious, Adler was declared unfit for active duty and reverted to an inactive status on November 17, 1944. At least his service with 6th Infantry Division on New Guinea was recognized with Legion of Merit. Postwar career Adler returned to his job with The New York Times as General manager and also resumed his work as the president and publisher of The Chattanooga Times. Shortly following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945, Adler and several other newspapers executive, visited Concentration camps in Germany at the invitation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Another tour of duty came in August and September 1945, when he was invited by Secretary of the Navy, James V. Forrestal to the Pacific Theater of Operations to obtain firsthand observation of the military operations. While in the Pacific, Japan surrendered and Adler filed dispatches to his newspaper aboard the U.S. warships in Tokyo Bay. Following the activation of 77th Infantry Division as the part of Army Organized Reserve, general Courtney Hodges, commanding general, First United States Army, appointed Adler as 77th Division commanding general. Adler commanded his division during the postwar training period at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey and received promotion to major general on January 24, 1948. He also served as the President of the Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association, 1949–1951 and a Reserve member of the Components Policy Board. Adler was the president and publisher of The Chattanooga Times, and general manager of The New York Times until his death on October 3, 1955. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Personal life Adler married to Barbara Stettheimer in 1922. They had two daughters, Barbara A. Katzander and Nancy J. Adler, and a