13 July 1944 Lieutenant General Ben Lear 14 July 1944 – 20 January 1945 General Joseph Stilwell 22 January 1945 – 22 June 1945 General Jacob L. Devers 29 June 1945 – 9 March 1948 Notes References Further reading Origins of the Army Ground Forces General Headquarters, United States Army, 1940–1942. 1946. At the United States Army Center of Military History A Short History of the Army Ground Forces. 1946. At the United States Army Center of Military History Training in Mountain and Winter Warfare. 1946. At the United States Army Center of Military History American Theater of World War II United States Army in World War II Military units and formations established in 1942