On 11 January 1946, he was named commander of the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, filling the vacancy left by the 21 November 1945 death of Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Patch, formerly commander of the Seventh Army in the closing days of World War II, had returned to the United States in August 1945 because of poor health to head the Fourth Army.
On 11 January 1946, he was named commander of the Fourth Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, filling the vacancy left by the 21 November 1945 death of Lieutenant General Alexander Patch. Patch, formerly commander of the Seventh Army in the closing days of World War II, had returned to the United States in August 1945 because of poor health to head the Fourth Army