Editing Lloyd Fredendall (section)

==Between the wars==
The [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice of November 11, 1918]], saw Fredendall assigned, like many other officers, to a variety of staff and training duties. He was both student and instructor at the [[United States Army Infantry School|U.S. Army Infantry School]]; was a 1923 distinguished graduate (placing 31 out of 151) of the [[United States Army Command and General Staff College|U.S. Army Command and General Staff School]]; and in 1925, he graduated from the [[United States Army War College|U.S. Army War College]]. He also completed tours of duty in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] at the Statistics Branch, the [[Inspector general|Inspector General]]'s Department (September 1934 to March 1936) and as [[executive officer]] (XO), Office of the Chief of Infantry. These postings led to important contacts that later furthered his military career.<ref name="ossad"/>

In December 1939, during World War II (although the United States was still neutral at this stage), Fredendall was promoted to the [[one-star rank]] of [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]], serving with the [[5th Infantry Division (United States)|5th Infantry Division]]. In October 1940, he was promoted to the [[two-star rank]] of [[Major general (United States)|major general]], and given command of the [[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th Infantry Division]] until July 1941.