Following the War, he remained in the Army and rose to the general's rank during World War II. Weems served as Assistant Commandant of the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in Georgia for the duration of the World War II and after the surrender of Nazi Germany, he was a U.S. Military Representative on Allied Control Commission for Hungary.[2][3]
Weems graduated on April 20, 1917, with Bachelor of Science degree, shortly following the United States entry into World War I, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Infantry Branch. He was ordered to the Army Camp at Syracuse, New York, where he completed his basic training with 9th Infantry Regiment and was promoted to First lieutenant in May that year. The 9th Infantry embarked for France as the part of 2nd Infantry Division in September 1917 and Weems was meanwhile promoted to the temporary rank of captain on August 5.[1][2]
He arrived in France by the end of September 1917 and following a month of intensive training, Weems assumed command of regimental Machine gun company. Weems went to the trench sector near Verdun in mid-March 1918 and remained there until the beginning of May that year. He subsequently led his company during the Château-Thierry operation and distinguished himself during the capture of Vaux on July 1–2, 1918.[2]
Weems personally took charge of his advanced positions and manned captured enemy machine guns on an exposed flank of the battalion. By his coolness and daring in fearlessly exposing himself to the enemy fire in order that he might personally direct the fire of his guns, he succeeded in breaking down the counterattack of the enemy upon the exposed flank of his battalion. For his leadership and gallantry in action, he was decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, the second highest decoration of the United States Military for bravery. He also received Silver Star for bravery in the later phase of the battle.[5][2]
Weems rejoined 9th Infantry Regiment in December 1918 and took part in the Allied occupation of the Rhineland until the end of July 1919. He returned to the United States, was reverted to the peacetime rank of Captain and assumed duty as Commander of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion at Camp Travis in Texas. He was ordered to the Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in August 1920 and served as an instructor in Machine Guns until May 1922, when he entered the Company Officers Class Course at the Infantry School.[1][2]
He graduated one year later and assumed duty as Professor of Military Science & Tactics at Davidson College in North Carolina. In June 1927 Weems reported to the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth as a student officer and following the graduation in June 1928, he returned to the Military Academy at West Point as an Assistant Instructor in the Department of Tactics.[1][2]
Weems served there until June 1929, when he was transferred to the Air Corps Tactical School at Langley Field, Virginia, for duty as an instructor in Infantry Tactics. When the school moved to Maxwell Field at Montgomery, Alabama, in 1931, Weems went with the school and continued as an instructor there until June 1933. During his time at the Air Corps Tactical School, he was promoted to major on December 1, 1932, and organized the G.H. Weems Educational Fund to aid deserving students who are unable to finance their college education.[1][2]
He subsequently entered the Army War College in Washington, D.C., and following the graduation in July 1934, he entered the two-month course at Chemical Warfare School at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. Weems then served as the Executive Officer of the 22nd Infantry Regiment at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and also Executive Officer of Fort McClellan until September 1935, when he was transferred to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, for duty as Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations (G-3) of 2nd Infantry Division.[1][2]
In May 1939, Weems was ordered to the Caribbean and assumed duty as Chief of U.S. Military Mission to Haiti with the headquarters in Port-au-Prince. On July 1, 1940, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and to colonel on January 15, 1941. He departed Haiti in November that year and received National Order of Honour and Merit in recognition of his merits during organization of Haitian Military Academy. Weems also cooperated with Bolivia and Brazil and was also decorated by that countries.[1][2][3][6]
World War II
Weems returned to the United States shortly before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor and assumed command of 22nd Infantry Regiment now at Fort Benning, Georgia. Upon the United States entry into World War II, he was transferred to the staff of Army Infantry School at Fort Benning in February 1942 and assumed duty as Assistant Commandant of the School under Major general Leven C. Allen.[1][2][3]
For his new billet, Weems was promoted to the temporary rank of Brigadier general on September 10, 1942, and was instrumental in training more than 60,000 young Second Lieutenants of Infantry, as well as thousands of officers and enlisted personnel. He also went overseas, when he was sent to the special observation mission to the European Theater of Operations from November 1944 to January 1945 and to the Philippines from August to November 1945. Weems was present in Manila on V-J Day. For his service at the Army Infantry School, he was decorated with Legion of Merit.[5][2][3]
In July 1949, Weems returned to the United States and was appointed Chief of the Georgia Military District. He retired from active duty on September 30, 1951, after 34 years of commissioned service.[1][2][3]
Death
Following the retirement from the Army, Weems returned to his residence in Waverly, Tennessee, and was active in Methodist Church. Brigadier general George H. Weems died on February 25, 1957, at U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Campbell following a ten days of hospitalization. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. In April 1970, Weems Pound at Fort Benning, a part of the Army's Rangers training, was named in his honor.[2]
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