Career
He was a student at the United States. Naval Academy at Annapolis from 1915 to 1916, but he left the USNA and enlisted in the United States. Army. He was sent to France during, where he earned a battlefield commission. He was promoted to the rank of Captain, which he held for 12 years.
Bolling commanded the 84th Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations during I. After the war, Bolling was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1952 and assumed command of the Third United States. Army.
Upon his retirement in 1955, he made his home in Satellite Beach, Florida. Lieutenant General Bolling died on June 4, 1964, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
