Background
Swing, Joseph M. was born on February 28, 1894 in Jersey City. Son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Snellgrove) Swing.
Swing, Joseph M. was born on February 28, 1894 in Jersey City. Son of Joseph and Mary Ann (Snellgrove) Swing.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1915. Graduate Field Artillery School, 1926, Command and General staff schedul, 1927, Army War College, 1935.
Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1915, and advanced through the grades to Lieutenant general, February 1951. Served on Punitive Expedition, Mexico, 1916. Commanded Headquarters Battery, 8th Field Artillery, Fort Bliss, 1916.
Instructor 1st O.T.C., Fort Meyer, Virginia, April-May 1917.
Aide de camp to General March, Washington, District of Columbia, 1917. Adjutant and captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, France, August 1917-March 1918.
War Department General Staff, Washington, District of Columbia, March 1918. Aide de camp to chief of staff, April 1918-May 1919.
Commanding 1st Battalion, 11th Field Artillery, Hawaii, 1920-1925, 9th Field Artillery Battalion, Fort Des Moines, 1925-1926.
Instructor Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, 1927-1931. Office Chief of Field Artillery, Washington, District of Columbia, 1931-1934. Executive 6th Field Artillery, Fort Hoyle, Maryland., 1936-1938.
General Staff, 2d Division, Fort Sam Houston, 1938-1940.
Commanded artillery 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, 1940-1941. Commanding artillery, 82d Infantry Division, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 1942.
Commanding general 11th Air Force Division, Camp Mackell, North Carolina, February 1942. Commanded 11th Airborne Division in retaking Manila, February 1945, and in occupation of Japan, August 1945.
Commanding general 1st Corps, 1948.
Participated in New Guinea, Leyte and Luzon campaigns. Commanding general Artillery Center and commandant Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1949-1950. Commandant Army War College, commanding general Fort Leavenworth 1950-1951.
Commanding general of Sixth Army, 1951-1954.
Retired from army, 1954. Commissioner of immigration and naturalization Department of Justice, from 1954.
Clubs: Army and Navy, Army and Navy Country (Washington).
Married Josephine Mary March, June 8, 1918. Children: Joseph March, Mary Annual.