World War II Aaron Bradshaw Jr. CBE (July 1, 1894 – November 8, 1976) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of major general.

After graduating from high school, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, where he was a member of the Class of 1917, which produced more than 55 future general officers, including two Army Chiefs of Staff: Joseph L. Collins and Matthew Ridgway.

[2][3] Other classmates included Clare H. Armstrong, Mark W. Clark, John T. Cole, Norman Cota, John M. Devine, William W. Eagles, Theodore Leslie Futch, Charles H. Gerhardt, Augustus M. Gurney, Ernest N. Harmon, William Kelly Harrison Jr., Arthur M. Harper, Robert W. Hasbrouck, Frederick Augustus Irving, Laurence B. Keiser, Charles S. Kilburn, Bryant Moore, Daniel Noce, Onslow S. Rolfe, Herbert N. Schwarzkopf, Albert C. Smith, George D. Wahl, Raymond E. S. Williamson, and George H.

[1][5] Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Bradshaw was promoted to the temporary rank of colonel on December 11, 1941, and appointed deputy chief of staff for training at Fort Stewart.

With the upcoming Operation Torch, an Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa, he was ordered to England in mid-September 1942 and assumed duty as chief of anti-aircraft section, Allied Force Headquarters, in London under Lieutenant General Dwight D.

[7] Following the end of hostilities, Bradshaw took command of the 71st Anti-Aircraft Brigade, tasked with disarming the German 14th Army under General Joachim Lemelsen and placing them into prisoner-of-war camps.

[1] He reverted to the peacetime rank of colonel by the end of December 1945 and was ordered to Berlin, Germany, where he served as deputy chief of plans and operations, Army Service Forces.