Stationed at Fort Monroe throughout World War I, he became commandant of the Coast Artillery School in 1919.

In the last assignment he successfully battled record Mississippi River flood crests.

He was appointed Southwestern Division Engineer (1937–40) and War Department Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (1940–41).

Appointed Chief of Engineers shortly before Pearl Harbor, General Reybold directed the Corps' tremendous range of activities throughout the war and became the first Army officer ever to attain the rank of Lieutenant General while serving in the position of Chief of Engineers.

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