World War II George Douglas Wahl (October 15, 1895 – March 24, 1981) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of Brigadier General.

Other classmates include: Clare H. Armstrong, Aaron Bradshaw Jr., Mark W. Clark, John T. Cole, Norman D. Cota, John M. Devine, William W. Eagles, Theodore L. Futch, Charles H. Gerhardt, Augustus M. Gurney, Ernest N. Harmon, William Kelly Harrison Jr., Robert W. Hasbrouck, Frederick A. Irving, Laurence B. Keiser, Charles S. Kilburn, Bryant E. Moore, Daniel Noce, Onslow S. Rolfe, Herbert N. Schwarzkopf, Albert C. Smith, Raymond E. S. Williamson, and George H.

[2] Upon his graduation from the Naval War College, Wahl was promoted to lieutenant colonel on June 1, 1940, and ordered to the headquarters of Seventh Corps Area in Omaha, Nebraska, and served under Major general George V. Strong as Assistant chief of staff for operations (G-3) until November 1941.

[1][2] Wahl was ordered to Camp Philips, Kansas, in February 1944 and succeeded his West Point Classmate, Augustus M. Gurney as Artillery Commanding officer of 79th Infantry Division (Cross of Lorraine) under Major general Ira T. Wyche.

The 79th Division finally landed in France on D-Day+6 and participated as the part of Major general J. Lawton Collins' VII Corps in the Battle of Cherbourg and captured Fort du Roule.

[2] Following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945, 79th Division participated in the occupation duty in the area of Dortmund and later in Bavaria and Wahl was ordered back to the United States for new assignment in June 1945.

[1][2] Wahl was reverted to the peacetime rank of Colonel on February 28, 1946, and ordered to San Francisco, California, where he joined the headquarters of 9th Service Command under Major general William E. Shedd.