His roommate and fellow "C" Company cadet was William H. Baumer who later became an Army Major General and was a key member of the team that created and implemented Operation Bodyguard.

[1][2][3] Sep.1962 – Sep. 1966Montgomery was assigned as vice commander in chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, at Wiesbaden AB, Germany, September 1, 1962, with promotion to the grade of lieutenant general.

At the end of his Pentagon tour he was presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by General LeMay, U.S, Air Force chief of staff.

[3] 1947–1949A 1947 graduate of the Air War College, Montgomery became a member of the Joint Strategic Plans and Operations Group for General Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo.

[3] 1949–1952Returning to the U.S. in 1949, he was assigned to Biggs Air Force Base in Texas and early in 1950 became deputy commander of the 97th Bombardment Wing located there.