I'm just curious if anyone knows this. I'm assuming, perhaps wrongly, that his permanent rank wasn't major. What was his rank when he was reactivated? What was his rank at the time of the ceasefire?

Thanks!

As far as I recal, he never went. A friend from his war days made sure he didn't need to as he had done enough for his country already. I think he may have trained recruits though.

Thanks. I knew he never had a combat billet in Korea, but I thought he trained paratroop officers for all or most of the conflict.

He was promoted to Major in February 1945 (I think) and eventually was separated from the US Army at that rank. BK

OK, thanks. I was curious because of what I read about Gen. Eisenhower (and knew about otehrs). When he was promoted to MG, his permanent rank was raised to colonel. It wasn't until he was promoted Gen. of the Army that the rank he held and his permanent rank were the same. MacArthur had to negotiate a continuance in his rank of BG after WW I, and did so by agreeing to become the superintendent of West Point. Absent that, he would most likely have reverted to LC or major.

Makes sense, the military needs many more officers of all grades during a hot war.

So when Winters was re-upped in '50, he was recalled at his old rank? And not promoted in three years?

In Winters' book with Col. Kingseed he talks about his recall during the Korean War. His permanent rank was Major, and that was the rank he returned to when recalled.

He indeed trained officers for the war (and was not very pleased with the "raw material" he'd been given) and also went through Ranger training himself.

He was scheduled to go to Korea but at the last minute a new directive came out which allowed any officer with the rank of major or above who had been involuntarily recalled to service to opt out of combat if they so desired. Winters took them up on the offer, as he hadn't wanted to go back into the army in the first place, and was then permanently retired with the rank of Major.