Please identify this General

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HD_Rider

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Hello all,
I am doing some research of photos that are in my collection and was wondering if any of you can recognize the man on the left? Thank you for looking. Bob

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Working on this one, I thought I had is sorted but it turns out I was about 20 years out.

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There was a note in the album stating that this was Gen. Pickering but I feel that this is incorrect. Again I appreciate your effort as I would like to correct any notation errors. Thanks, Bob
 
HD_Rider said:
There was a note in the album stating that this was Gen. Pickering but I feel that this is incorrect. Again I appreciate your effort as I would like to correct any notation errors. Thanks, Bob
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Actually I think it is Brigadier general J.A. Pickering.

He was Executive Officer, Reserve Officers Training Corps. 1937 – 1940 at Purdue University and when you compare your photo with that of Pickering from the 1940 University yearbook I think resemblance is pretty good.

Your Photo:
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Purdue 1940 Photo:
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MontyB said:
I think the resemblance is pretty good.
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I would say it's more than pretty good, I would say it's a dead on match. He even looks the same age in both photos. Thanks again Greg, you are quite the investigative historian! Any idea where this photo was taken? I have no notes about that. Bob
 
HD_Rider said:
I would say it's more than pretty good, I would say it's a dead on match. He even looks the same age in both photos. Thanks again Greg, you are quite the investigative historian! Any idea where this photo was taken? I have no notes about that. Bob
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Actually Pickering is a very hard man to find, the web holds almost no information on him and I was just lucky that a friend knew he was at Purdue University as he had attended the same institution and Purdue has all its year books online that I found anything about him.

My understanding is that he commanded the Artillery attached to the 8th Infantry Division and for a short time was acting commander the 8th ID in Jan 1945.

But outside that there is very little information about the man.
 
HD_Rider said:
I would say it's more than pretty good, I would say it's a dead on match. He even looks the same age in both photos. Thanks again Greg, you are quite the investigative historian! Any idea where this photo was taken? I have no notes about that. Bob
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Hmm it would be very difficult to determine where the picture was taken as there is almost no background to help.
 
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