sentences:  Wilby was promoted to the rank of major general on September 29, 1941.On January 13, 1942, Wilby was selected to be appointed a Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and he stayed in this capacity for the whole World War II until September 4, 1945.His last military assignment was at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, Virginia, where he served as a commander of the Engineer school until January 31, 1946, when he finally retired from the Army.