George Whitfield Jack, Jr., known as Whitfield Jack or Whit Jack (July 10, 1906 – April 23, 1989), was a United States Army colonel in World War II, a major general of the United States Army Reserve, and a prominent attorney in his native Shreveport, Louisiana.
Jack's father, George W.
Jack, a native of Natchitoches, Louisiana, was from 1917 to 1924 a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; his brother, Wellborn Jack, was from 1940 to 1964 a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
In World War II, Jack was a G-2 Intelligence Officer on the staff of General Matthew B.
Ridgway.
From 1952 to 1960, he was the commander of the 75th Infantry Division of the United States Army Reserve.