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Courtney H. Hodges als Generalleutnant. Courtney Hicks Hodges (* 5. Januar 1887 in Perry, Houston County, Georgia; † 16. Januar 1966 in San Antonio, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer General im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Courtney H. Hodges war vom 1. August 1944 bis zu seiner Zurruhesetzung 1949 Oberbefehlshaber der 1.
General Courtney Hicks Hodges (January 5, 1887 – January 16, 1966) was a decorated senior officer in the United States Army who commanded First U.S. Army in the Western European Campaign of World War II. Hodges was a notable "mustang" officer, rising from private to general.
Courtney Hicks Hodges American army officer who led the First Army across western Europe in 1944–45 during World War II. Hodges enlisted in the army in 1906 as a private and earned a commission as a second lieutenant in 1909. He was with General John J. Pershing’s punitive expedition into Mexico in.
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4. Okt. 2019 · Der General: General Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887 - 1966), eigentlich ein Geheimdienstmann, erlebte unter General Omar Bradley einen steilen Aufstieg und wurde nach der Landung in der...
4. Okt. 2019 · Der General: General Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887 - 1966), eigentlich ein Geheimdienstmann, erlebte unter General Omar Bradley einen steilen Aufstieg und wurde nach der Landung in der...
General Courtney Hodges rose through the ranks to command a U.S. field army in World War II. Hodges’ unit, the 13th Infantry Regiment, was rotated back to the United States. There he was transferred to the 6th Infantry Regiment at El Paso, Texas, and applied for the Army’s Aviation Section of the Signal Corps.
Courtney Hicks Hodges was born in Perry, Georgia, on 5 January 1887. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with the incoming class of 1908 in June 1904, a member of the same class as George S. Patton Jr.
