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Roscoe Barnett „Woody“ Woodruff war ein US-amerikanischer Offizier und Generalmajor der US Army, der unter anderem Kommandeur verschiedener Infanteriedivisionen sowie Korps und 1949 bis 1950 zwei Mal kommissarischer Kommandierender General der Ersten US-Armee war.
Major General Roscoe Barnett Woodruff (February 9, 1891 – July 24, 1975) was a career United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II and served for 38 years. During World War II he commanded divisions and corps in Europe and the Pacific.
- 1915–1953
- United States Army
The 77th Sustainment Brigade is a unit of the United States Army that inherited the lineage of the 77th Infantry Division ("Statue of Liberty" [1] ), which served in World War I and World War II.
- Colonel Thomas J Kim
- United States Army
- Brigade
- United States
WOODRUFF, ROSCOE B.: Manuscript of The World War II of Major General Roscoe B. Woodruff, 1941-45 (photocopy). Commanding General, 77th Division, 1942-43; Commanding General, VII Corps, European Theater, 1943-44; Commanding General, 24th Division, Southwest Pacific, 1944-45. -1 foot.
Krueger, in turn, gave the task to Major General Roscoe B. Woodruff's 24th Infantry Division, with the 19th Infantry and the separate 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team of Lieutenant Colonel George M. Jones to spearhead the assault.
- December 13–16, 1944
- Mindoro Island, Philippines
- Allied victory
The 24th Infantry Division was among the first to see combat in World War II and among the last to stop fighting. The Division was on Oahu, with Headquarters at Schofield Barracks, when the...
In early February, when Major General Roscoe B. Woodruff, Commanding General, I Corps, returned to the United States on temporary assignment, Major General Hunt, as the region's senior division commander, assumed command of the Corps, a position he held until General Woodruff's return on 5 April.
