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1939-1945

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Haislip, Wade Hampton "Ham"	09.07.1889 Woodstock, VA - 23.12.1971 Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, DC [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 12.06.1912 [O3374] ... ... Brig.Gen. (T) 01.1941 Maj.Gen. (T) 03.1942 Lt.Gen. (T) 15.04.1945 Maj.Gen. 1947 Gen. 01.10.1949 (retd 31.07.1951) DSM ? 4 x LM ? ? BSM ? 2 x	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1912; grad. # 5054) 12.06.1912 commissioned in the infantry 1938 - 02.1942 served with the Budget and Legislative Planning Division, War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) 15.05.1942 - 20.02.1943 Commanding General, 85th Infantry Division 02.1943 - 06.1945 Commanding General, XV Corps (US; UK; NW Europe) 06.1945 - 08.1945 Commanding General, Seventh Army 09.1945 - 04.1946 President, Secretary of War's Personnel Board 1946 - 1948 senior member, Chief of Staff's Advisory Group 1948 - 1949 Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration, US Army 1949 - 1951 Vice Chief of Staff, US Army Governor of the US Soldiers Home in Washington, DC, 1951-1966.
Hall, Charles Philip	12.12.1886 Sardis, MS - 26.01.1953 Brooke Army Hospital [Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX]	2nd Lt. 1911 [O3078] ... ... Brig.Gen. 01.1941 Maj.Gen. 03.1942 Lt.Gen. 28.06.1945 (retd 31.12.1948; disability) DSC ? ? DSM ? 2 x SSM ? 3 x BSM ? ? PH ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1911; grad. # 4957) 1911 commissioned in the infantry 1941 - 1942 with 3rd Division (Fort Lewis, WA) 08.1941 - 09.1941 Commanding General, 3rd Division (Fort Lewis, WA) 03.1942 - 10.1942 Commanding General, 93rd Infantry Division 20.10.1942 - 1946 Commanding General, XI Corps 1946 - 1948 War Department General Staff (Washington, DC)
Harding, Horace	29.05.1896 Washington, DC - 29.12.1991 NY ?	2nd Lt. 30.08.1917 [O9530] ... ... Brig.Gen. (T) 07.02.1943 (reverted to Col. 03.1946) Brig.Gen. ? (retd 30.06.1953) DSC ? ? LM ? 2 x BSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-30.08.1917; grad. # 5888) 30.08.1917 commissioned in the infantry 1942 - 1945 Artillery Officer, then Artillery Commander, I Corps 1945 - 1945 Commanding General, Eighth Army Area Command 1951 - 1952  Commanding General, 40th Division Artillery (Korean war) 1953 - 1953 HQ 1st Army
Harman, John Milton	13.09.1891 PA -	2nd Lt. 09.07.1918 (accepted 15.08.1918) [O11358] 1st Lt. 09.07.1918 Capt. 01.12.1933 Maj. ? Lt.Col. ? Col. ? (retd 30.09.1946; disability)	Education: graduate Engineering School, Company Officer's course; Pennsylvania State College (BS in Civil Engineering, 1913) 17.09.1917 - 07.07.1918 Private & Sergeant, 311th Field Artillery 08.07.1918 - 15.08.1918 2nd Lieutenant, Engineers, National Army 09.07.1918 commissioned, Corps of Engineers (01.1931) ROTC, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (10.1939) O. District Engineer, Security Mutual Life Insurance Building, Binghamton, NY
Harmon, Ernest Nason "Old Gravel Voice" Son of Ernest Josiah and Junietta (Spaulding) Harmon. Married (15.08.1917) Leona Tuxbury; three sons, two daughters.	26.02.1894  Lowell, MA - 13.11.1979  White River Junction, VT	2nd Lt. 20.04.1917 [O5282] 1st Lt. 05.1917 Capt. (T) 08.1917 Capt. 08.1920 Maj. 11.1932 Lt.Col. 1940 Brig.Gen. (T) 11.1941 Maj.Gen. (T) 17.08.1942 Maj.Gen. 02.02.1943 (retd 29.02.1948) DSC ? ? DSM ? 3 x SSM ? 2 x LM ? 3 x BSM ? ? AM ? ? CR ? ? PH ? ? LegH ? ? CdeG ? ? CB? ? ? OON ? ? Star of Ouissam (Morocco); Order of Red Banner (Russia); Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus and Silver Star (Italy); Commander, Order of Leopold I (Belgium); Order of White Lion 2nd class and War Cross (Czechoslovakia); Croix the Guerre and Fouragier (Belgium) LL.D. Middlebury College (1952), LL.D. St. Michael's (1955), LL.D. University of Vermont (1966)	Education: Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. (1912-1913); US Military Academy, West Point (1913-20.04.1917); School of Musketry, Fort Sill, Okl. (12.1917); Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans. (1920-06.1921); Command & General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans. (1931-06.1933); Army War College (1933-06.1934); Field Officer's Course of the Chemical Warfare School, Maryland (08.1934) 20.04.1917 commissioned in the cavalry (2nd Cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen, VT; Camp Devens, MA) 03.1918 - 06.1919 with the AEF (France) 06.1919 - 1920 with the 2nd Cavalry (Fort Riley, KS) 08.1921 - 1925 instructor, US Military Academy (West Point, NY) 1925 - 1927 with the 6th Cavalry (Fort Oglethorpe, GA) 1927 - 1931 (Assistant) Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant, Norwich University (Northfield, VT); honorary Master of Science (SM), 1931 1934 - 08.1935 commander of a squadron, 8th Cavalry (Fort Bliss, TX) 08.1935 - 06.1939 War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) 06.1939 - 07.1940 with the 1st Cavalry (Fort Knox, KY) 07.1940 - 11.1941 Assistant Chief of Staff for Supply, I Armored Corps (Fort Knox, KY) 11.1941 - 06.1942 Chief of Staff, HQ Armored Force (Fort Knox, KY) 1942 Commanding General, Southern Landing Force (North Africa) 07.1942 - 06.04.1943 Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division (North Africa) 02.1943 deputy corps commander (battle of Kasserine Pass) 09.04.1943 - 07.1944 Commanding General, 1st Armored Division (Tunisia, Sicily, Italy) 07.1944 - 08.1944 Commanding General, XXIII Corps (Camp Bowie, Tex.) 12.09.1944 - 18.01.1945 Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division (Belgium) 23.01.1945 - 10.01.1946 Commanding General, XXII Corps (NW Europe) 04.1945 - 10.01.1946 also: 1st Military Governor, Rhine province & Commander US army of occupation, Czechoslovakia 10.01.1946 - 01.05.1947 Commanding General, VI Corps, 5.1946 reformed as: United States Constabulary (Germany) 10.01.1947 - 14.03.1946 Commanding General, Third Army 14.03.1947 - 29.02.1948 Deputy Commanding General, Army Ground Forces President, Norwich University (Northfield, VT.); Dr. Engineering (hon.), 1965 Published: Combat commander : autobiography of a soldier (1970)
Harper, Arthur McKinley	23.12.1893 Minneapolis, MN - 23.02.1972 St Petersburg, FL	2nd Lt. 20.04.1917 [O5288] ... ... Brig.Gen. 05.1942 Maj.Gen. 01.1945 (retd 12.1953; disability) LM ? 3 x BSM ? ? CR ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-20.04.1917; grad. # 5684) 20.04.1917 commissioned in the cavalry 1936 - 1940 Professor of Military Science and Tactics, Xavier University 1940 - 1942 Commanding Officer, 60th Field Artillery Battalion 04.1942 - 09.1943 with 30th Infantry Division 1943 - 1944 Artillery Commander, III Corps 1944 - 1944 Artillery Commander, XXIV Corps 11.1944 - 16.02.1946 Commanding General, 98th Infantry Division
Hart, Charles Edward	17.09.1900 Fort Washington, MD - 09.12.1991 Fort Belvoir, VA [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 12.06.1924 ... ... Maj. (T) 1941 Maj. 1941 Lt.Col. (T) 1941 Col. (T) 1943 Brig.Gen. (T) 08.1944 Lt.Col. 1947 Col. 1948 Maj.Gen. 1952 Lt.Gen. 1954 (retd 08.1960) DSM ? 2 x LM ? 2 x CR ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1920-12.06.1924; grad. # 7517) 12.06.1924 commissioned in the field artillery 1935 - 1940 instructor (Commanding Officer, Battery "A"), US Military Academy, West Point, NY 1940 - 1942 Instructor, Field Artillery School 1942 - 1943 Artillery Commander, II Corps 1943 - 1945 Artillery Commander, First Army 1945 - 1947 Deputy Chief of Staff, First Army 1953 - 1954 Commanding General, The Artillery Center & Commandant, The Artillery School (Fort Sill, OK) 1954 - 1956 Commanding General, V Corps 1956 - 1957 Commanding General, Second Army 1957 - 1960 Commanding General, Army Air Defense Command
Hartle, Russell Peter	26.06.1889 Chernsville, MD - 23.11.1961 ?	2nd Lt. 1910 [O2914] ... ... Brig.Gen. 10.1940 Maj.Gen. 31.10.1941 (retd 30.06.1946) DSM ? ? LM ? ?	Education: University of Maryland (BA, 1910) 1910 commissioned in the infantry 1939 - ? Executive Officer, 65th Infantry Regiment (Puerto Rico) ? - 1940 Commanding Officer, 65th Infantry Regiment (Puerto Rico) 1940 - 1941 Commander, Puerto Rico Mobile Force 1941 - 1941 with 6th Infantry Division 08.1941 - 05.1942 Commanding General, 34th Infantry Division (US; Northern Ireland) [from 27.01.1942 also temporary Commanding General, US Army Northern Ireland Force] 20.05.1942 [07.05.1942?] - 14.07.1943 Commanding General, V Army Corps [19.08.1942 resdesignated: V Corps] & Commanding General, US Army Northern Ireland Force [later: Commanding General, US Forces in the United Kingdom] 20.06.1942 - 24.06.1942 also: acting Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA) 02.11.1942 - end01.1943 Executive Deputy Commander, European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA) 1943 - 1945 Commanding General, Branch Immaterial Replacement Training Center (Camp Fannin)
Hawkins Jr., Jesse Martin	10.08.1909 Missouri - 31.08.1944 Personne, France (KIA) [age 35]	2nd Lt. 06.1933 [O19225] 1st Lt. 13.06.1936 Maj. (1942/43) Lt.Col. (1944) SSM ? ? BSM ? ? BSM ? ? PH ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (1933; grad. # 9855) 06.1933 commissioned in the cavalry (10.1939) 13th Cavalry Regiment (Fort Knox, Ky.) (1942) - (1943) CO 2nd Battalion, 81st Armored Regiment, 5th Armored Division 27.04.1944 - 31.08.1944 G2, 2nd Armored Division (killed in action, France)
Helmick, Charles Gardiner	07.07.1892 Fort Sherman, ID - 19.12.1991 Alexandria, VA	2nd Lt. 1913 [O3606] ... ... Brig.Gen. 04.1942 Maj.Gen. 22.10.1944 (retd 31.07.1952) DSM ? ? SSM ? 4 x LM ? 3 x BSM ? ? AM ? ? CR ? ?	Education: US Naval Academy 1913 commissioned in the field artillery 1941 - 1942 Chief of the Budget Branch, War Department General Staff, then at Services of Supply 1942 - 1943 Artillery Commander, 35th Infantry Division 1943 - ? Commanding General, 76th Field Artillery Brigade ? - 1945 Artillery Commander, V Corps (Normandy, Ardennes) 1945 - 1946 Commanding General, Fort Meade
Hendrix, Raleigh Raymond	07.09.1901 Skeedee, OK - 09.1986 Monterey, CA	2nd Lt. 1924 [O15879] ... ... Brig.Gen. 09.1943 (reverted to Col. 04.1946) Maj.Gen. 01.07.1951 (retd 09.1961) DSM ? ? LM ? 3 x BSM ? ?	Education: ? 1924 commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps 1940 - 1942 with 63rd Coast Artillery Regiment 07.1942 - 10.1943 Assistant Anti-Aircraft Officer, Allied Force HQ, European Theater of Operations 1943 - 1944 Commanding General. 71st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade 08.1944 - 09.1945 Artillery Commander, II Corps 1945 - 1946 Commanding General, War Department Personnel Center, Camp Grant
Henion, Karl Eugene Son of Irving W. Henion.	02.06.1895 New York, NY - 19.08.1983 Austin, TX  [Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas]	2nd Lt. ? [O7236] ... ... Maj. ? Col. ?	Education: ? ? commissioned in the infantry 1927 - 1932 Commandant of Cadets, Texas Military Institute 21.08.1939 - (10.1939) Organized Reserves, 9th Corps Area (Federal Office Building, Seatlle, WA) 07.1942 - 12.1944 Chief of Staff, V Army Corps [19.08.1942 redesignated: V Corps]
Hershey, Lewis Blaine	12.09.1893 Angola, IN - 20.05.1977	2nd Lt. ? ... ... Brig.Gen. 10.1940 Maj.Gen. 04.1942 Lt.Gen. 06.1956 Gen. 11.1969 (retd 03.1973) DSM ? ?	Education: ? 1920 commissioned, Field Artillery, Regular Army 1936 - 1940 Secretary, Joint Army and Navy Selective Service Committee 1940 - 1970 Deputy Director, then Director of Selective Service
Hodge, John Reed	12.06.1893 Golconda, IL - 12.11.1963 Washington, DC [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 1917 ... ... Lt.Col. 1940 Brig.Gen. (T) 06.1942 Maj.Gen. (T) 04.1943 Lt.Gen. (T) 06.1945 Gen. 05.07.1952 (retd 30.06.1953) DSM ? 4 x LM ? ? AM ? ? PH ? ?	Education: Southern Illinois Teachers College (1911-...); University of Illinois (...-1917)  1917 commissioned in the infantry 1936 - 1941 War Department General Staff (Washington, DC) 12.1941 - 1941 Chief of Staff, VII Corps 06.1942 - 1943 Assistant Division Commander, 25th Infantry Division (Guadalcanal) 29.05.1943 - 01.04.1944 Commanding General, Americal Division (Fiji Islands) 09.04.1944 - 15.08.1948 Commanding General, XXIV Corps (Central Pacific Area; Philippines campaign; assault on Okinawa) 09.09.1945 - 15.08.1948 also: Commanding General, American Forces, Korea 01.11.1948 - 31.08.1950 Commanding General, V Corps (Fort Bragg, NC) 09.1950 - 05.1952 Commanding General, Third Army & Commanding General, Fort McPherson, GA 05.1952 - 06.1953 Chief of Army Field Forces
Hodges, Campbell Blackshear	27.03.1881 Bossier Parish, LA - 23.11.1944 Baton Rouge, LA ? [West Point Post Cemetery]	2nd Lt. 11.06.1903 [O1820] ... ... Brig.Gen. 22.12.1936 Maj.Gen. 01.09.1940 (retd 30.06.1941; disability) DSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-11.06.1903; grad. # 4177) 11.06.1903 commissioned in the infantry 1936 - 1939 Commanding General, 14th Brigade & Fort Snelling, MN 24.10.1939 - 03.09.1940 Commanding General, 5th Infantry Division 05.1940 - 10.1940 [also?:] Commanding General, 5th Corps Area 20.10.1940 - 16.03.1941 Commanding General, V Army Corps (Camp Beauregard, LA) President, Louisiana State University, 01.07.1941-23.11.1944.
Hodges, Courtney Hicks Son of a newspaperman.	05.01.1887 Perry, GA - 16.01.1966 San Antonio, TX [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	Pte. 05.11.1906 [O2686] Sgt. 1907 2nd Lt. 13.11.1909 [O2686] ... ... Maj. 01.07.1929 Lt.Col. ? Col. 01.10.1938 Brig.Gen. (T) 01.04.1940 Maj.Gen. (T) 31.05.1941 Lt.Gen. (T) 02.1943 Gen. (T) 26.04.1945 (retd 31.01.1949) Maj.Gen. ?, seniority 02.1941 Gen. (retd) 1949 DSC ? ? * DSM 3 x SSM WW I ? BSM ? ? * "6th Infantry, 5th Division. Near Brieulles, France, November 2-4. (General Orders No. 3, War Department 1919.) He personally conducted a recon of the Meuse River to determine the most advantageous location for a crossing and for a bridge site. Having organized a storming party, he attacked the enemy not 100 paces distant, and, although failing, he managed to effect the crossing of the canal, after 20 hours of ceaseless struggling. His fearlessness and courage were mainly responsible for the advance of his brigade to the heights and east of the Meuse."	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (06.1904-1905; failed in mathematics; cullum # x1908); Fierld Artillery School, Fort Sill (1920); Command and General Staff School , Fort Leavenworth (1925); Army War College (1934) 05.11.1906 - 1909 enlisted as a Private in the infantry (17th Infantry, Fort McPherson, GA) 13.11.1909 commissioned in the infantry 1909 - 1916 served Fort Leavenworth, KS; San Antonio, TX;  the Philippines; El Paso, TX 1916 - 1917 served in the Punitive Expedition in Mexico 1918  - 1919 commanded a battalion, 6th Infantry (France; St Mihiel & Meuse-Argonne offensives) 1919 - 1919 Army of Occupation (Germany) 1919 - 1920 6th Infantry (Camp Gordon) 1920 - 1924 staff, US Military Academy, West Point 1925 - 1926 instructor, Infantry School (Fort Benning, GA) 1926 - 1929 instructor, Air Corps Tactical School (Langley Field, VA) 1929 - 1933 Member of the Infantry Board (Fort Benning, GA) 1934 - 1936 Executive Officer, 7th Infantry (Vancouver Barracks, WA) 1936 - 1938 HQ Philippine Department (Manila) 1938 - 06.10.1940 Assistant Commandant, Infantry School (Fort Benning, GA) 07.10.1940 - 03.03.1941 Commandant, Infantry School (Fort Benning, GA) 31.05.1941 - 09.03.1942 Chief of Infantry (Washington, DC) 09.03.1942 - 15.05.1942 Commandant, Replacement and School Command (Birmingham, AL) 12.05.1942 - 02.1943 Commanding General, X Corps (San Antonio, TX) 16.02.1943 - 25.01.1944 Commanding General, Third Army & Southern Defense Command (Fort Sam Houston, TX) 01.1944? - 31.07.1944 Deputy Commander, First Army 01.08.1944 - 31.01.1949 Commanding General, First Army (NW Europe; Fort Sam Houston, TX; Fort Bragg, NC; Governor's Island, NY)
Horton, John Battle	11.09.1901 VA - 09.05.1994 Bradenton, FL	2nd Lt. 12.06.1923 [O15150] ... ... Col. ? Brig.Gen. 16.09.1952 (retd 31.12.1955) LM ? 3 x BSM ? 2 x	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1923; grad. # 6994) 12.06.1923 commissioned in the field artillery (10.1939) - ? 1st Cavalry Division (Fort Bliss, TX) Commanding Officer, Assault Training Center (European Theater of Operations) 1944 - 1945 Assistant Artillery Commander, VIII Corps (European Theater of Operations) 1945 Artillery Commander, XXII Corps (European Theater of Operations) 1950 - 1951 Chief of Staff, 1st Infantry Division (Germany) 1951 - 1954 Artillery Commander, 4th Infantry Division 1954 - 1955 Deputy Commanding General, Field Artillery School (Fort Bliss, OK)
Howell, Reese Maughan	09.10.1889 Wellsville, UT - 05.03.1967 Los Angeles, CA	2nd Lt. 12.06.1915 ... ... Col. ? (retd 30.06.1946) Brig.Gen. (T) 02.06.1943 (reverted to Col.) Brig.Gen. (retd) 1948 SSM ? ? LM ? ? BSM ? ?	Education: US Military Academy, West Point (...-12.06.1915; grad. # 5421) 12.06.1915 commissioned in the cavalry 1940 - ? Commander, 4th Field Artillery Regiment 1941? - 30.05.1943 Commanding Officer, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (13th Field Artillery Brigade) (Fort Bragg, NC; North Africa) 17.06.1943 - 09.1944 Artillery Commander, 9th Infantry Division (North Africa; Europe) 09.1944 - 12.1944 Assistant Division Commander, 82nd Airborne Division 12.1944 - 06.1946 Artillery Commander, 9th Infantry Division (Europe)
Huebner, Clarence Ralph Son of Samuel G. and Martha A. (Rishel) Huebner. Married 1st (28.12.1921, Louisville, Jefferson, KY) Florence Virginia Barrett (1890-1966); one daughter. Married 2nd (19.10.1968) Anna Imelda Metthews.	24.11.1888 Bushton, KS - 23.08.1972 Washington, DC [Arlington National Cemetery, VA]	2nd Lt. 26.11.1916 [O4552] 1st Lt. 1916 Capt. 1917 Maj. (NA) 1918 Lt.Col. (NA) 1918 Maj. 07.10.1927 Lt.Col. 22.02.1938 Col. (AUS) 1941 Brig.Gen. 02.1942 Maj.Gen. 03.1943 Lt.Gen. 28.03.1947 (retd 30.11.1950) DSC ? 2 x DSM ? 3 x SSM ? ? LM ? ? BSM ? ? PH ? 2 x Victory Medal (with 5 battle clasps); Legion of Honor (France); Croix de Guerre with palm (France); War Cross (Italy); Commander, Order of Leopold I (Belgium); Oder of Suvorov 2nd class (Russia); Croix de Guerre with palm (Belgium); Order of the White Lion 2nd class (Czechoslovakia); Grand Officier de la Couronne de Chene (Luxembourg); Hon. Companion of the Order of the Bath (UK)	Education: Grand Island (Nebraska) Business College (...-1909); Infantry School (advanced course; 1922-1923); Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth (1924-1925); Army War College (1928-1929) 1910 - 1916 enlisted service in the 18th Infantry 26.11.1916 commissioned in the infantry WW I served as Capt., Maj. & Lt.Col. with the 1st Division, AEF; wounded in the Beaumont sector (04.1918) and again during the Aisne-Marne offensive (07.1918) 1920 - 1922 instructor, Infantry School 1925 - 1928 instructor, Infantry School 1929 - 1933 instructor, Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, KS 1933 - 1934 Member, Infantry Board 1934 - 1938 Office of the Chief of Infantry 08.1938 - 07.1940 19th Infantry (Schofield Barracks, Hawaii) 1940 - 1942 Chief of the Training Branch, War Department General Staff 01.1942 - 1943 Director of Training, Services of Supply 1943 - 1943 Commandant, Infantry Replacement Center 08.1943 - 11.12.1944 Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division (Sicily, NW Europe) 1944 acting Commanding General, V Corps (NW Europe) 15.01.1945 - 11.11.1945 Commanding General, V Corps (NW Europe) 1945 - 1946 Assistant Army Chief of Staff G-3 (Operations & Training) 08.08.1946 - 1947 Chief of Staff, US Forces in the European Theater of Operations [till 31.08.1946 as Deputy] 15.03.1947 - 1950 Deputy Commander-in-Chief, US European Command & Commanding General, HQ US Ground and Service Forces, Europe, redeisgnated 15.11.1947 Commanding General, HQ, US Army, Europe 15.05.1949 - 02.09.1949 acting American Military Governor in Germany and acting Commander, US Armed Forces in Europe Director, NY Civil Defense Commission, 09.1951-1972. Director (1957-1958) & President (1958-1972), National Association of State and Territorial Civil Defense.
Hughes, John Scarborough	11.04.1917 TX - 27.02.1969 (killed in the crash of a light military plane while taking off from Linate Airport to fly to nearby Malpensa Airport)	2nd Lt. 14.07.1940 [O34271] ... ... Maj.Gen. ?	14.07.1940 commissioned in the Field Artillery - National Guard 22.05.1968 - 27.02.1969 Commanding General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy)

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