Courtney Hodges
✓ Source-basedstableUnited States general (1887-1966)
United StatesLived 1887 to 1966 · aged 79Fame53.1
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Courtney Hicks Hodges was a senior officer in the United States Army who commanded the First U.S. Army in the Western European Campaign of World War II. Hodges was a "mustang" officer, rising from private to general.
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Hodges as a cadet at West Point
The Allied army commanders hold a conference in a hayfield in northwest France. Pictured are Lieutenant General Hodges, Lieutenant General Harry Crerar, commanding the Canadian First Army, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, commanding the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commanding the 12th Army Group, and Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, commanding the British Second Army
Lieutenant General Courtney H. Hodges, General Omar Bradley's deputy during the Normandy landings and subsequently commander of the U.S. First Army, part of the 12th Army Group, being decorated by Field Marshal Montgomery at Munchen Gladbach in Germany
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Herman WoukAlso won Army of Occupation Medal
William D. LeahyAlso won Mexican Service Medal
Thanom KittikachornAlso won Order of the Oak Crown
Dominique PireAlso won Croix de guerre 1940-1945 (Belgium)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.Also won European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign MedalAbout this person
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1887 to 1966 · aged 79
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