Lieutenant General Edward Hale Brooks was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army, a combat veteran of both World War I and World War II, who commanded the U.S. Second Army during the Korean War. He received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for heroism as a junior officer in World War I and,...
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Lieutenant Edward Hale Brooks, pictured here with his wife, Beatrice Brooks, as he prepares to ship off to Europe, 1918.
Brooks observing General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Winston Churchill and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley fire M1 carbines.
Colonel Sidney Hinds, General Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill and Major General Brooks overseeing preparations for D-Day.
Major General Brooks walking with General Eisenhower, Lieutenant General Bradley and Colonel Palmer.
Brooks greeting actor Cary Grant.
Luger pistol surrendered by General der Panzertruppe Erich Brandenberger to Major General Brooks, along with the German 19th and 24th Armies, on May 5, 1945, in Innsbruck, Austria. Currently in the collection of the Sullivan Museum and History Center, Norwich University.
Army commanders in the United States and certain overseas commanders meet with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon in routine sessions, June 5, 1952. Lieutenant General Edward H. Brooks is sat second from the left, between Lieutenant General Charles L. Bolte (left) and Lieutenant General Willis D. Crittenberger (right).Awards 5
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Lieutenant General Edward Hale Brooks was a highly decorated senior officer of the United States Army, a combat veteran of both World War I and World War II, who commanded the U.S. Second Army during the Korean War. He received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) for heroism as a junior officer in World War I and, remaining in the army during the interwar period, rose to command the 2nd Armored Division during the Battle of Normandy as well as VI Corps during the subsequent defeat of German forces in World War II.
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