biography
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Hodges, Courtney (Hicks)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1887–1966)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Perry, Georgia, USA. The son of a newspaperman, he enlisted in the US Army (1906), received a commission (1909), and served with great distinction in World War 1. During the next two decades he rose in rank as he moved up through the standard staff and command posts. In World War 2 he took command of the US First Army from General Omar Bradley and led it across France to the liberation of Paris (Aug 1944), through the Battle of the Bulge, across the Rhine to encircle the Ruhr, and on to the Elbe R in Germany and victory. Promoted to full general, he commanded the First Army until retiring in 1949. |
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