Military Figure. He was a highly decorated United States Army Four-star General who served in World War II and in the Korean War. Henry Irving Hodes graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1920 and began his military career on the back of a horse in Texas in a time before jeeps, tanks, and other modern-day means of transportation. During World War II, he was Commanding Officer of the 112th Regiment in 1944 in France and Belgium, receiving two serious battle wounds before returning to the United States to recuperate. Among his many posts were Assistant Deputy of Staff, US Army from 1945 to 1949; Assistant Commanding General, 1st Calvary Division in 1949; Assistant Commanding General, 7th Division in 1950; Deputy Commanding General, 8th Army, Korea in 1951; Commanding General, 24th Division, Korea in 1952; Commandant of Command & General Staff College from 1952 to 1954; Commanding General, 7th Army from 1954 to 1956; Commander In Chief, US Army, Europe from 1956 to 1959. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, War Department, from 1945 to 1947. Besides the Army Distinguished Service Medal, he received two Silver Stars, two Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal, and two Purple Hearts. After a forty-year military career, Hodes retired in April of 1959 from military life and died from the complication of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) nearly three years later. He married and had two daughters and one son, who traveled the world with him. His son served in the Army in Korea and had three consecutive tours of duty in Vietnam, reaching the rank of colonel.
Military Figure. He was a highly decorated United States Army Four-star General who served in World War II and in the Korean War. Henry Irving Hodes graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1920 and began his military career on the back of a horse in Texas in a time before jeeps, tanks, and other modern-day means of transportation. During World War II, he was Commanding Officer of the 112th Regiment in 1944 in France and Belgium, receiving two serious battle wounds before returning to the United States to recuperate. Among his many posts were Assistant Deputy of Staff, US Army from 1945 to 1949; Assistant Commanding General, 1st Calvary Division in 1949; Assistant Commanding General, 7th Division in 1950; Deputy Commanding General, 8th Army, Korea in 1951; Commanding General, 24th Division, Korea in 1952; Commandant of Command & General Staff College from 1952 to 1954; Commanding General, 7th Army from 1954 to 1956; Commander In Chief, US Army, Europe from 1956 to 1959. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, War Department, from 1945 to 1947. Besides the Army Distinguished Service Medal, he received two Silver Stars, two Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, an Air Medal, and two Purple Hearts. After a forty-year military career, Hodes retired in April of 1959 from military life and died from the complication of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) nearly three years later. He married and had two daughters and one son, who traveled the world with him. His son served in the Army in Korea and had three consecutive tours of duty in Vietnam, reaching the rank of colonel.
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