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Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1904. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War I
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Theodore Harwood Dillon, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, as Assistant Chief Engineer, 1st Army, a position of great responsibility. During the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations Colonel Dillon administered the first engineer troops and the organization plans, and fieldwork of the engineer plans, operations and information section, and other engineer enterprises conducted in the 1st Army. By his energy and keen application he rendered services of much worth.
Also awarded the Legion of Merit for service in WW1
February 1918; at Fort Myer, Va., organized and commanded 37th Engineers, (Electrical and Mechanical Regiment), February to June 1918; sailed for France with Regiment, June 30; arrived at Neufchateau (Vosges), July 14; Assistant Chief Engineer, 1st Army, and commanded 37th Engineers at La Ferte and during St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, to Dec. 7, 1918; Deputy Chief of War Damage Board, evaluating War Damages in England, France, Belgium, Italy, Servia, Roumania and Greece, and on duty with American Peace Commission, December 1918, to July 31, 1919; Member of the Central Geographical Commission of the Peace Conference; Member of sub‑committee of the Interim Reparation Commission; returned from France Aug. 13, 1919; at Boston, Mass., in U. S. Engineer Office, September, 1919.
Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in charge of Departments of "Electric Railways" and "Power Transmission."
Sources:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/17474
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/4224*.html
BGEN USA
Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1904. He retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War I
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Theodore Harwood Dillon, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I, as Assistant Chief Engineer, 1st Army, a position of great responsibility. During the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne operations Colonel Dillon administered the first engineer troops and the organization plans, and fieldwork of the engineer plans, operations and information section, and other engineer enterprises conducted in the 1st Army. By his energy and keen application he rendered services of much worth.
Also awarded the Legion of Merit for service in WW1
February 1918; at Fort Myer, Va., organized and commanded 37th Engineers, (Electrical and Mechanical Regiment), February to June 1918; sailed for France with Regiment, June 30; arrived at Neufchateau (Vosges), July 14; Assistant Chief Engineer, 1st Army, and commanded 37th Engineers at La Ferte and during St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives, to Dec. 7, 1918; Deputy Chief of War Damage Board, evaluating War Damages in England, France, Belgium, Italy, Servia, Roumania and Greece, and on duty with American Peace Commission, December 1918, to July 31, 1919; Member of the Central Geographical Commission of the Peace Conference; Member of sub‑committee of the Interim Reparation Commission; returned from France Aug. 13, 1919; at Boston, Mass., in U. S. Engineer Office, September, 1919.
Professor of Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in charge of Departments of "Electric Railways" and "Power Transmission."
Sources:
https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/17474
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/4224*.html
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