Hamilton H. Howze

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Hamilton H. Howze

Hamilton Hawkins Howze (born December 21, 1908 in West Point , New York , † December 8, 1998 in Fort Worth , Texas ) was an American general . Howze is considered to be one of the fathers of American army aviation and was instrumental in the development of air cavalry .

Life

Howze was born on December 21, 1908 in West Point, New York, where his father, Maj . Gen. Robert L. Howze , was a cadet commander . His maternal grandfather was the volunteer army general Hamilton S. Hawkins , who had also been cadet commander at West Point from 1888 to 1892. Hamilton Hawkins Howze was named after him. Howze's older brother was later Major General Robert L. Howze Jr. (1903-1983).

Howze graduated from West Point Military Academy in 1930 and joined the cavalry like his father and brother . There he graduated from the cavalry academy and then became a lieutenant in the 6th Cavalry Regiment ( 6th Cavalry ). As the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 13th Panzer Regiment, he was used in North Africa and Sicily in 1943. He rose to the command of the 13th Panzer Regiment, in 1944 he was then commander of Combat Command A of the 1st Armored Division .

After the war he was promoted to the division's command staff, and in 1947 he was promoted to colonel . Howze attended the National War College in 1949, after which he was deputy commander of the 2nd Armored Division with the rank of brigadier general until 1954 . In 1955 he completed his pilot training, from 1955 to 1958 he was executive director of the United States Army Aviation Branch. Under his leadership, new tactics for army aviation were tested and introduced, and he was also instrumental in the expansion of Fort Rucker , Alabama , into a training center for American army aviation. In 1961 he was appointed chairman of the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board, which drafted new tactics and strategies in the field of air mobility for the army. According to the proposals, helicopters and airplanes should ensure high mobility as an integral part of the associations. To test the concept, the 11th Airborne Division was launched again in 1963 , which tested the concepts of the Howze board until 1965. During this time Howze was from December 1, 1962 to February 1, 1963 interim commander of the 3rd Army .

After his promotion to lieutenant general, Howze's last command was the XVIII Airborne Corps (1964) and supreme command of US troops in Korea . In 1965 he retired and became managing director of Bell Helicopter . After retiring from the position of managing director, he worked for Bell for a long time as a consultant.

Howze died on December 8, 1998 in Fort Worth, Texas at the age of 89 and was buried in the West Point Military Academy Cemetery. Howze left behind his wife, a son, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

Works

  • Hamilton Howze: A Cavalryman's Story: Memoirs of a Twentieth-Century Army General . Smithsonian Books, Washington DC 1996. ISBN 978-1-56098-664-5
  • Hamilton Howze: Tragic Descent: America in 2030 . Summit Publishing Group, Ottawa 1993. ISBN 978-1-56530-019-4

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personal data
SURNAME Howze, Hamilton H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howze, Hamilton Hawkins (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Army General
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH West Point (New York)
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1998
Place of death Fort Worth , Texas