John R. Hodge
John Reed Hodge (born June 12, 1893 in Golconda , Illinois , † November 12, 1963 in Washington, DC ) was an officer in the United States Army , most recently a general who served his country in both World Wars and from 1945 to 1948 military commander in the American occupied zone of Korea was.
Life
Hodge came from a family with a military background. He attended Southern Illinois Teachers College and the University of Illinois before joining the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Fort Sheridan in May 1917 and becoming an officer in October of that year. During World War I he served with the US Army in France and Luxembourg and achieved the rank of captain .
He stayed in the Army after the war and taught military science at the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College from 1921 to 1925 . In 1926 he graduated from the Fort Benning Infantry School and then went to Hawaii for a Tour of Duty . He graduated from Command and General Staff College , Army War College and a course at the Air Corps Tactical School in the 1930s, and served in the Washington General Staff from 1936.
Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1940 , he served in the headquarters of the VII Corps in 1941 . In June 1942, with the rank of Brigadier General, he became deputy commander of the 25th Infantry Division with which he was deployed on Guadalcanal . As Major General in May 1943, he became the commanding officer of the American Division that fought on Bougainville . In April 1944 he took command of the newly formed XXIV Corps , which took part in the Battle of Leyte from October 1944 . From April to June 1945 he fought with his corps in the Battle of Okinawa , after which he was promoted to Lieutenant General .
After the end of the war, Hodge commanded the troops of the XXIV Corps, which occupied the Korean peninsula south of the 38th parallel . He was also appointed commander of all US troops in Korea and remained in this position until the end of 1948. He then returned to the USA, where he took over the V Corps at Fort Bragg . From late 1950 to early 1952 he commanded the Third United States Army at Fort McPherson , then until his retirement in 1953 the Army Field Forces headquarters .
Hodge died in 1963 at the age of 70.
literature
- Spencer Tucker: Who's Who in Twentieth Century Warfare. Routledge, 2003, p. 140.
Web links
- CV at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Resume in the Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hodge, John R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hodge, John Reed (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Golconda , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1963 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |