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Thomas Troy Handy (born March 11, 1892 in Spring City , † April 12, 1982 ) was an American general .

In August 1945, as Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army , he passed on the order given by President Harry S. Truman to drop the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki .

Handy was Commander in Chief of the US Army in Europe from 1949 to 1952 .

Military career

Handy graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1914 . Two years later he joined the field artillery and from August 1917 took part in the First World War with the 5th Field Artillery Regiment of the American Expeditionary Forces in France . In 1918 he moved to the 42nd Infantry Division , but was assigned to the 151st Field Artillery Regiment that same year. After the end of the war and a period of service in Germany , he returned to Fort Sill in Oklahoma . From 1921 to 1925 he was an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute and then attended the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . In 1928 he took up a service as an Executive Officer with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , where he was used in various roles from 1929 to 1931 in Panama . He then returned to Fort Sill and was there until 1934 as an instructor at the United States Army Field Artillery School . Handy then studied at Army War College and after graduating from 1935 on at Naval War College .

After completing his studies, he was employed with the Army General Staff until 1940 , with the exception of one year in which he was in command of the 78th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Benning . In December 1941 he was promoted to temporary brigadier general . In June 1942 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff with responsibility for the operational division , while at the same time being promoted to Major General ; his predecessor in this post was Dwight D. Eisenhower . Handy was promoted to temporary lieutenant general in September 1944 and to deputy chief of staff in the US Army in October 1944. In March 1945 it received its fourth star.

In August 1945, on behalf of the absent Chief of Staff of the US Army George C. Marshall , he passed on the order given by President Harry S. Truman to drop the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki .

As the Cold War began , Handy took over the post of Commanding General in September 1947 of the 4th US Army stationed in Fort Sam Houston, Texas . On September 2, 1949 Handy succeeded General Lucius D. Clay and Clarence R. Huebner as Commander in Chief, United States European Command (CINCEUR), that is, Commander in Chief of the US armed forces in Europe. In this function he was also responsible for the Nazi war criminals convicted in the Dachau trials . On the basis of petitions, he checked the sentences passed in early 1951 and converted the majority of the few death sentences that had not yet been carried out into prison sentences or mitigated many of the prison sentences in the War Criminals Prison No. 1 in Landsberg am Lech the length of the prison sentence. In 1952, due to a restructuring, Handy served briefly as Commander in Chief, US Army Europe / Commander Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR / COMCENTAG). When Matthew B. Ridgway was appointed as Eisenhower's successor to Supreme Allied Commander, Allied Powers , in the same year , Handy took over the lower position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the US Forces in Europe until his retirement in 1954 (Deputy Commander in Chief, US European Command , DCINCEUR for short). He then returned to Washington, DC , and later moved to San Antonio , Texas .

Thomas Troy Handy had served 38 years in the US Army from 1916 to 1954 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery .

Awards

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SURNAME Handy, Thomas T.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Handy, Thomas Troy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer, Commander in Chief of the US Army in Europe
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Spring City
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 1982