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COMMANDER // 1887–1966

Courtney Hodges

generalUnited StatesUnited States4 battles1 war

Lifespan

1887 – 1966

18901900191019201930194019501960World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Battle of Aachen — October 2, 1944 · United States · World War IIBattle of Hürtgen Forest — September 14, 1944 · United States · World War IIBattle of the Bulge — Dec 1944–Jan 1945 · United States · World War IIOperation Queen — December 16, 1944 · United States · World War II

Active service 1944 — 4 battles across 1 war; first command at age 57.

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Courtney Hicks Hodges was a senior officer in the United States Army who commanded the First U.S. Army in the Western European Campaign of World War II. Hodges was a "mustang" officer, rising from private to general.

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Battles (4)

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