Henry I. Hodes

Infobox Military Person
name=Henry I. Hodes
born= 1899
died= death year and age|1962|1899


caption=Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN (left), Major General Henry I. Hodes, U.S. Army (center), and Rear Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (right), on the steps of "U.N. House" at Kaesong, Korea, during the early days of the Armistice talks. All three eventually achieved four star rank
nickname=
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=
allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=1920-1959
rank= General
unit=
commands=U.S. Army Europe 7th Army 24th Infantry Division
battles=World War II Korean War
awards=
relations=
laterwork=

Henry Irving Hodes was a United States Army four star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe/Commander, Central Army Group (CINCUSAREUR/COMCENTAG) from 1956 to 1959.

Military career

Hodes graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1920. In addition to commanding U.S. Army Europe, he also commanded the 112th Infantry Regiment during World War II, the 24th Infantry Division in 1952 in the Korea War, served as Commandant of the Command and General Staff College from 1952 to 1954, and was Commanding General, Seventh United States Army from 1954 to 1956.

Other assignemnts included Assistant Deputy of Staff, U.S. Army from 1945 to 1949), Assistant Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division in 1949, Assistant Commanding General, 7th Infantry Division in 1950, Deputy Commanding General, Eighth United States Army in Korea in 1951. Hodes retired from the Army in 1959. He died in 1962 and was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

ee also

References

* [http://www.generals.dk/general/Hodes/Henry_Irving/USA.html Generals.dk entry]
*findagrave|7011857 Retrieved on 2008-07-02