Courtney Hicks Hodges15 April 1945
Hodges is promoted to general making him only the second man, behind Walter Krueger, to rise to full General from enlisted private
United States · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Hodges is promoted to general making him only the second man, behind Walter Krueger, to rise to full General from enlisted private
Appointed General
Appointed special military adviser to President Kennedy
Appointed Commander of US Military Assistance Command in Vietnam
Appointed Commander of the ground troops in Vietnam
Appointed Chief of Staff for the US Army
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