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Hoge, William Morris "Bill"

Date of birth:
January 13th, 1894 (Boonville/Missouri, United States)
Date of death:
October 29th, 1979 (Fort Leavenworth/Kansas, United States)
Buried on:
Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 2. Grave: 3405.
Service number:
0-4437
Nationality:
American

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
7th Engineers, 5th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1919
"For extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 7th Engineers, 5th Division, A.E.F., near Brieulles, France, 4 November 1918. After personally and voluntarily reconnoitering the site of a pontoon bridge over the Meuse, in daylight and under direct shell fire, Major Hoge commanded the movement of a train of heavy wagons, under enemy observation, to this location. Major Hoge then supervised the construction of the bridge and the successful crossing of the train."

War Department, General Orders No. 37
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit:
Commanding General, Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division "Phantom Division", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
May 30th, 1945
Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
For his actions in establishing a firm bridgehead on the eastern shore at the Ludendorff Bridge near Remagen/Rhine Province, Germany in March 1945.

Citation unavailable. Received this second DSM as his first Oak Leaf Cluster to be worn on the ribbon of the first.
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Brigadier General (Brigadier)
Unit:
Commanding General, Combat Command B, 9th Armored Division "Phantom Division", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
May 30th, 1946
Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
For his actions performed in the defensive fighting at St. Vith/Province Liege, Belgium in December 1944.

War Department, General Orders No. 82 (bronze oak leaf cluster)
Period:
Korean War (1950-1953)
Rank:
General
Unit:
Commanding General, HQ, IX Corps, Eighth Army, U.S. Army
Awarded on:
March 13th, 1952
Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
"For exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General, IX Corps, in Korea, from 5 March 1951 to 23 December 1951."

Department of the Army, General Orders No. 28 (2nd bronze oak leaf cluster)

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