Word: courtneys
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Army circles, is softspoken, sandy-haired, 53-year-old Tom Handy. Graduate of V.M.I., artillery expert and one of the Army's shrewdest strategists, Tom Handy is Deputy Chief of Staff. The promotion of desk-bound General Handy ahead of more publicized field commanders (like George Patton, Courtney Hodges, William Simpson) underlined the importance of the home-front military...
...Euskirchen, 17 miles west of the Rhine, Major General John W. Leonard heard of Cologne's capture. Other elements of Lieut. General Courtney H. Hodges' U.S. First Army had that situation well in hand. General Leonard's 9th Armored Division could turn southeast to hit the Rhine and envelop more of its west bank. Leonard gave an open order: keep going; if you reach the river try to establish a crossing and hold...
Blood, History. Lieut. General Courtney Hodges' First Army, which aimed its main attack at Cologne, had slower going than the Ninth. The terrain was rougher and the resistance tougher. The First's men ran into counterattacks by two enemy armored divisions. Nevertheless they reached the Rhine two miles north of Cologne, and several divisions took up positions around the city, while heavy shellfire crashed into it. The 10th Infantry and 3rd Armored Divisions were the first outfits to break into the city limits...
Every day Lieut. General Courtney Hodges' First Army recovered further from its winter setback in the Ardennes...
Pressure in the Center. To many a doughfoot it must have seemed that the Germans were reacting slowly, that a rather big push was already on. Along a 40-mile front east of the Ardennes some six divisions of Lieut. General Courtney Hodges' First Army, some four of Lieut. General George Patton's Third Army, were clawing their way through the saw-toothed tank traps, over the concrete pillboxes of the Siegfried Line...