Benjamin Hays
"Ben" / "Vandy"
Son of Benjamin F. and Marian A. (Hays) Vandervoort.
Married (24.12.1940) Nedra Marlin; one son, one daughter.
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Gasport, NY
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18.11.1990
Hilton Head Island, SC
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23.07.1937-06.04.1938 |
| T/2nd Lt. |
16.03.1938
[0-22715] |
| 2nd Lt. |
18.11.1939 |
| T/1st Lt. |
10.10.1941 |
| 1st Lt. |
18.11.1942 |
| T/Capt. |
03.08.1942 |
| T/Maj. |
28.04.1943 |
| T/Lt.Col. |
01.06.1944 |
| T/Col. |
07.07.1946 (retd
31.08.1946) |
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Nijmegen [awarded by Dutch Royal
Decree No. 31 of 08.10.45] |
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Fourragère (Belgium) |
| 23.07.1937 |
enlisted |
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| 05.07.1938 |
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30.06.1939 |
on
active duty |
| 16.03.1938 |
commissioned |
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| Company
Commander, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment |
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| 1943 |
Operations
Officer, 504th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (Sicily, Salerno) |
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(1945) |
Commanding
Officer, 2nd Battalion 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Normandy [broke
his leg], Nijmegen; seriously wounded 1945) |
Literature: Michel de Trez, Colonel Ben Vandervoort, "Vandy," 0-22715 : commanding officer, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division (2004)
James Alward
Son of William Van Fleet (1833-1919) and Medora Roxanne Schofield (1848-1918). Married 1st (25.12.1915) Helen Hazel Moore (1894-1984) of Long Beach, California;two daughters, one son. Married 2nd (11.1984) Virginia Skinner-Higgens Wells (1919-1986). Married 3rd (?) Muriel Van Fleet (died 22.03.1994).
Coytesville, NJ
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23.09.1992
Polk City, FL
[Arlington National Cemetery, VA]
| 2nd
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12.06.1915
[O3847] |
| 1st
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| Maj. |
06.12.1924 |
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Lt.Col. |
01.10.1936 |
| Col.
(T) |
06?.1941 |
| Brig.Gen.
(T) |
01.08.1944 |
| Maj.Gen.
(T)
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15.11.1944 |
| Lt.Gen.
(T) |
19.02.1948 |
| Gen. |
01.08.1951 (retd
31.03.1953; disability) |
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* The Army Commendation Ribbon
* The Distinguished Unit Citation
* World War I Victory Medal with 2 battle stars
* World War II Victory Medal
* European Theater Medal with arrowhead and 5 battle stars
* Air Medal with oak leaf clusters
* UN Korean Service ribbon
Has received decorations from:
* Greece (Grand Cross Order of Phoenix & Distinguished
Medal of Honor & Grand Commander, Order of George I)
* Korea (Taekuk DSM with gold star)
* Iran (Royal Order, grade 1)
* Ethiopia
* Thailand
* The Philippines
* The Republic of China
* Great Britain (DSO)
* France (Legion of Honor & Croix de Guerre with palm)
* Belgium (Croix de Guerre with palm)
* The Netherlands (Grand Cross, Order of Orange Nassau
with swords)
* Columbia (Orden de Boyaca)
| 12.06.1915 |
commissioned
in the infantry (3rd Infantry Regiment at Madison Barracks at Sackett's Harbor
on Lake Ontario) |
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| 04.1916 |
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1917 |
ordered,
as a member of "The Old Guard" to Eagle Pass, TX, to serve under
General Pershing in operations against Pancho Villa |
| commanding
a company in the 3rd Infantry Regiment (went to France in 07.1918) |
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| 1918 |
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1919 |
Commanding
Officer, 17th Machine Gun Battalion (action in the Gerardmer Sector and the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive; wounded at Sedan 04.11.1918; occupation duty;
returned to the US 06.1919) |
| 1919 |
- | 1920 | with
6th Infantry Division (Camp Grant, IL) |
| assigned
to the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Kansas State Agricultural College,
Manhattan, KS |
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| 01.1921 |
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09.1921 |
Professor
of Military Science and Tactics at South Dakota State College |
| 09.1921 |
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02.1925 |
Professor
of Military Science and Tactics, University of Florida |
| 02.1925 |
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1927 |
battalion
commander, 42nd Infantry Regiment (Panama Canal Zone) |
| 1927 |
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1928 |
instructor,
Infantry School (Fort Benning, GA) |
| 1929 |
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1933 |
Professor
of Military Science and Tactics, University of Florida |
| 1933 |
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1935 |
Commanding
Officer, 5th Infantry Regiment (Fort Williams, ME) |
| 1935 |
- |
1939 |
instructor,
Organized Reserves headquartered in San Diego, CA |
| 09.1939 |
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1941 |
battalion
commander in the 29th Infantry Regiment (Fort Benning, GA) |
| 07.1941 |
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07.1944 |
Commanding Officer, 8th Infantry
Regiment (combat training, amphibious exercises and maneuvers at Fort Benning;
Camp Gordon; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Camp Blanding, Florida; and many other
stations in the US; UK; Normandy) |
| 04.07.1944 |
- |
04.09.1944 |
Assistant Division Commander, 2nd
Infantry Division (Brest) |
| 30.09.1944 |
- | 05.10.1944 | Commanding
General, 4th Infantry Division (NW Europe) |
| 15.10.1944 |
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05.02.1945 |
Commanding General, 90th Infantry
Division (NW Europe) |
| 06.02.1945 |
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16.03.1945 |
Commanding
General, XXIII Corps (UK) |
| 17.03.1945 |
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02.1946 |
Commanding General, III Corps
(Remagen Bridgehead, Germany; Camp Polk, LA) |
| 02.1946 |
- |
06.06.1946 |
Commanding
General, Second Service Command (Governors Island, NY) |
| 07.06.1946 |
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12.1947 |
Deputy
Commanding General, First Army (Governors Island, NY) |
| 12.1947 |
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02.1948 |
Deputy
Chief of Staff, HQ European Command (Frankfurt, Germany) |
| 19.02.1948 |
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08.1950 |
director
of the Joint U.S. Military Advisory and Planning Group in Greece (that
aided the Greek army in its successful campaign against Communist guerillas) |
| 10.08.1950 |
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04.1951 |
Commanding
General, 2nd Army (Fort George Meade, MD) |
| 14.04.1951 |
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02.1953 |
Commanding General, Eighth Army and UN
troops in Korea |
Literature: Paul F. Braim, The will to win : the life of General James A. Van Fleet (2001); Medora Van Fleet, My uncle Jim : fullback general (year unknown)
Wilbur Henry
Washington, GA
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28.03.1979
DC
(illness)
| 2nd Lt. |
05.06.1945
[O27159] |
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| Maj.Gen. |
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| 05.06.1945 |
commissioned
in the Field Artillery |
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| 04.1973 |
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07.1975 |
Commanding
General, South Eastern Task Force (Italy) |