Passed away in 2004 at age 77.īorn in Atlanta and raised in Buckhead. Retired as Deputy Chief of Staff J3, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

He spearheaded the development of a Navy staff office that authored the Navy's maritime strategy for the 1980s. Commanded a destroyer off the coast of Vietnam. Commissioned as an ensign after graduating from the University of Mississippi. Coast Guard.Įntered the Corps of Cadets as a freshman in 1945 from Ellaville, Georgia, then enlisted in the Navy at the end of WWII. Flag officer assignments included Commander, Ninth Coast Guard District Chief, Office of Operations, Coast Guard Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard and 13th Vice Commandant of the U.S. Entered the Coast Guard after four years in the Navy and Merchant Marine. Graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in 1944. Served as a commander of the 344th Bombardment Squadron equipped with B-29 aircraft in Japan deputy commander for operations of the 106th Bombardment Wing transitioned to B-47 aircraft vice commander of the 4081st Strategic Wing in Newfoundland commanded the 99th Bombardment Wing and commanded the 57th Air Division. Read a June 2018 article from the Davie County Enterprise about MG Johnson going strong at 100.īorn in Savannah, GA. He was a command pilot with more than 6,000 flying hours. Awards included Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal, and the French Croix de Guerre. He was assigned as chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Italy, in January 1974. Transferred to Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, as deputy chief of staff for plans and operations, in February 1972, and became chief of staff in May 1973. In July 1968 he became commander of the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Air Forces in Europe as deputy chief of staff for materiel. In March 1964 he was appointed director of military assistance. Air Force, as chief of the Policy and Plans Division, chief of the Control Division, and deputy director of military assistance. Assigned to the Directorate of Military Assistance, Headquarters U.S. Participated in seven major campaigns as a pilot in WWII. Was the XO of 3/8th, 4th Infantry Division during the Normandy Invasion on Utah Beach.īorn in Ft. Leavenworth Canada Navada Test Site with the Defense Atomic Support Agency Iran and Ft. Served in Europe in WWII the Pentagon Korea from 1952 through 1954 commanding an infantry battalion Ft. In January 1941 he was ordered to extended active duty and served continuously until retirement 31 December 1967. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Infantry (Army Reserve). He attended school in Dahlonega and graduated from North Georgia College with a Bachelor of Arts in 1932. See the archived image where Cadet Hodges is pictured in the second row on the far left.īorn in Dahlonega in 1912. In WWII, GEN Hodges commanded 1st Army, then 12th Army Group. Served as a battalion commander in WWI earning the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism leading an attack across the Marne River. Army to make his way from private to 4-star general. Hodges was only the second Soldier in the history of the U.S. Attended North Georgia Agricultural College before transferring to West Point.

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