MILITARY PERSONNEL

Courtney Hodges

1887 - 1966

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General Courtney Hicks Hodges (5 January 1887 – 16 January 1966) was a decorated senior officer in the United States Army who commanded First U.S. Army in the Western European Campaign of World War II. Hodges was a notable "mustang" officer, rising from private to general. Born in Perry, Georgia, he began studies at the United States Military Academy but dropped out after failing Geometry. He joined the Army in 1906 as a private, rapidly advanced into the noncommissioned officer ranks, and obtained a commission after passing a competitive examination in 1909. As a young man, Hodges served under Colonel John J. Pershing in the Pancho Villa Expedition and became part of the first rescue mission in U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Courtney Hodges has received more than 479,017 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Courtney Hodges is the 1,521st most popular military personnel (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 4,617th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,452nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Military Personnel.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Courtney Hodges ranks 1,521 out of 2,058. Before him are Gisulf I of Friuli, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Honoré Charles Reille, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Kijirō Nambu, and Alvin York. After him are Patrick Gordon, Johann von Werth, Dmitry Milyutin, Braxton Bragg, Józef Chłopicki, and Murat Karayılan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Courtney Hodges ranks 167. Before him are Armen Ohanian, Josef Frings, Maria Jeritza, Pyotr Nesterov, Govind Ballabh Pant, and Alvin York. After him are Sam Warner, Thoralf Skolem, Louis Leon Thurstone, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Joseph Orbeli, and Rupert Brooke. Among people deceased in 1966, Courtney Hodges ranks 120. Before him are Joseph A. Walker, Albrecht Brandi, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Sylvère Maes, and Ernest Burgess. After him are Jan Kiepura, Jan Brzechwa, Elizabeth Christ Trump, Pierre Montet, Erich Pommer, and Emil Julius Gumbel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Courtney Hodges ranks 4,617 out of 20,380. Before him are Willis Reed (1942), Maude Adams (1872), Alvin York (1887), Al Taliaferro (1905), Chuck Daly (1930), and Roy J. Plunkett (1910). After him are Kevin Hart (1979), Dan O'Bannon (1946), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), John Trumbull (1756), John Wesley Hardin (1853), and James Tiptree Jr. (1915).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Courtney Hodges ranks 76. Before him are Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), James M. Gavin (1907), William Guarnere (1923), Nathanael Greene (1742), and Alvin York (1887). After him are Braxton Bragg (1817), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Benjamin Briggs (1835), Melvin Purvis (1903), and Joseph Hooker (1814).

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