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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Courtney Hodges

1887 - 1966

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General Courtney Hicks Hodges (January 5, 1887 – January 16, 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 427,338 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Courtney Hodges is the 1,292nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,134th in 2019), the 4,464th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,999th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Courtney Hodges ranks 1,292 out of 1,468Before him are Richard Montgomery, Adolphe Marbot, Nelson A. Miles, Aris Velouchiotis, Ali Aaltonen, and George Rooke. After him are Vang Pao, Josip Filipović, Kiyonao Ichiki, Karl von Einem, Christine Jorgensen, and August von Werder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Courtney Hodges ranks 153Before him are L. S. Lowry, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, August Kork, Ernst Toch, and Adone Zoli. After him are Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Marianne Moore, Josef Frings, Oskar Luts, Julius Pokorny, and Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt. Among people deceased in 1966, Courtney Hodges ranks 114Before him are Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Elio Vittorini, Albrecht Brandi, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Ernest Burgess, and Erich Pommer. After him are Jan Kiepura, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Alice Pearce, Hedda Hopper, and Arthur Waley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Courtney Hodges ranks 4,464 out of 18,182Before him are Edward Furlong (1977), William Klein (1928), Sanford B. Dole (1844), Lee Radziwill (1933), Jackie Wilson (1934), and Vivien Thomas (1910). After him are John Trumbull (1756), James Kottak (1962), Oscar Hammerstein II (1895), E. G. Marshall (1914), Ed Heinemann (1908), and Ambrose Burnside (1824).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Courtney Hodges ranks 79Before him are Frank Serpico (1936), Carlos Hathcock (1942), James Longstreet (1821), Joseph Hooker (1814), Braxton Bragg (1817), and Nelson A. Miles (1839). After him are Christine Jorgensen (1926), Hal Moore (1922), Carl Spaatz (1891), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Tommy Franks (1945).