J. Lawton Collins
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Joseph Lawton Collins was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations, one of a few senior American commanders to do so.
Collins in 1948
On the right, Major General J. L. Collins, commanding the 25th Division and, on the left, Major Charles W. Davis, commanding the 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment confer on New Georgia, 14 August 1943
Major General J. Lawton Collins receiving the Companion of the Order of the Bath from British General Sir Bernard Montgomery at Mönchengladbach, 1944
Bradley (center with three stars on his helmet) and Collins, along with other senior officers, attend the funeral of Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in Normandy, France, July 13, 1944. Roosevelt died shortly after D-Day.
John R. Hodge
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General John Reed Hodge was an American military officer of the United States Army. Hodge commanded Operation Blacklist Forty in 1945. He served as the governor of the American military government in
Army commanders in the United States and certain overseas commanders meet with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon in routine sessions, 5 June 1952. Lieutenant General John R. Hodge is sat fourth from the right, between Secretary Pace (left) and Lieutenant General Henry Aurand (right)
The grave of General John R. Hodge at Arlington National Cemetery
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