GENERAL WILLIAM M. HOGE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 171616

WILLIAM M. HOGE
The highly decorated US Army General signs his name on this card with a sentiment. Very rare!
Autograph sentiment signed: "Sincerely Yours/W M Hoge/Major General U.S.A./Comdg. IX Corps." In black felt. 3¼x2¼. William Morris Hoge (1894-1979) was a General of the United States Army. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1916, then was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers and commanded a company of the 7th Engineers at Fort Leavenworth from 1917 to 1918. During World War I, Hoge received the Distinguished Service Cross personally from General John J. Pershing for heroic action under fire as a battalion commander in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Hoge directed one of the great engineering feats of World War II, the construction of the 1,519-mile ALCAN Highway in nine months. Later, in Europe, he commanded the Provisional Engineer Special Brigade Group in the assault on Omaha Beach. During the Korean War, at General Matthew Ridgway's request, Hoge commanded the IX Corps. General Hoge achieved his senior command in the Army as Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe. He was promoted to General on October 23, 1953 then retired from active duty in January 1955 to his hometown of Lexington, Missouri. He later became Chairman of the Board of Interlake Steel. Toned. Top and right margin darker than the rest. Corners rounded. Pencil note (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine condition.