Courtney Hicks Hodges Papers. 1904 - 1965. Photographs

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Courtney Hicks Hodges Papers. 1904 - 1965. Photographs

1909-1965

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This series consists of photographs relating to the military career of General Courtney Hicks Hodges. The largest volume of images document Hodges' career during World War II and are divided into two segments. First are the photographs documenting the activities of the Third Army and the Southern Defense Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas and the Louisiana Maneuver area. This group of photographs includes a picture of Technical Sergeant Gene Autry riding in a Washington Day celebration parade in Laredo, Texas. The largest group of World War II photographs came from the European Theater of Operations where Hodges served as Deputy Commander and, later, Commanding General of the First Army. These photographs begin with the Normandy Invasion and include additional locations in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Major subjects include captured German equipment and supplies, prisoners of war, Allied military operations, and the awarding of military decorations. Among the generals depicted in this group of photographs are Dwight D. Eisenhower, J. Lawton Collins, William Simpson, Omar Bradley, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, George C. Marshall, Jacob L. Devers, and Carl Spaatz. There are also photographs of President Harry S. Truman and George VI, King of Great Britain. Later photographs document the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri, Hodges' return to his home state of Georgia, and his career after the war. There are also photographs taken at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; New York City and in Pakistan, where Hodges served as a military advisor to the United Nations. Another significant group of photographs depicts the people and places of the Philippine Islands in 1911. These images show persons from the Tagalog, Negrito, Itaves, Igarrote, and Moro tribes. There are also images of people engaged in traditional crafts and agricultural activities. There are also Army Air Forces photographs from the 1920s. These include aerial photographs of biplanes in flight, a TC-5 airship, and aerial photographs of army installations and bombing maneuvers.

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