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Last Rank
Lieutenant General
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Last Service Branch
Infantry
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Last Primary MOS
00GC-Commanding General
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Last MOS Group
General Officer
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Primary Unit
1953-1956, 00GC, Second Army (2nd Army)
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Service Years
1918 - 1956
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Cold War Certificate
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Personal Details
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Home State
Kentucky | |
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Year of Birth
1896 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
LTC Bob Thompson
to remember
Parks, Floyd, LTG USA(Ret).
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Contact Info
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Home Town
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Last Address
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Date of Passing
Mar 10, 1959 |
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Location of Interment
Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
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Last Known Activity
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Other Comments:
Elected to the US army Public Affairs Hall of Fame, Class of 2000 with the recognition as "the father of modern Army public affairs".
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1918-1923, A Company, 333rd Tank Battalion
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1927-1928, A Company, 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment
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1928-1932, Basic Airborne Course (BAC) Airborne School
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1932-1933, Headquarters, US Army Infantry School
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1934-1935, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Resident Course
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1935-1937, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Resident Course
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1937-1939, Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army
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1939-1940, Army War College (Staff)
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1940-1941, 2nd Armored Division
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1941-1942, United States Department of War
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1942-1943, 2010, Army Ground Forces
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1943-1944, 00GD, 69th Infantry Division
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1944-1945, 2010, 1st Allied Airborne Army
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1945-1945, 00GC, 1st Allied Airborne Army
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1945-1948, 5505, Department of the Army (DA)
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1948-1949, 00GD, US Army Pacific (USARPAC)
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1949-1953, 5505, Department of the Army (DA)
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1953-1956, 00GC, Second Army (2nd Army)
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