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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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Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Personal Details
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Home State
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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).
If you knew or served with this Soldier and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Contact Info
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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 Not Specified
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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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1932-1933, Headquarters, US Army Infantry School
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1934-1935, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Course
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1935-1937, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) 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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