Hobbs, Leland Stanford, MG

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Last Rank
Major General
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
0002-General Officer
Last MOS Group
General Officer
Primary Unit
1950-1953, 0002, First Army (1st Army)
Service Years
1915 - 1953
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Infantry
Major General
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Home State
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Year of Birth
1892
 
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Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia

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Belgian Fourragere Infantry Shoulder Cord US Army Retired (Pre-2007)


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United States Army Major General. He was a highly decorated Major General in the United States Army, who commanded 30th Infantry Division during the World War II. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from which he graduated in June 1915, in the same class as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, James Van Fleet, Henry Aurand or Stafford LeRoy Irwin ("The class the stars fell on"). At the beginning of the 1940, Hobbs was transferred to the Washington, D.C., where he was appointed an Executive officer of the 3rd Infantry Regiment. He served in this capacity for a brief time and after his promotion to the temporary rank of Colonel, he was made a Commander of the regiment. With the United States entry into the World War II, Hobbs served as a chief of staff of the Trinidad Base Command at Fort Read. In July 1942, Hobbs was appointed a commanding general of the 30th Infantry Division stationed at Camp Blanding, Florida. Hobbs succeeded general William Hood Simpson, who was appointed commander of XII Corps. In November 1943, Hobbs was transferred together with his division to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, where it continue in training for its deploying within European Theater of Operations. The 30th Infantry division arrived in England on February 22, 1944, and trained until June of that year. General Hobbs landed on the Omaha Beach with his division on June 11 and secured the Vire-et-Taute Canal, crossed the Vire River, July 7, and, beginning on July 25 spearheaded the St. Lô break-through. Hobbs subsequently commanded the 30th Infantry Division until the end of World War II. Hobbs commanded the division during the Battle of Normandy, Mortain Counter-offensive, Battle of the Bulge or Battle of Aachen. He was succeeded by major general Albert C. Smith in September 1945. Major general Hobbs was highly decorated for his leadership of the 30th Division during the World War II.

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   1934-1935, Department of Command (Staff) Army War College
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June / 1935
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Pennsylvania
 
 
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Grant, Walter, MG, (1900-1946) IM 2500 Brigadier General
Spaulding, Oliver, BG, (1898-1946) IM 2500 Brigadier General
Daley, Edmund, MG, (1906-1942) Colonel
Grunert, George, LTG, (1898-1945) Colonel
Hodges, Courtney Hicks, GEN, (1906-1949) 6 Colonel
Ryder, Charles Wolcott, MG, (1915-1950) Colonel
Smith, Walter D., BG, (1901-1946) FA Colonel
Stayer, Morrison, MG, (1908-1946) IM 2500 Colonel
Woodward, William Roscoe, BG, (1916-1950) Colonel
Allen, Terry De La Mesa, MG, (1912-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Andrus, Clift, MG, (1912-1952) FA 1193 Lieutenant Colonel
Baade, Paul William, MG, (1911-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Easley, Claudius Miller, BG, (1911-1945) Lieutenant Colonel
Greely, John, MG, (1908-1943) FA Lieutenant Colonel
Ladd, Jesse, BG, (1911-1947) IN Lieutenant Colonel
Lockwood, Benjamin, BG, (1911-1948) IN Lieutenant Colonel
Longino, Olin, BG, (1908-1945) FA Lieutenant Colonel
Lyman, Charles, BG, (1913-1946) IN Lieutenant Colonel
Malony, Harry, MG, (1912-1949) IM 6 Lieutenant Colonel
Martin, Frederick LeRoy, MG, (1908-1944) AV 15A Lieutenant Colonel
McBride, Horace Logan, LTG, (1916-1954) Lieutenant Colonel
McFarland, Earl, BG, (1906-1943) OD Lieutenant Colonel
Olmstead, Dawson, MG, (1906-1944) SC Lieutenant Colonel
Richardson, Robert C, GEN, (1904-1946) IM 6 Lieutenant Colonel
Ulio, James, MG, (1900-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, GEN, (1906-1947) Lieutenant Colonel
Walker, Fred, MG, (1911-1946) Lieutenant Colonel
Allen, Leven, MG, (1916-1951) IM 6 Major
Allen, Roderick Random, MG, (1915-1954) Major
Almond, Edward Mallory, LTG, (1916-1953) Major
Bradley, Omar, GA, (1915-1981) Major
Bruce, Andrew, LTG, (1917-1954) IM 6 Major
Burress, Withers, LTG, (1916-1954) IM 6 Major
Chambers, William, BG, (1916-1946) IM 6 Major
Clarkson, Percy, MG, (1916-1953) IM 6 Major
Collins, Harry, MG, (1917-1954) Major
Dahlquist, John, GEN, (1917-1956) IM 6 Major
Dawley, Ernst, MG, (1910-1947) IM 6 Major
Doe, Jens Anderson, MG, (1914-1949) Major
Fortier, Louis, BG, (1917-1950) IM 6 Major
Greene, Douglas, MG, (1913-1946) IN Major
Grow, Robert, MG, (1916-1953) IM 6 Major
Handy, Thomas Troy, GEN, (1916-1954) Major
Harmon, Ernest, MG, (1917-1948) Major
Henry, Stephen, MG, (1916-1946) Major
Hibbs, Louis, MG, (1916-1947) IM 6 Major
Hobson, William, BG, (1912-1946) IM 6 Major
Holmes, Henry, BG, (1916-1947) 6 Major
Hueper, Remi, BG, (1917-1946) IM 6 Major
Hurdis, Charles, MG, (1917-1946) IM 6 Major
Irvine, Willard, MG, (1917-1952) IM 6 Major
Irwin, Constant, BG, (1916-1944) IM 6 Major
Jay, Henry, BG, (1916-1948) FA Major
Karlstad, Charles, BG, (1917-1953) IM 6 Major
Kimball, Allen, BG, (1911-1946) QM Major
Kingman, Allen, BG, (1916-1953) IN Major
Landrum, Eugene, MG, (1910-1951) IN Major
Lawes, Herbert, BG, (1912-1947) QM Major

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