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About General Hamilton H. Howze
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_H._Howze
Hamilton Hawkins Howze (December 21, 1908–December 8, 1998) was born in West Point, New York, while his father, Major General Robert Lee Howze, an 1888 West Point graduate, was serving as Commandant of West Point.
Early career
Howze attended West Point, graduating in the Class of 1930. He was commissioned into the 6th Cavalry.
In WWII he served as the commanders of: 2nd Battalion, 13th Armor Regiment (1943); 13th Armor Regiment (1943–44); 1st Armored Division, Italy (1944–45). After the war Howze served as the G-3 of the 1st Armored Division in 1946. Three years later he attended the National War College, which was followed by an assignment in the office of the G-2 from 1949 to 1952. After promotion to Brigadier General in 1952 he became Assistant Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division, European Command, until 1954.
Air Mobile
Howze is recognized as the intellectual force behind the concept of air-mobility and current US Army Aviation doctrine. While serving as the first Director of Army Aviation, Department of the Army, from 1955 to 1958, he developed new tactical principles for the employment of Army Aviation, and was instrumental in helping the Aviation Center and School become fully established in its new home at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He then became Commanding General of the 82d Airborne Division.
In 1961, as Chairman of the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board, Howze led the development in airmobile theory and doctrine. The Army's adoption of the recommendations in the Howze Board changed mobile warfare. Its revolutionary concepts - based on the use of aviation - changed military attitudes in a similar manner to the way the tank affected ideas on mobility 50 years earlier.
Two years later the 11th Air Assault Division was formed to test and validate these concepts. As a result of Howze's leadership, foresight and perception, two air-mobile divisions were eventually established. These divisions, which still adhere to the fundamentals of Howze's air-mobility doctrine, have gone on to provide mobile and combined arms capabilities that are required in today's ground combat conditions.
Final commands
LTG Howze served as the commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps from 1961–1962 and briefly acting Commanding General, Third Army from 1962 - 1963. His last assignment was as Commanding General, Eighth Army, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Forces in Korea, a four-star United Nations command position involving U.S. and R.O.K. troops, from 1963 to 1965. General Howze retired from active duty in 1965 to Fort Worth, Texas.
Retirement
Howze remained active after leaving the Army and became an executive and consultant for Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth. As a 1957 Charter Member of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA), he served for four years as the organization's Senior Vice President and President. He was also a member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame and was the Chairman of the AAAA’s Board of Trustees.
He died on December 8, 1998, and was buried next to his father at the United States Military Academy Post Cemetery.
Hamilton H. Howze Gunnery Award
The “Howze Gunnery Award” is presented by the AAAA and is sponsored by Rockwell International Corporation (in the memory of General Hamilton H. Howze), and is presented annually to the top AH-1 & AH-64 crew in the annual GEN Hamilton H. Howze Gunnery Competition. Past awardees include CW2 John S. Van Buren & 1LT Michael J. Blatz, B Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Avn. Regiment, 2nd Armored Div., APO NY (1989), WO1 Jose E. Trejeda & CW2 John L. Kercheville, AH-1 crew, C & D Trps, 1-7 Cavalry, 1st Cav Div, Ft. Hood, TX (1991), and CW2 Jarrett R. Brewer & WO1 Kevin E. Smith, AH-64 crew, C Troop, 6th Cav Regt, Ft. Hood, TX (1991).
Awards and decorations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_H._Howze#Awards_and_decorations
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General Hamilton H. Howze's Timeline
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December 21, 1908
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West Point, Orange County, NY, United States
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December 8, 1998
Age 89
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Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States
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December 8, 1998
Age 89
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United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, 329 Washington Road, West Point, Orange County, NY, 10996, United States
Birth: Dec. 21, 1908
US Army General. A combat veteran of World War II, he rose in rank to become Commander-in Chief of US 8th Army/US Forces in Korea. He is remembered as the "Father of the Air Cavalry" by his development and advocacy of helicopter-borne air mobility warfare. After graduating from high school in 1926, he received an appointment to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, New York and graduated in June 1930 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant in the Cavalry and served in various assignments prior to the US entry into World War II. During World War II he became commander of the 2nd Battalion (1943), 13th Armored Regiment, the 13th Armored Regiment (1943 until 1944), and the 1st Armored Division (1944 to 1945) in the European Theater of Operations. In 1946 he served in the operations section of the 1st Armored Division. After returning to the US, he attend the National War College at Fort McNair, Washington DC and was assigned to the Intelligence Section at Headquarters US Army in Washington DC from 1949 until 1952. In 1952 he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and became Assistant Commanding General of the 2nd Armored Division, European Command. In 1955 he became the 1st Director of Army Aviation and helped to establish the Aviation Center and School at Fort Rucker, Alabama. In 1958 he became the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1961 he returned to Headquarters US Army as Chairman of the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board and spearheaded the development air-mobile theory and doctrine that led to the establishment of two air-mobile divisions and is credited with the start of naming US Army helicopter aircraft after Native American tribes. In 1962 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and became commander of the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina and from 1962 until 1963 he served as Commanding General of the US 3rd Army. In August 1963 he was promoted to the rank of general and became Commander-in Chief of US 8th Army/US Forces in Korea, and he retired at this position in 1965 with 35 years of continuous military service. Among his military and foreign awards and decorations include the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star (with combat "V" device), the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the post-World War II Army of Occupation Medal, the Italian Military Valor Cross, and the South Korean Order of National Security Merit Medal (1st class). Following his military retirement, he relocated to Fort Worth, Texas and became an executive and consultant for Bell Helicopter. He was a member of the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Hall of Fame and served as its Senior Vice President and President. He died at the age of 89. The Howze Gunnery Award, sponsored by Rockwell International Corporation, was established in his memory and is presented annually by the AAAA to the top AH-1 Cobra and AH-64 Apache helicopter crew. He was the son of US Army Major General Robert Lee Howze, who received the Medal of Honor in 1891 for his actions during the Indian Wars at White River, South Dakota. His brother, Robert Lee Howze, Jr., was also a major general in the US Army who was highly decorated for combat action during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. (bio by: William Bjornstad)
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