William hoge general biography

William Morris Hoge
General, U.S. Army

William Morris Hoge was born on 13 January 1894 in Boonville, MO, and grew up in Lexington, MO, where his father, William McGuffey Hoge, served as principal and superintendent at Wentworth Military Academy.

After graduating from Wentworth in 1912, he received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy.

Hoge graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1916, then was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Corps of Engineers.

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From 1917 to 1918, he commanded a company of the 7th Engineers at Fort Leavenworth, KS.

World War I

During World War I, Hoge received the Distinguished Service Cross personally from General John J. Pershing for heroic action under fire as a battalion commander in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

During the interwar years, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and from the Command and General Staff School.

World War II

Hoge directed one of the great engineering feats of World War II,