1. Major General Leland Stanford Hobbs was a decorated senior United States Army officer who commanded the 30th Infantry Division in Western Europe during World War II.
17 Facts About Leland Hobbs
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Leland Hobbs graduated from the academy almost exactly four years later in June 1915, as part of the West Point class of 1915, known as "the class the stars fell on", graduating alongside Dwight D Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, James Van Fleet, Henry Aurand, Roscoe B Woodruff, Stafford LeRoy Irwin, John W Leonard, Charles W Ryder, Vernon Prichard and Paul J Mueller.
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Leland Hobbs was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry Branch of the United States Army and was assigned to the 12th Infantry Regiment, then stationed at Nogales, Arizona.
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Leland Hobbs saw his first action there in the skirmishes with the Mexican bandits during the Pancho Villa Expedition.
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Leland Hobbs then saw service in California and Maryland, until, after the American entry into World War I, he was ordered to the Western Front with the 11th Infantry Division.
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Leland Hobbs briefly commanded the 3rd Battalion of the 63rd Infantry Regiment.
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Leland Hobbs was then assigned to the USMA, where he served as an assistant instructor of tactics until 1924.
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In 1935, Hobbs was appointed quartermaster in the Fourth Corps area and in 1937, he was appointed Chief of Staff of the Third US Army under the command of Lieutenant General Stanley D Embick.
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At the beginning of 1940, Leland Hobbs was transferred to Washington, DC, where he was appointed the executive officer of the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
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Leland Hobbs served in this capacity for a brief time and after his promotion to the temporary rank of colonel, he was made the commander of the regiment.
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At the time, Leland Hobbs was serving as chief of staff of the Trinidad Base Command at Fort Read, a post he held until May 1942.
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Leland Hobbs's predecessor was Major General William Hood Simpson, who was appointed commander of XII Corps.
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In November 1943, Leland Hobbs was transferred, together with his division, to Camp Atterbury, Indiana, where it continued in training for its deploying within European Theater of Operations.
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Leland Hobbs led the 30th Infantry Division in the Battle of Normandy, Mortain counteroffensive, the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Aachen and for the rest of the war until the end of World War II in Europe in May 1945.
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Major General Leland Hobbs was highly decorated for his leadership of the 30th Division during World War II.
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Leland Hobbs served in this capacity until October 1946, when he was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division as its commanding general, succeeding his West Point classmate, Major General John W Leonard.
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Leland Hobbs retired from the army in 1953 and became vice president of the Colonial Trust Bank in New York City.