Horace L. McBride | |
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| Born | (1894-06-29)June 29, 1894 Madison, Nebraska,United States |
| Died | November 14, 1962(1962-11-14) (aged 68) Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Buried | Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia, United States |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service |  United States Army |
| Years of service | 1916–1954 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Service number | 0-4430 |
| Unit |  Field Artillery Branch |
| Commands | 1st Battalion,2nd Field Artillery Regiment 80th Infantry Division XX Corps 9th Infantry Division Caribbean Command United States Army Command and General Staff College |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
Lieutenant GeneralHorace Logan McBride (June 29, 1894 – November 14, 1962) was a seniorUnited States Armyofficer who fought during bothWorld War I andWorld War II. He commanded American forces in theArdennes (Battle of the Bulge), theRhineland, andCentral Europe during World War II.
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He attended theUniversity of Nebraska from 1910 to 1911, and then attended and graduated from theUnited States Military Academy (USMA) atWest Point, New York in June 1916.[1] His fellow graduates included futuregenerals such asWilliam M. Hoge,Stanley Eric Reinhart,Calvin DeWitt Jr.,Wilhelm D. Styer,Fay B. Prickett,Dwight Johns andRobert Neyland.
Oncommissioning as asecond lieutenant into theField Artillery Branch, he served as abattery commander in the347th Field Artillery Regiment,91st Division, inWorld War I with theAmerican Expeditionary Force (AEF) underGeneralJohn Joseph Pershing. He served on theWestern Front, taking part in theMeuse–Argonne offensive towards the end of 1918.[2]
He remained in the army after the war, serving as AssistantMilitary Attaché atThe Hague,The Netherlands, and then inWarsaw,Poland in 1919. McBride was Professor of Military Science and Tactics atYale University from 1923 until 1927. In 1928 he attended and graduated from theCommand and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was an instructor at the Field Artillery School from 1928 to 1932, then served in thePhilippines from 1932 until 1935. After graduating from theArmy War College in 1936, he served as an instructor at the Command and General Staff College from 1936 until 1940. He was stationed at thePanama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1942.
From April 1942 to March 1943, he served as commander of the artillery of the80th Infantry Division. McBride was promoted to brigadier general in May 1942. He assumed command of the entire 80th Infantry Division in 1943 and was promoted to major general in March 1943. He led the division overseas the following year, where it fought in theBattle of Normandy in the summer of 1944 and throughout the rest of thecampaign in Western Europe until Germany's surrender in May 1945, by which time the 80th had suffered over 25,000 casualties. He then served as commanding general of theXX Corps from 1945 until 1946.
From 1946 until 1947, McBride served as commanding general of the9th Division. He served as the first chief of the newly formed Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JAMMAT)between 1947 and 1950. He was commandant of the Command and General Staff College from 1950 until 1952. From 1953 until 1954, he oversaw theCaribbean Command as its commander-in-chief.
He retired in June 1954. Upon his death in 1962 he was buried atArlington National Cemetery inArlington, Virginia.[3]
His awards included theDistinguished Service Medal, twoSilver Stars, theLegion of Merit, theBronze Star and theArmy Commendation Medal.
Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star with oak leaf cluster
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
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Order of Alexander Nevsky (USSR)[4]
Order of the Patriotic War First Class (USSR)[4]
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| Preceded by | Commandant of the Command and General Staff College March 1952 - March 1954 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Commanding general,9th Infantry Division March 1, 1946 to January 15, 1947 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Commanding general,80th Infantry Division March 1943 – October 1945 | Succeeded by |
