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COURTNEY H. HODGES, Signed Sketch

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Signed Portrait of "Courtney H. Hodges Gen. U.S. Army"

COURTNEY H. HODGES., WORLD WAR II, Major General.
Pencil and Charcoal Illustration Signed "Courtney H. Hodges Gen. U.S. Army" 15.75" x 12", Choice Very Fine. Signed and dated by the artist, "D.A. Ahrens, 1946." A waist-up portrait of the general in uniform. Minor paper loss at upper right corner; horizontal crease across page touching Hodges' chin and left shoulder. Signed in black ink in the lower right corner. Hodges (1887-1966) had a long military career. Highlights of his World War II service were as commanding general of the Third Army and, after D-Day, as commander of the First Army, which he continued to command after the war at Fort Bragg, N.C. and Governors Island, N.Y.

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