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Courtney Hicks Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army, 1944–45.

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Courtney Hicks Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army, 1944–45.

Courtney Hicks Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army, 1944–45.

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