John R. Hodge

General John Reed Hodge (12 June 1893 – 12 November 1963) was an American military officer of the United States Army.

From 1945 to 1948, Hodge commanded Operation Blacklist Forty as the American military governor of South Korea.

[1] Remaining in the Army following the end of the war, he taught military science at Mississippi State University from 1921 to 1925 and graduated from the Infantry School in 1926.

He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in June 1942 and transferred to the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii, where he succeeded Gilbert R. Cook as the assistant division commander (ADC) and deputy of Major General J. Lawton Collins.

His final assignment was as Chief of Army Field Forces from 8 May 1952 until he retired from military service on 30 June 1953.

Army commanders in the United States and certain overseas commanders meet with Secretary of the Army Frank Pace and General J. Lawton Collins , Army Chief of Staff, in the Pentagon in routine sessions, 5 June 1952. Lieutenant General John R. Hodge is sat fourth from the right, between Secretary Pace (left) and Lieutenant General Henry Aurand (right)
The grave of General John R. Hodge at Arlington National Cemetery