Philippine–American WarPancho Villa ExpeditionWorld War I Paul Bernard Malone (May 8, 1872 – October 16, 1960) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of major general.

His parents ran a dairy and young Paul received his early education at Saint James Parochial School and the De La Salle Institute.

[1][4] Among his classmates who also became general officers were Butler Ames, John W. Barker, Oliver Edwards, George H. Estes, Hamilton S. Hawkins III, Samuel Hof, Ora E. Hunt, Frank Parker, Briant H. Wells, and Clarence C.

[3][5] With the outbreak of Philippine–American War, Malone was transferred to the newly established 27th Infantry Regiment in the Philippines in mid-1901 and took part in the chasing of rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo to the swamps and morasses of the Luzon.

While in this capacity, Malone and two other captains (John McAuley Palmer and George Van Horn Moseley) were ordered to Germany in September 1912 and observed German Imperial Army maneuvers northeast of Dresden.

Malone served in this capacity on the Mexican Border during the Pancho Villa Expedition until January 1917, when he was appointed Officer-in-charge of Training Camps in the Central Department.

[8][3] Following the American entry into World War I in April 1917, Malone was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel on June 26, 1917, and embarked for France.

During the Battle of Belleau Wood at the beginning of June, Malone and his regiment were originally placed in the reserve, but promptly received orders to plug the gap in the lines.

[1] The battle lasted only a few days but, for Malone and his brigade, there was little rest as it soon found itself engaged in the Meuse–Argonne offensive, where it gloriously captured the Bois des Rappes, forced the difficult crossing of the river Meuse, and rapidly cleared the eastern heights, taking the villages of Brieulles, Liny-devant-Dun, Fontaines, Vilosnes, Brandeville, Jametz, Remoiville and Louppy and penetrating eighteen kilometers beyond the Meuse before the Armistice with Germany caused hostilities to cease on November 11.

He was then sent to the newly born Army Infantry School at Fort Benning and served consecutively as assistant commandant under Generals Charles S. Farnsworth and Walter H. Gordon.

While in this capacity, he supported American Legion War orphans’ fund, when first time in radio history broadcast conducted a talk from an airplane 3000 feet in the air.

[13][14][1] After his retirement from the Army, Malone settled in San Francisco, California, and accepted the position as administrator for the State Brewers’ Institute and was active in the American Legion, a war veterans' organization.

[21] Here is Major general Malone's ribbon bar:[5] In the late 1970s, a series of several weapons qualification ranges, at the United States Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, were named after him.

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: K. Stevenson's The official history of the Fifth division, U. S. A.: during the period of its organization and of its operations in the European world war, 1917-1919.