George Van Horn Moseley Jr.
George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.[1][2][3] was born in Fort Sam Houston, Texas on January 4, 1905, the son of George Van Horn Moseley and Alice Dodds Moseley. His father, then an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division, later rose to become a major general and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army during the Hoover Administration.
Life
Colonel Moseley grew up on Army posts and in Washington DC, where he graduated from Western High School in 1922. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1927, He subsequently served on various assignments, obtained a master's degree, taught English at West Point and served in Tientsin, China as a Company Commander with the 15th Infantry Regiment during the 1930s. He commanded, trained and jumped into Normandy[4] with the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment[2] on D-Day 1944.,[5] June 6, 1944.[6] He was injured on the jump but refused to be evacuated, commanding his regiment from a wheelbarrow for two days. After convalescing in England, he returned to the United States to command the 2d Parachute Training Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia. He attended the Naval War College at the end of World War II.
In 1946 Colonel Moseley retired to Grafton, Vermont, where he had owned a home for many years. Because of his expertise on China, he returned to serve with HQ Far East Command during the Korean War. Later he served as Commandant of Cadets at Norwich University. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart and died in 1976 in Montague, Massachusetts (buried Old South Cemetery).[7]
Correspondence with Douglas McArthur is quoted in the William Manchester biography "American Caesar" American Caesar
Notes
- ^ Greenwood, Wright (2007). Airborne Forces at War: From Parachute Test Platoon to the 21st Century. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-028-5. ISBN 9781591140283.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Bando, Mark (2001). 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-7603-0855-1. ISBN 9780760308554.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Penrose, Jane (2004). The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians Explore History's Greatest Amphibious Assault. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-779-4. ISBN 9781841767796.
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- ^ Balkoski, Joseph. Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Balkoski, Joseph (2006). Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day. Stackpole Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8117-3377-9. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ^ Crookenden, Napier (1976). Dropzone Normandy: The Story of the American and British Airborne Assault on D Day 1944. Scribner.
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Sources
- Register of Graduates, USMA
- Alfred Cormbise,(2004) The United States 15th Infantry Regiment in China, 1912–1938, McFarland & Co.
- Greenfield, Mass. RECORDER, Dec 7, 1976
- Springfield, Mass. MORNING UNION, Dec 7, 1976
- Historical and Pictorial Review of the Parachute Battalions, US Army, Ft Benning, Ga, 1942
- Lynchburg News Advance, Lynchburg, Va, 13 September 1944
- http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502.html