| 词条 | Doyle Overton Hickey |
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| name = Doyle Overton Hickey | image = Doyle O. Hickey (US Army brigadier general).jpg | caption = Louisville Courier-Journal, July 11, 1947 | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|07|11}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|10|20|1892|07|11}} | birth_place = Rector, Arkansas | death_place = Jefferson, Louisiana | placeofburial = Live Oak Cemetery, Pass Christian, Mississippi | allegiance = {{US}} | branch = {{Army|United States}} | serviceyears = 1913-1953 | rank = Lieutenant General | servicenumber = | unit = 31st Infantry Division 7th Field Artillery Regiment | commands = 9th Infantry Regiment 3rd Armored Division | battles = World War I
| battles_label = | awards = Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star (4) Legion of Merit Bronze Star | relations = | laterwork = Executive, Continental Motors Corporation }} Doyle Overton Hickey (July 27, 1892 - October 20, 1961) was an officer in the United States Army who served in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, finishing his military career as a lieutenant general. Early lifeHickey was born in Rector, Arkansas on July 27, 1892, the son of John B. and Genie (Crews) Hickey.{{sfn|Spearhead in the West, 1941-45|page=6}}{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}} Hickey was educated in Camden, and graduated from Camden High School in 1909.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}} He was a 1903 graduate of Hendrix College, after which studied law with a local attorney.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}}{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} Hickey worked at a Memphis, Tennessee lumber company until deciding to enlist for World War I.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}}{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} World War IHe joined the Army, attended Officer Candidate School at Leon Springs, Texas, and in 1917 was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Artillery.{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} Hickey was assigned to the 31st Infantry Division and served in France until the end of the war. Post-World War IAfter the war, Hickey continued his Army career, attending the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and graduating from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1936.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}}{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} In the early 1930s, he served with the 7th Field Artillery Regiment at Madison Barracks, New York, afterwards being assigned to duty as Director of the United States Park Police in Washington, D.C. From 1938 to 1940, he served in the Philippines, and from 1940 to 1941 he commanded the 9th Infantry Regiment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1941, he was assigned as executive officer of the Field Artillery Replacement Center. World War IIIn 1942, Hickey joined the 3rd Armored Division during its World War II training in southern California, assuming command of Combat Command A and receiving promotion to brigadier general.{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} He assumed command of 3rd Armored Division after the death of Major General Maurice Rose in March 1945, and was promoted to major general.{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} The 3rd Armored had taken part in combat during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge, and after Hickey assumed command the division continued to fight, taking the city of Cologne in March and crossing the Saale River. On April 11, the 3rd Armored discovered the Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp. After World War II, the division carried out occupation duty near Langen, and was inactivated in November 1945. Hickey then served as Chief of the Research and Development Division for Headquarters, Army Ground Forces, in Washington, D.C. Korean WarHickey served as deputy chief of staff and the de facto chief for the Far East Command in Tokyo during Douglas MacArthur's command.{{sfn|The Papers of George Catlett Marshall|page=528}} In 1951, Hickey was officially assigned as chief of staff, receiving promotion to lieutenant general.{{sfn|The Papers of George Catlett Marshall|page=528}} He served under MacArthur's successors, Matthew Ridgway and Mark Clark, and played an important role in the planning and execution of operations during the Korean War.{{sfn|The Papers of George Catlett Marshall|page=528}} AwardsGeneral Hickey's decorations included two awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, four of the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star.{{sfn|Major General Maurice Rose: World War II's Greatest Forgotten Commander|page=214}} Later careerGeneral Hickey retired from the military in 1953, and became an executive with the Continental Motors Corporation.{{sfn|The SAE Journal|page=102}} In his later years, he resided in Pass Christian, Mississippi.{{sfn|"Gen. Hickey Services Held"|page=1}} Death and burialHickey died at Ochsner Foundation Hospital in Jefferson, Louisiana on October 20, 1961.{{sfn|"Gen. Hickey Services Held"|page=1}} He was buried at Live Oak Cemetery in Pass Christian.{{sfn|"Gen. Hickey Services Held"|page=1}} FamilyOn April 30, 1917, Hickey married Sophronia Purdue Brown of Indianola, Mississippi.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}} They had no children.{{sfn|The National Cyclopedia of American Biography|page=220}} ReferencesSourcesBooks
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