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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Ernest H. Hawkwood

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

New York

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ACTIVE DUTY, 1941; SERVED AS CAPTAIN AND AIDE TO GENERAL HUGH DRUM, GOVERNORS ISLAND; COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF SCHOOL, 1942; ASSIGNED TO HAMPTON ROADS PORT OF EMBARKATION, OCTOBER, 1942, IN CHARGE OF TROOP MOVEMENT; PROMOTED MAJOR AND LATER LIEUTENANT COLONEL; OVERSEAS DUTY, JULY-AUGUST, 1943; ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF, NOVEMBER, 1943; CHIEF OF STAFF, 20 JANUARY 1944.