"Commander 1st Infantry" General James Hollingsworth Signed 4X4 B&W Photo COA

Description: Up for auction the "Commander of the 1st Infantry" General James Hollingsworth Hand Signed 4X4 B&W Photo. ES-4680 James Francis Hollingsworth (March 24, 1918 – March 2, 2010) was a United States Army lieutenant general. Hollingsworth was born and raised a few miles north of Sanger, Texas. In 1935 he entered North Texas Agricultural College, and attended for one year before transferring to Texas A&M. While there he was a member of the Corps of Cadets and graduated in May 1940 with a degree in agriculture. Upon graduation he was commissioned a US Army reserve officer, and took a job in Houston before being called to active duty two months later. Hollingsworth served in the Third Army during World War II with the 2nd Battalion, 67th Armored Regiment and was wounded five times. Brigadier General Hollingsworth served as assistant commander of the 1st Infantry Division in 1966–67. Hollingsworth and new division commander Major General William E. DePuy relieved a number of commanders whom they regarded as combat ineffective.[3] During this tour he was profiled by English journalist Nicholas Tomalin in his story The General Goes Zapping Charlie Cong, which was published in The Sunday Times on 5 June 1966. After reading of these activities DePuy and Hollingsworth were reprimanded by Chief of Staff of the United States Army Harold K. Johnson who wrote to DePuy: "If I had wanted a lead scout in command of the 1st Division you would not have gotten the job. Your value and Holly's is proportional to the responsibility that you have for something over 15,000 men. Your job is not to shoot VC. Your job is to see that other people shoot VC." Tomalin's story was later used as part of the inspiration for the character Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in the film Apocalypse Now. On 31 August 1967, as a result of the criticisms of the Army National Guard during the 1967 Detroit riot, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army set up a board under Hollingsworth, then deputy commanding general of the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command, to look into the leadership of both the National Guard and the Army Reserve. In 1972 Hollingsworth was serving as Commander of Third Regional Assistance Command in III Corps. During the Battle of An Lộc, part of the North Vietnamese Easter Offensive, Hollingsworth was responsible for organizing the air support that allowed the Army of the Republic of Vietnam forces to hold the town and ultimately defeat the People's Army of Vietnam assault.[2] During an interview taped by CBS, Hollingsworth said that he would never entertain a proposal by the Red Cross that the two sides should declare a temporary cease-fire at An Loc to treat the wounded. On another occasion, speaking of An Loc's attackers, he told reporters he intended to "kill them all before they get back to Cambodia." In each case it was clear that Hollingsworth considered himself the effective commander at An Lộc, even though a South Vietnamese officer was technically in charge. COMUSMACV General Creighton Abrams reportedly instructed Hollingsworth to "shut his mouth." In April 1972 Hollingsworth commented on the declining morale and discipline among US forces remaining in South Vietnam stating: "It is very common to observe U.S. soldiers driving and riding in trucks along the roads and highways in the Long Binh-Bien Hoa-Saigon area who are a disgrace to the Army and to the United States... Seldom does one see such a soldier with a proper haircut wearing a complete and proper uniform. Frequently, they wear no headgear and are in their undershirts. Many times they are bare to the waist. Further, many of our soldiers wear defaced hats and jackets with unauthorized embroidered and stenciled symbols and sayings, pins, buttons, and other items that give them a hippie like appearance. In addition, these soldiers often operate their vehicles in an equally careless manner...Standards (observed off post) merely reflect standards practiced on post."

Price: 399.99 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

End Time: 2024-09-23T01:48:11.000Z

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