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Coltautos.com Gun of the Month - January 2012
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Field Marshall Montgomery (center) and Brigadier General Hamilton E. Maguire (right) Gen. Maguire, 79, Dies; 32-Year Army Veteran (Evening Star, February 22, 1971) Retired Army Brigadier General Hamilton E. Maguire, 79, chief of staff of the XIX Corps which fought from Normandy to the Elbe River in World War II, dies in Georgetown University Hospital Saturday after a brief illness. He lived at 3519 Rodman St. NW. General Maguire, burn in Detroit, was a 1916 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. Commissioned in the field artillery, he serves first on the Mexican border while General John J. Pershing was pursuing Poncho Villa. In 1919 - 1923, he was assistant military attaché in London. At the beginning of World War II, general Maguire was on the old War Department general staff here. After the war he was chief of staff of the 3rd Service Command in Baltimore, Ft. George C. Meade post commander and chief of staff of the U.S. Military Aid Group in Athens. He retired in 1948. General Maguire's military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, two bronze stars, the French Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with palm, the Order of Orange-Nassau and Polonia Restitute. He was a member of the Army and Navy Club and the Chevy Chase Club. He leaves his wife, the former Anne Droop; a son, Edward of Washington; three daughters, Mrs. Gordon Gray and Mrs. John G. Keller, both of Washington, and Mrs. F. Dwight Cossitt or Richmond; a brother, Edward of New York, and 16 grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Arlington Cemetery.
General Simpson (left), Field Marshall Montgomery (center) and Brigadier General Hamilton E. Maguire (right)
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