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Ogden commanded 3
Engineer Special Brigade through most of the Pacific War. During the Talasea landing, he observed the operation from a Piper Cub, whose pilot dropped several hand grenades on suspected Japanese positions.
| 1897-10-16 |
Born in New Jersey |
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| 1918-11-1 |
Second lieutenant |
Graduates from West Point and commissioned in the Corps of Engineers |
| 1918-12-2 |
Engineer School |
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| 1940 |
Colonel
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District engineer, Trinidad |
| 1942 |
Brigadier
general |
Commander, 3 Engineer Special Brigade |
| 1951 |
Commander, Ryukyus Command |
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| 1955 |
Deputy inspector-general of the
Army |
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| 1956 |
Inspector-general of the Army |
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| 1957 |
Retires |
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| 1969-11-26 |
Dies in Florida |
References
Biographical Register (1920; accessed 2013-10-6)
findagrave.com (accessed 2013-10-6)
Generals.dk (accessed 2009-2-20)
Shaw and Kane (1963; accessed 2013-10-6)
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