Harry H. Johnson
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Harry Hubbard Johnson | |
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Born | Glenflora, Texas | April 11, 1895
Died | August 6, 1986 Kerrville, Texas | (aged 91)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United States of America |
Service/ | United States Army |
Years of service | 1917-1958 |
Rank | Major general |
Service number | 0-172820 |
Commands held | 2nd Cavalry Division 93rd Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Distinguished Service Medal Hall of Honor |
Harry Hubbard Johnson (April 11, 1895 – August 6, 1986) was a United States army officer with the rank of major general, who commanded 2nd Cavalry Division and 93rd Infantry Division during World War II. He was inducted to the Texas Military Hall of Honor in 1980.[1]
Early life
He was born in Glen Flora, Texas, six miles from his later hometown of Eagle Lake, Texas. He was the only son of Harry Stafford Johnson (September 17, 1873, Columbus, Texas – April 21, 1956, Eagle Lake, Texas) and Annie Bell Hubbard (Oct 14, 1873, Sealy, Texas – December 24, 1908, Eagle Lake, Texas).
His mother Annie died in 1908 when he was 13. His father later married Mamie Eggar (January 28, 1891, Corpus Christie, Texas – January 2, 1962, Runge, Texas) on January 28, 1912. They had three children: Robert Ellen Johnson (1913 – October, 1916), Frank Marshall Johnson (February 15, 1915 – January 31, 1976), and Richard Wayne Johnson (November 11, 1917 – November 1, 1919).
World War I
He attended
Johnson was sent to Camp Bowie in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 23, 1917, where he was made a Sergeant on September 7, 1917, with Company E, 141st Infantry, 36th Division. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant on December 2, 1917, and commissioned on December 28, 1917. He was transferred to Camp Bullis and was promoted to First Lieutenant on June 11, 1918.
Johnson traveled with the officers of Company E, 141st Infantry Regiment on the
On October 8, 1918, the regiment began participation in one of the great chapters in its combat history, the Meuse-Argonne campaign. On that day, along a line extending four kilometers east to west, the 141st and 142d regiments attacked German positions, resulting in a "substantial gain of ground" but suffering casualties to sixty-six officers and 1,227 enlisted men. After being relieved by the 72d Brigade (143rd and 144 Inf), the unit side-stepped to take a place at the east end of the line of the 72d Brigade several days later. On October 27, the unit took part in the assault on "Foret (Forest) Farm", and then was relieved on October 28, taking no further combat action in the war. The unit returned to the United States after six additional months in France and was mustered out July 3, 1919.[4]
Johnson left France as part of Company K, 26th Infantry, on August 23, 1919, on board the transport USS Marcia (incorrectly written as USS Marica on embarcation records) and arrived at Brooklyn, New York, on September 2, 1919. The 26th Infantry was sent to Camp Merritt upon disembarkation.[5] He was honorably discharged on October 16, 1919, but failed to get a commission in the Officer's Reserve Corps.
Interwar years
On August 9, 1920, he was commissioned in the Texas National Guard as a first lieutenant in the 3rd Texas Cavalry. He also had a job as a commissary foreman for the Gulf Production company. In January 1921 he was promoted to Captain in the 56th Cavalry Brigade, Texas National Guard, and worked as an oil salesman for Gulf. He also enlisted as a Texas special ranger in 1930 for one year see https://tslarc.tsl.texas.gov/service/SR/j/jo/joh10852.pdf
From 1929 to 1940 he served with the
World War II
In 1941–1942 he commanded the
Postwar career
Johnson worked as an executive for the Gulf Oil Company after the war while remaining in the Army Reserve.
He served as director of the Hoof and Mouth Commission in the Republic of Mexico from c. 1946 to c. 1951. The joint Mexico-U.S. commission produced 5,500,000 doses of vaccine and vaccinated over 3,500,000 animals in August, 1949.[6]
Johnson retired from the Army Reserve in 1958.
Harry H. Johnson died on August 6, 1986, in Kerrville, Texas. He was buried on August 11, 1986, in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
Family
Johnson married Rose Mathilda "Mimi" Morisseau (November 11, 1894 – February 2, 1977) in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, on June 5, 1923. They had four children:
- Rosemary Virginia Johnson (February 8, 1925, Fort Worth, Texas – January 31, 1997, Houston, Texas). She was buried in Davis-Greenlawn Cemeteries in Richmond, Texas.
- Harry Hubbard Johnson Jr. (November 11, 1927, Eastland, Texas – November 12, 1981, San Antonio, Texas) Major, US Army. He was buried on November 16, 1981, in Fort Sam Houston Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
- Jacob Pyron Johnson (May 12, 1931, Midland, Texas – September 8, 2006, at age 75), buried Texas State Cemetery
- Richard Stafford Johnson (June 20, 1933, Midland, Texas – February 8, 1999, San Antonio, Texas) lieutenant-colonel, US Army. He was buried on February 8, 1999, in Fort Sam Houston Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
References
- ^ "Hall of Honor". Texas Military Forces Museum.
- ^ Johnson, Harry (July 28, 1918). "US Army Transport". Ancestry.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Lineage and Honors - 141st Infantry Regiment". www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Lineage and Honors - 141st Infantry Regiment". www.texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Lists of Incoming Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records. 360 Boxes. NAI: 6234465. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland. Lists of Outgoing Passengers, 1917-1938. Textual records. 255 Boxes. NAI: 6234477. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
- ^ Houston Post Sept 6, 1949