Ralph E. Haines Jr.

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Ralph E. Haines Jr.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Legion of Merit (3)
Bronze Star Medal
Haines in February 2010.

Ralph Edward Haines Jr. (August 21, 1913 – November 23, 2011) was a

United States Army, Pacific from August 1968 to October 1970, and Commanding General, United States Continental Army Command from 1970 to 1973. At his death he was the army's oldest living four-star general and its senior retired officer.[2]

Military career

Haines attended

Armed Forces Staff College, the Army War College, the National War College and the Army Management School. Prior to World War II he served in the Philippine Scouts
and, during the war, he served in Italy.

Haines served as Commanding General of the

1968 Washington, D.C. riots.[4]: 282–5  He then served as Commanding General, Continental Army Command, at Fort Monroe
, Virginia, until his retirement on January 31, 1973.

Haines' awards include the

Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and the Bronze Star Medal.[5]

Post military career

The Ralph E. Haines Jr. Award, presented to the United States Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year, is named in his honor.

Cessna 421 he was piloting suffered dual engine failure near Austin, Texas.[9]

Haines died in November 2011 at the

San Antonio Military Medical Center of natural causes.[10]

References

  1. ^ Department of Defense appropriations
  2. ^ Ramon, Robert R. (February 17, 2010), "Army's oldest living four-star general visits Army South Headquarters", U.S. Army South Public Affairs
  3. ^ a b Texas Military Institute bio Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ISBN 9781517253783.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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  5. ^ Huddleston, Scott, "San Antonian Celebrating Long Gray Line", San Antonio Express-News, May 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Ralph E. Haines Jr. Award
  7. ^ U.S. Cavalry Association Officers Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Obituary of Ralph Haines' son, Palmer Swift Haines[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Catkiller Newsletter August 2004". Archived from the original on February 19, 2005. Retrieved 2007-08-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ^ "Oldest living 4-star Army general Ralph Haines dies - Yahoo! News". Archived from the original on 2011-12-24. Retrieved 2017-01-15.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from United States Army, Pacific – History of General Ralph E. Haines Jr. United States Army.

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1967–1968 		Succeeded by
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