Sidney Hinds

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Sidney Rae Hinds
Brigadier General
Service number0-12851
Commands2nd Armored Division (United States) Combat Command B, 2nd Armored Division
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star (4)
Legion of Merit (2)
Bronze Star (3)

Sidney Rae Hinds (May 14, 1900 – February 17, 1991) was an American highly decorated officer of the

brigadier general. He was also sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the team rifle competition.[1]

Early life

At West Point in 1920

Sidney Rae Hinds was born on May 14, 1900, in

John Miller Baer to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. World War I changed the length of the studies and Hinds graduated in June 1920. He was also commissioned a second lieutenant in infantry
.

His class of 1920 was very strong, producing 49 general officers, including

Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Clovis E. Byers, Henry I. Hodes, Lawrence J. Carr, Edward J. McGaw, Verne D. Mudge, Richard C. Partridge, Ewart G. Plank, William W. Bessell, Jr., John F. Cassidy, Rex V. Corput, Jr., Francis W. Farrell, William W. Ford, Charles K. Gailey, Joseph E. Harriman, Frederick M. Harris, Sherman V. Hasbrouck, Frederick L. Hayden, Homer W. Kiefer and Maurice W. Daniel
.

Colonel Sidney Hinds, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Major General Edward H. Brooks overseeing preparations for D-Day
Olympic medal record
Representing  United States
Men's
shooting
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris Team free rifle

In 1924 he participated in the Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the American team in the team free rifle competition.[2] His gold medal in on display at the US Army Infantry Museum at Fort Benning, Georgia.

He died in

San Antonio, Texas, on February 15, 1991, and is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
.

During World War II he saved the German town Ahlen by believing the German Dr. Paul Rosenbaum who was responsible for the hospital town.[clarification needed] In the early 1990s the park in front of the station in Ahlen was named after him.

Medals and decorations

Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier general Sidney Rae Hinds:

Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
V
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Bronze oak leaf cluster
Arrowhead
Silver star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Bronze star
Combat Infantryman Badge
1st Row Army Distinguished Service Medal
2nd Row
Oak Leaf Clusters
Oak Leaf Cluster
"V" Device
 Purple Heart
3rd Row
Oak Leaf Cluster
 World War I Victory Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal
4th Row
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with eight service stars and Arrowhead device
World War II Victory Medal
 Army of Occupation Medal Chevalier of Legion of Honour
5th Row
French Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with Palm
 Belgian Croix de guerre 1940–1945 with Palm Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau Order of Alexander Nevsky (USSR)[3]
Presidential Unit Citation

References

  1. ^ "Sidney Hinds". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  2. ^ "Sidney Hinds". Olympedia. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  3. ISBN 979-8-3444-6807-5
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