WWII Lieutenant General William Simpson Painting 16x20 & Signed Photograph 8x10 for Sale

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WWII Lieutenant General William Simpson Painting 16x20 & Signed Photograph 8x10 For Sale

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WWII Lieutenant General William Simpson Painting 16x20 & Signed Photograph 8x10:
$450.00

WWII Lieutenant General William Simpson Painting 16x20 & Signed Photograph 8x10

Wonderful OriginalWWII Lieutenant General William Simpson Painting 16x20 Oil on Canvas by Dolph Bishop 1948 and a Signed Photograph 8x10 \'Lt. Gen. William H Simpson 1946\' Inscribed: \"William H. Simpson General U.S.A. Retired, Commanding General 9th US Army Europe 1944 - 45\".GoodCondition as Photographed with wear and some crackle and loss of paint on the painting as seen, displays well and would make an excellent addition to any war room or library - Recent Estate Acquisition & Presented as Acquired, Rare (Photos 19 - 24 Reference Only)

General William Hood Simpson (May 18, 1888 – August 15,1980) was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction inboth World War I and World War II. He is best known for being the Commanding Generalof the Ninth United States Army in northwest Europe during World War II.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at WestPoint, New York, where he was ranked 101st out of 103 in the class of 1909,Simpson served in the Philippines, where he participated in suppression of theMoro Rebellion, and in Mexico with the Pancho Villa Expedition in 1916. DuringWorld War I he saw active service in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on the WesternFront on the staff of the 33rd Division, for which he was awarded the ArmyDistinguished Service Medal and Silver Citation Star. Between the wars heserved on staff postings, attended the Command and General Staff College andthe Army War College, and commanded the 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.

During World War II he commanded the 9th Infantry Regimentand was the assistant division commander of the 2nd Infantry Division. Insuccession he commanded the 35th and the 30th Infantry Divisions, the XIICorps, and the Fourth Army. In May 1944, with the three-star rank of lieutenantgeneral, he assumed command of the Ninth Army. Simpson led the Ninth Army inthe assault on Brest in September 1944, and the advance to the Roer River inNovember. During the Battle of the Bulge in December, Simpson\'s Ninth Army cameunder command of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery\'s Anglo-Canadian 21st ArmyGroup. After the battle was over in early 1945, the Ninth Army remained withMontgomery\'s 21st Army Group for Operation Grenade, the advance to the Rhine,and Operation Plunder, its crossing. On April 1 the Ninth Army made contactwith the First Army, making a complete encirclement of the Ruhr, and on April11, it reached the Elbe.

After the war ended, Simpson commanded the Second UnitedStates Army, and served in the Office of the Chief of Staff. He retired fromthe army in 1946. In retirement, he lived and worked in the San Antonio, Texas,area. He was a member of the board of directors of the Alamo National Bank, andsucceeded General Walter Krueger as a member of the Board of Directors of theChamber of Commerce of San Antonio. He died in the Brooke Army Medical Centeron August 15, 1980, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (wiki)

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