Army Distinguished Service Medal
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Ernest Hinds, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of Artillery, 1st Army Corps, commanding General, Army Artillery of the 1st American Army, and as Chief of Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, General Hinds perfected and successfully directed the organization and training of the Artillery of the American Army in France.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 12 (1919)
Action Date: World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Major General
Company: Chief of Artillery
Division: American Expeditionary Forces
In April of 1941 the U.S. Army purchased a ship that was previously known as the SS Santa Teresa and SS Kent and renamed it the USS Ernest J. Hinds in his honor.
His and Minnie's daughter, Marjorie Hamilton, married Colonel Fred Taylor Cruse, son of Brigadier General Thomas Cruse.
Colonel Fred Taylor and Marjorie Hinds Cruse' son, Captain James Hamilton Cruse married Anne Randolph Prentiss, daughter of Brig. General Augustin Mitchell Prentiss and Anne Randolph Hull.
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Ernest Hinds, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of Artillery, 1st Army Corps, commanding General, Army Artillery of the 1st American Army, and as Chief of Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, General Hinds perfected and successfully directed the organization and training of the Artillery of the American Army in France.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 12 (1919)
Action Date: World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Major General
Company: Chief of Artillery
Division: American Expeditionary Forces
In April of 1941 the U.S. Army purchased a ship that was previously known as the SS Santa Teresa and SS Kent and renamed it the USS Ernest J. Hinds in his honor.
His and Minnie's daughter, Marjorie Hamilton, married Colonel Fred Taylor Cruse, son of Brigadier General Thomas Cruse.
Colonel Fred Taylor and Marjorie Hinds Cruse' son, Captain James Hamilton Cruse married Anne Randolph Prentiss, daughter of Brig. General Augustin Mitchell Prentiss and Anne Randolph Hull.
Army Distinguished Service Medal
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Ernest Hinds, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of Artillery, 1st Army Corps, commanding General, Army Artillery of the 1st American Army, and as Chief of Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, General Hinds perfected and successfully directed the organization and training of the Artillery of the American Army in France.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 12 (1919)
Action Date: World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Major General
Company: Chief of Artillery
Division: American Expeditionary Forces
In April of 1941 the U.S. Army purchased a ship that was previously known as the SS Santa Teresa and SS Kent and renamed it the USS Ernest J. Hinds in his honor.
His and Minnie's daughter, Marjorie Hamilton, married Colonel Fred Taylor Cruse, son of Brigadier General Thomas Cruse.
Colonel Fred Taylor and Marjorie Hinds Cruse' son, Captain James Hamilton Cruse married Anne Randolph Prentiss, daughter of Brig. General Augustin Mitchell Prentiss and Anne Randolph Hull.
Awarded for actions during the World War I
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Ernest Hinds, United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility during World War I. As Chief of Artillery, 1st Army Corps, commanding General, Army Artillery of the 1st American Army, and as Chief of Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, General Hinds perfected and successfully directed the organization and training of the Artillery of the American Army in France.
General Orders: War Department, General Orders No. 12 (1919)
Action Date: World War I
Service: Army
Rank: Major General
Company: Chief of Artillery
Division: American Expeditionary Forces
In April of 1941 the U.S. Army purchased a ship that was previously known as the SS Santa Teresa and SS Kent and renamed it the USS Ernest J. Hinds in his honor.
His and Minnie's daughter, Marjorie Hamilton, married Colonel Fred Taylor Cruse, son of Brigadier General Thomas Cruse.
Colonel Fred Taylor and Marjorie Hinds Cruse' son, Captain James Hamilton Cruse married Anne Randolph Prentiss, daughter of Brig. General Augustin Mitchell Prentiss and Anne Randolph Hull.
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