USMA Class of 1913. Cullum No. 5153.
Douglass Taft Greene was born on April 23, 1891 at Fort Logan, Colorado, the son of Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, USMA Class of 1878, and Lillian Taft Adams Greene. He was appointed to West Point from Illinois and entered the Military Academy on March 1, 1909. He graduated with the Class of 1913 and then joined the 2d Infantry at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He spent the next three and a half years seeing Oahu on foot. After a brief tour with the newly formed 32d Infantry at Schofield Barracks, he joined the 21st Infantry in California and for six months was an instructor in training camps. He was promoted to major, N.A., in June 1918. He was first assigned to Camp Pike in Arkansas as adjutant of the depot brigade and then to West Point in August where he served as a Tac until August 1922. In 1923, at Fort Meade in Maryland he began his association with tanks and Armor. From July 1934 to July 1940, he was Professor of Military Science & Tactics at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then commanded the 67th Armored Infantry of the 2d Armored Division at Fort Benning in Georgia, the Combat Command A of the 7th Armored Division, the 16th, and the 12th Armored Divisions. In 1941, he was promoted to colonel, in 1942 to brigadier general and in 1943 major general. In August 1944, just as his division was ready to go overseas, the doctors refused to let him go with his command. He was made deputy commander, Second Army at Memphis and from there went to Camp Gordon in Georgia, as Commanding General of the Infantry Replacement Training Center from October 1944 to August 1945. After a brief hospitalization and four months of terminal leave he was retired as a major general on February 28, 1946 for physical disability. He was a graduate of the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, the Tank School, the Command and General Staff School and of the Army War College. The 7th Armored Division Association’s Workshop News reports: General Greene was highly respected for his knowledge of armored warfare; he was a great factor in the success that the 7th later had in combat.
After retirement, he returned to Drexel Institute, where he was an assistant to the president and chairman of its War Surplus Board, administering the purchase of surplus property for the Institute. He also prepared a report on the World War II service of men trained in the Drexel ROTC. In 1952 he became Director of Athletics at Drexel until December 31, 1961. He then became a consultant to the president. Dr. Creese, President of Drexel, said of Doug and of his long service with the Institute: He was an able administrator with a deep sense of loyalty. Above all, he has been a close friend to thousands of athletes, offering them wise counsel.
He was active in the West Point Society and the Military Order of the World Wars in Philadelphia. He was a commander of the latter for one year and was delegate to several of its conventions. He was president of the West Point Society of Philadelphia for four years from 1946 to 1950. He was vice president of the Class of 1913 from 1953 to 1958; elected class president at the 45th Reunion in 1958, and was re-elected for another five-year term at the 50th Reunion. In 1934, when he became Professor of Military Science & Tactics at Drexel, the Greenes established their permanent home in the Philadelphia area, Drexel Hill and returned there after retirement. On May 4, 1915, he married Eleanora Lenihan, daughter of Brigadier General Michael J. Lenihan, USMA Class of 1887, then major, 2d Infantry. Their first child, Joseph Douglass, born at Fort Shafter, died at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1922 while rescuing a younger brother from under a truck. Lawrence Vivans and Michael Joseph Lenihan were both members of the USMA Class of 1941. Lewis Adams lived at Cooksville, Tennessee. Douglass was a Staff Sergeant in the Army at Fort Lee, Virginia. Ann Catherine married R. L. Ziegler and lived at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Thomas Patrick, USMA Class of 1950, was killed in action in Korea on February 10, 1951. Michael, Lewis, and Ann were born at West Point. On January 28, 1964 he was hospitalized following a heart attack and returned home after three weeks. On June 9, 1964 he entered Valley Forge General Hospital, suffered a very severe heart attack the next day and died on June 13, 1964. Survivors included his wife, Eleanora, his brother, Joseph Greene of Birmingham, Alabama, four sons, one daughter and 23 grandchildren. Funeral services were held on June 17, 1964 at St. Bernadette’s Church in Drexel Hill. General Howard Davidson and Colonel William Foote represented the Class of 1913. Interment was at West Point that afternoon, where General Lunsford Oliver represented the Class. His parents and his first born and last born sons are also interred at West Point.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
Douglass Taft Greene was born on April 23, 1891 at Fort Logan, Colorado, the son of Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, USMA Class of 1878, and Lillian Taft Adams Greene. He was appointed to West Point from Illinois and entered the Military Academy on March 1, 1909. He graduated with the Class of 1913 and then joined the 2d Infantry at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He spent the next three and a half years seeing Oahu on foot. After a brief tour with the newly formed 32d Infantry at Schofield Barracks, he joined the 21st Infantry in California and for six months was an instructor in training camps. He was promoted to major, N.A., in June 1918. He was first assigned to Camp Pike in Arkansas as adjutant of the depot brigade and then to West Point in August where he served as a Tac until August 1922. In 1923, at Fort Meade in Maryland he began his association with tanks and Armor. From July 1934 to July 1940, he was Professor of Military Science & Tactics at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then commanded the 67th Armored Infantry of the 2d Armored Division at Fort Benning in Georgia, the Combat Command A of the 7th Armored Division, the 16th, and the 12th Armored Divisions. In 1941, he was promoted to colonel, in 1942 to brigadier general and in 1943 major general. In August 1944, just as his division was ready to go overseas, the doctors refused to let him go with his command. He was made deputy commander, Second Army at Memphis and from there went to Camp Gordon in Georgia, as Commanding General of the Infantry Replacement Training Center from October 1944 to August 1945. After a brief hospitalization and four months of terminal leave he was retired as a major general on February 28, 1946 for physical disability. He was a graduate of the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, the Tank School, the Command and General Staff School and of the Army War College. The 7th Armored Division Association’s Workshop News reports: General Greene was highly respected for his knowledge of armored warfare; he was a great factor in the success that the 7th later had in combat.
After retirement, he returned to Drexel Institute, where he was an assistant to the president and chairman of its War Surplus Board, administering the purchase of surplus property for the Institute. He also prepared a report on the World War II service of men trained in the Drexel ROTC. In 1952 he became Director of Athletics at Drexel until December 31, 1961. He then became a consultant to the president. Dr. Creese, President of Drexel, said of Doug and of his long service with the Institute: He was an able administrator with a deep sense of loyalty. Above all, he has been a close friend to thousands of athletes, offering them wise counsel.
He was active in the West Point Society and the Military Order of the World Wars in Philadelphia. He was a commander of the latter for one year and was delegate to several of its conventions. He was president of the West Point Society of Philadelphia for four years from 1946 to 1950. He was vice president of the Class of 1913 from 1953 to 1958; elected class president at the 45th Reunion in 1958, and was re-elected for another five-year term at the 50th Reunion. In 1934, when he became Professor of Military Science & Tactics at Drexel, the Greenes established their permanent home in the Philadelphia area, Drexel Hill and returned there after retirement. On May 4, 1915, he married Eleanora Lenihan, daughter of Brigadier General Michael J. Lenihan, USMA Class of 1887, then major, 2d Infantry. Their first child, Joseph Douglass, born at Fort Shafter, died at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1922 while rescuing a younger brother from under a truck. Lawrence Vivans and Michael Joseph Lenihan were both members of the USMA Class of 1941. Lewis Adams lived at Cooksville, Tennessee. Douglass was a Staff Sergeant in the Army at Fort Lee, Virginia. Ann Catherine married R. L. Ziegler and lived at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Thomas Patrick, USMA Class of 1950, was killed in action in Korea on February 10, 1951. Michael, Lewis, and Ann were born at West Point. On January 28, 1964 he was hospitalized following a heart attack and returned home after three weeks. On June 9, 1964 he entered Valley Forge General Hospital, suffered a very severe heart attack the next day and died on June 13, 1964. Survivors included his wife, Eleanora, his brother, Joseph Greene of Birmingham, Alabama, four sons, one daughter and 23 grandchildren. Funeral services were held on June 17, 1964 at St. Bernadette’s Church in Drexel Hill. General Howard Davidson and Colonel William Foote represented the Class of 1913. Interment was at West Point that afternoon, where General Lunsford Oliver represented the Class. His parents and his first born and last born sons are also interred at West Point.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
USMA Class of 1913. Cullum No. 5153.
Douglass Taft Greene was born on April 23, 1891 at Fort Logan, Colorado, the son of Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, USMA Class of 1878, and Lillian Taft Adams Greene. He was appointed to West Point from Illinois and entered the Military Academy on March 1, 1909. He graduated with the Class of 1913 and then joined the 2d Infantry at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He spent the next three and a half years seeing Oahu on foot. After a brief tour with the newly formed 32d Infantry at Schofield Barracks, he joined the 21st Infantry in California and for six months was an instructor in training camps. He was promoted to major, N.A., in June 1918. He was first assigned to Camp Pike in Arkansas as adjutant of the depot brigade and then to West Point in August where he served as a Tac until August 1922. In 1923, at Fort Meade in Maryland he began his association with tanks and Armor. From July 1934 to July 1940, he was Professor of Military Science & Tactics at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then commanded the 67th Armored Infantry of the 2d Armored Division at Fort Benning in Georgia, the Combat Command A of the 7th Armored Division, the 16th, and the 12th Armored Divisions. In 1941, he was promoted to colonel, in 1942 to brigadier general and in 1943 major general. In August 1944, just as his division was ready to go overseas, the doctors refused to let him go with his command. He was made deputy commander, Second Army at Memphis and from there went to Camp Gordon in Georgia, as Commanding General of the Infantry Replacement Training Center from October 1944 to August 1945. After a brief hospitalization and four months of terminal leave he was retired as a major general on February 28, 1946 for physical disability. He was a graduate of the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, the Tank School, the Command and General Staff School and of the Army War College. The 7th Armored Division Association’s Workshop News reports: General Greene was highly respected for his knowledge of armored warfare; he was a great factor in the success that the 7th later had in combat.
After retirement, he returned to Drexel Institute, where he was an assistant to the president and chairman of its War Surplus Board, administering the purchase of surplus property for the Institute. He also prepared a report on the World War II service of men trained in the Drexel ROTC. In 1952 he became Director of Athletics at Drexel until December 31, 1961. He then became a consultant to the president. Dr. Creese, President of Drexel, said of Doug and of his long service with the Institute: He was an able administrator with a deep sense of loyalty. Above all, he has been a close friend to thousands of athletes, offering them wise counsel.
He was active in the West Point Society and the Military Order of the World Wars in Philadelphia. He was a commander of the latter for one year and was delegate to several of its conventions. He was president of the West Point Society of Philadelphia for four years from 1946 to 1950. He was vice president of the Class of 1913 from 1953 to 1958; elected class president at the 45th Reunion in 1958, and was re-elected for another five-year term at the 50th Reunion. In 1934, when he became Professor of Military Science & Tactics at Drexel, the Greenes established their permanent home in the Philadelphia area, Drexel Hill and returned there after retirement. On May 4, 1915, he married Eleanora Lenihan, daughter of Brigadier General Michael J. Lenihan, USMA Class of 1887, then major, 2d Infantry. Their first child, Joseph Douglass, born at Fort Shafter, died at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1922 while rescuing a younger brother from under a truck. Lawrence Vivans and Michael Joseph Lenihan were both members of the USMA Class of 1941. Lewis Adams lived at Cooksville, Tennessee. Douglass was a Staff Sergeant in the Army at Fort Lee, Virginia. Ann Catherine married R. L. Ziegler and lived at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Thomas Patrick, USMA Class of 1950, was killed in action in Korea on February 10, 1951. Michael, Lewis, and Ann were born at West Point. On January 28, 1964 he was hospitalized following a heart attack and returned home after three weeks. On June 9, 1964 he entered Valley Forge General Hospital, suffered a very severe heart attack the next day and died on June 13, 1964. Survivors included his wife, Eleanora, his brother, Joseph Greene of Birmingham, Alabama, four sons, one daughter and 23 grandchildren. Funeral services were held on June 17, 1964 at St. Bernadette’s Church in Drexel Hill. General Howard Davidson and Colonel William Foote represented the Class of 1913. Interment was at West Point that afternoon, where General Lunsford Oliver represented the Class. His parents and his first born and last born sons are also interred at West Point.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
Douglass Taft Greene was born on April 23, 1891 at Fort Logan, Colorado, the son of Colonel Lewis Douglass Greene, USMA Class of 1878, and Lillian Taft Adams Greene. He was appointed to West Point from Illinois and entered the Military Academy on March 1, 1909. He graduated with the Class of 1913 and then joined the 2d Infantry at Fort Shafter, Hawaii. He spent the next three and a half years seeing Oahu on foot. After a brief tour with the newly formed 32d Infantry at Schofield Barracks, he joined the 21st Infantry in California and for six months was an instructor in training camps. He was promoted to major, N.A., in June 1918. He was first assigned to Camp Pike in Arkansas as adjutant of the depot brigade and then to West Point in August where he served as a Tac until August 1922. In 1923, at Fort Meade in Maryland he began his association with tanks and Armor. From July 1934 to July 1940, he was Professor of Military Science & Tactics at the Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He then commanded the 67th Armored Infantry of the 2d Armored Division at Fort Benning in Georgia, the Combat Command A of the 7th Armored Division, the 16th, and the 12th Armored Divisions. In 1941, he was promoted to colonel, in 1942 to brigadier general and in 1943 major general. In August 1944, just as his division was ready to go overseas, the doctors refused to let him go with his command. He was made deputy commander, Second Army at Memphis and from there went to Camp Gordon in Georgia, as Commanding General of the Infantry Replacement Training Center from October 1944 to August 1945. After a brief hospitalization and four months of terminal leave he was retired as a major general on February 28, 1946 for physical disability. He was a graduate of the Advanced Course at The Infantry School, the Tank School, the Command and General Staff School and of the Army War College. The 7th Armored Division Association’s Workshop News reports: General Greene was highly respected for his knowledge of armored warfare; he was a great factor in the success that the 7th later had in combat.
After retirement, he returned to Drexel Institute, where he was an assistant to the president and chairman of its War Surplus Board, administering the purchase of surplus property for the Institute. He also prepared a report on the World War II service of men trained in the Drexel ROTC. In 1952 he became Director of Athletics at Drexel until December 31, 1961. He then became a consultant to the president. Dr. Creese, President of Drexel, said of Doug and of his long service with the Institute: He was an able administrator with a deep sense of loyalty. Above all, he has been a close friend to thousands of athletes, offering them wise counsel.
He was active in the West Point Society and the Military Order of the World Wars in Philadelphia. He was a commander of the latter for one year and was delegate to several of its conventions. He was president of the West Point Society of Philadelphia for four years from 1946 to 1950. He was vice president of the Class of 1913 from 1953 to 1958; elected class president at the 45th Reunion in 1958, and was re-elected for another five-year term at the 50th Reunion. In 1934, when he became Professor of Military Science & Tactics at Drexel, the Greenes established their permanent home in the Philadelphia area, Drexel Hill and returned there after retirement. On May 4, 1915, he married Eleanora Lenihan, daughter of Brigadier General Michael J. Lenihan, USMA Class of 1887, then major, 2d Infantry. Their first child, Joseph Douglass, born at Fort Shafter, died at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1922 while rescuing a younger brother from under a truck. Lawrence Vivans and Michael Joseph Lenihan were both members of the USMA Class of 1941. Lewis Adams lived at Cooksville, Tennessee. Douglass was a Staff Sergeant in the Army at Fort Lee, Virginia. Ann Catherine married R. L. Ziegler and lived at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Thomas Patrick, USMA Class of 1950, was killed in action in Korea on February 10, 1951. Michael, Lewis, and Ann were born at West Point. On January 28, 1964 he was hospitalized following a heart attack and returned home after three weeks. On June 9, 1964 he entered Valley Forge General Hospital, suffered a very severe heart attack the next day and died on June 13, 1964. Survivors included his wife, Eleanora, his brother, Joseph Greene of Birmingham, Alabama, four sons, one daughter and 23 grandchildren. Funeral services were held on June 17, 1964 at St. Bernadette’s Church in Drexel Hill. General Howard Davidson and Colonel William Foote represented the Class of 1913. Interment was at West Point that afternoon, where General Lunsford Oliver represented the Class. His parents and his first born and last born sons are also interred at West Point.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
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