Thomas Troy Handy ( born Thomas Troy Handy ; March 11, 1892 Spring City, Tennessee - April 12, 1982 San Antonio, Texas ) - American military leader , Army General (March 1945). Commander-in-Chief of the European Command of the US Armed Forces (1949-1952). Deputy Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1944-1947). Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Joint Armed Forces of NATO (1952-1954).
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Biography
Thomas Troy Handy was born on March 11, 1892 in Spring City (Tennessee) in the family of Thomas Reed Handy (1849-1940) and Caroline Sofia Gall Handy (1856-1929) [2] . He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1914 [3] , the General Staff Command School at Fort Levenworth in 1927, and the Military College in 1935.
Thomas T. Handy began his service in 1916 as 2nd lieutenant in artillery. As part of the 5th artillery regiment participated in hostilities in France. After the end of World War I, he remained with the occupation forces in Germany, and then was transferred to Fort Sill (Oklahoma). In the years 1921-1925 instructor of the Virginia Military Institute. Since 1928, an officer for errands at the 3rd artillery brigade. In 1929-1931 he served in the American contingent in the area of the Panama Canal, and then until 1934 as an instructor in Fort Sill. In 1936-1940 - an employee of the General Staff.
Since 1940, the commander of the 78th artillery battalion in Fort Benning (Georgia). In June 1942, Thomas Handy was transferred to the headquarters of General Dwight Eisenhower , where he headed the operations department. He took part in the development of military operations of the American army. Since November 1944, the 1st Deputy Chief of Staff of the US Army. In August 1945, during the absence of General George Marshall, he served as chief of staff. In this position, it was Thomas Handy who ordered the conduct of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Since September 1947, commander of the 4th Army (with headquarters in Fort Sam Houston, Texas). In September 1949 he replaced General Lucius Clay as chief of the European Command and commander of American forces in Austria and Trieste. Since August 1952, Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Europe.
He resigned in February 1954 and lived in Washington , DC, and then in San Antonio, Texas .
Thomas Handy died on April 12, 1982, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery next to his wife, Alma Hudson Handy (September 1, 1890 - April 2, 1970).