Hoge later directed Combat Command B of the 9th Armored Division, in its heroic actions in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, and in its celebrated capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen. By war's end, Hoge was the Commanding General of the 4th Armored Division. Post-World War II During the Korean War, at the request of General Matthew Ridgway, the Eighth United States Army commander, Hoge commanded the IX Corps in 1951. Hoge achieved his senior command in the army as Commander-in-Chief of United States Army Europe. Hoge was promoted to major general in May 1945, lieutenant general in June 1951, and full general on October 23, 1953. Hoge retired from active duty in January 1955 to his hometown of Lexington, Missouri, then turned to the private sector as Chairman of the Board of Interlake Steel. Hoge moved to his son's farm in Kansas in October 1975 and he died suddenly on October 29, 1979 at Munson Army Hospital, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In popular culture In the 1969 film The Bridge at Remagen, the character of Brigadier General Shinner (played by E. G. Marshall) was based on Hoge. Awards and decorations Hoge Barracks, the transient housing operation at Fort Leavenworth, is named in his honor. References External links Arlington National Cemetery Generals of World War II |- |- |- |- 1894 births 1979 deaths United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Army Black Knights football players United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army personnel of the Korean War Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Air Medal Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni Wentworth Military Academy and College alumni People from Boonville, Missouri People from Lexington, Missouri Recipients of the Czechoslovak War Cross United States Army generals of World War II United States Army generals Military personnel from Missouri 20th-century American academics Burials at Arlington National Cemetery