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Roscoe B. Woodruff
Major General Roscoe Barnett Woodruff (February 9, 1891 – July 24, 1975) was a career United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II and served for 38 years. During World War II he commanded divisions and corps in Europe and the Pacific.
A 1915 graduate of United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, he was part of "the class the stars fell on"; Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley were classmates. During World War I he served on the Mexican border and the Western Front with the 2nd Division. After the war he served in the Panama Canal Zone and attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College.
During World War II, he commanded the 77th Infantry Division in the United States and the VII Corps and XIX Corps in England. He then went to the Southwest Pacific Area, where he commanded the 24th Infantry Division in the Battle of Mindoro and the Battle of Mindanao. After the fighting ended, he commanded the I Corps in the Allied occupation of Japan and the First Army and XV Corps in the United States.
Roscoe Barnett Woodruff was born on February 9, 1891, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Calvin Woodruff, an army officer. and his wife Rhoda née Barnett. After attending public schools and the Iowa State University, he entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, on June 14, 1911. He set a new record for the hammer throw, and, as part of the 1913 Army Cadets football team, he kicked the winning field goal in the Colgate-Army football game of 1913, earning an "A" in both football and the hammer throw. He was the First Captain of the Corps of Cadets.
Woodruff graduated from the USMA on June 12, 1915, as part of the West Point class of 1915, often referred to as "the class the stars fell on", ranked 56th in his class. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 (36%) later attained the rank of brigadier general or higher, more than any other class in the history of the academy. The classmates he graduated with included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, James Van Fleet and Joseph T. McNarney, along with John W. Leonard, Joseph M. Swing, Henry Aurand, Stafford LeRoy Irwin, Charles W. Ryder and Leland Hobbs. Woodruff was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry Branch of the United States Army.
After graduation, Woodruff served at Laredo, Texas, on the Mexican border with the 9th Infantry. At the time troops were stationed on the border due to the threat from Pancho Villa. Woodruff was promoted to first lieutenant on July 1, 1916. While serving on the Mexican Border, Woodruff met Alice Wallace Gray, the daughter of Colonel Alonzo Gray, an 1887 West Point graduate and an officer with the 14th Cavalry. They were married at Fort McIntosh, Texas, on May 17, 1917. They had two children: Roscoe B. Woodruff Jr., who graduated from the USMA with the class of 1941, and Dorothy Woodruff Daniels.
After the American entry into World War I, he was promoted to captain on May 15, 1917. He was transferred to the newly-formed 48th Infantry on July 1 but returned to the 9th Infantry on August 1. He was became a company commander in command of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, which was part of the 2nd Division. Woodruff was one of the first of his West Point classmates to see action in World War I, when the 2nd Division, embarked for the Western Front on September 17, 1917, as one of the first units of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
Woodruff was a student officer at the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, from November 28, 1917, to February 14, 1918, and then was seconded to the British 8th Division in the Ypres sector. After briefly serving as an instructor with the 32nd Division, he returned to the United States in May 1918.
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Roscoe B. Woodruff
Major General Roscoe Barnett Woodruff (February 9, 1891 – July 24, 1975) was a career United States Army officer who fought in both World War I and World War II and served for 38 years. During World War II he commanded divisions and corps in Europe and the Pacific.
A 1915 graduate of United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, he was part of "the class the stars fell on"; Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley were classmates. During World War I he served on the Mexican border and the Western Front with the 2nd Division. After the war he served in the Panama Canal Zone and attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the United States Army War College.
During World War II, he commanded the 77th Infantry Division in the United States and the VII Corps and XIX Corps in England. He then went to the Southwest Pacific Area, where he commanded the 24th Infantry Division in the Battle of Mindoro and the Battle of Mindanao. After the fighting ended, he commanded the I Corps in the Allied occupation of Japan and the First Army and XV Corps in the United States.
Roscoe Barnett Woodruff was born on February 9, 1891, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Calvin Woodruff, an army officer. and his wife Rhoda née Barnett. After attending public schools and the Iowa State University, he entered the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, on June 14, 1911. He set a new record for the hammer throw, and, as part of the 1913 Army Cadets football team, he kicked the winning field goal in the Colgate-Army football game of 1913, earning an "A" in both football and the hammer throw. He was the First Captain of the Corps of Cadets.
Woodruff graduated from the USMA on June 12, 1915, as part of the West Point class of 1915, often referred to as "the class the stars fell on", ranked 56th in his class. Of the 164 graduates that year, 59 (36%) later attained the rank of brigadier general or higher, more than any other class in the history of the academy. The classmates he graduated with included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, James Van Fleet and Joseph T. McNarney, along with John W. Leonard, Joseph M. Swing, Henry Aurand, Stafford LeRoy Irwin, Charles W. Ryder and Leland Hobbs. Woodruff was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Infantry Branch of the United States Army.
After graduation, Woodruff served at Laredo, Texas, on the Mexican border with the 9th Infantry. At the time troops were stationed on the border due to the threat from Pancho Villa. Woodruff was promoted to first lieutenant on July 1, 1916. While serving on the Mexican Border, Woodruff met Alice Wallace Gray, the daughter of Colonel Alonzo Gray, an 1887 West Point graduate and an officer with the 14th Cavalry. They were married at Fort McIntosh, Texas, on May 17, 1917. They had two children: Roscoe B. Woodruff Jr., who graduated from the USMA with the class of 1941, and Dorothy Woodruff Daniels.
After the American entry into World War I, he was promoted to captain on May 15, 1917. He was transferred to the newly-formed 48th Infantry on July 1 but returned to the 9th Infantry on August 1. He was became a company commander in command of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, which was part of the 2nd Division. Woodruff was one of the first of his West Point classmates to see action in World War I, when the 2nd Division, embarked for the Western Front on September 17, 1917, as one of the first units of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF).
Woodruff was a student officer at the Army General Staff College at Langres, France, from November 28, 1917, to February 14, 1918, and then was seconded to the British 8th Division in the Ypres sector. After briefly serving as an instructor with the 32nd Division, he returned to the United States in May 1918.
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