George H. Decker (1902 - 1980)
George Henry Decker was born in Catskill, New York. He was a United States General who served as United States Army Chief of Staff from 1960 to 1962. After graduating from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1924, Decker was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry. In 1940, Decker was sent to Washington D.C. to serve on the War Department General Staff.
During World War II, Decker was sent overseas to the Southwest Pacific, where he became deputy chief of staff and then chief of staff of the Sixth Army. He held this position through the end of World War II. He participated in Sixth Army operations in New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines.
General Decker was appointed Vice Chief of Staff in 1959 and Chief of Staff of the United States Army in 1960. According to Decker's Army biography, highlights of his tenure were supervising augmentations to meet the crisis in Berlin, increasing special warfare forces, initiating new divisional and forward depot concepts, and expanding the Army to 16 divisions.
Decker's years of service spanned from 1924 through 1962 and his awards included one Silver Star, one Legion of Merit, and one Bronze Star.
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Gen. George H. Decker was commander of VII Corps in Stuttgart, Germany from February 1955 to June 1956.
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