Name Paul Malone Role Military Commander | Died October 16, 1960 Books A Plebe at West Point | |
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Paul Bernard Malone (May 8, 1872 - October 16, 1960) was a United States Army general. Malone came to the Fifth Division just after it had completed its training in the quiet sectors of the Vosges. With that same vigor and forceful ability that had characterized his command of the Twenty-third Infantry of the Second Division in its operations in the summer of 1918, General Malone led the Tenth Infantry Brigade through the St. Mihiel Offensive, the taking of Bois des Rappes, the crossing of the Meuse, the drive across the heights to the Loison River and during the Army of Occupation.
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Early years
Malone was born at Middletown, New York, May 8, 1872. His parents, John and Hannah Malone, were Irish immigrants who ran a dairy. He received his early education at Saint James Parochial School and the De La Salle Institute. He graduated from the United States Military Academy and was appointed Second Lieutenant, Thirteenth Infantry, June 2, 1894.
Military career
In April, 1898, he was promoted to First Lieutenant, Thirteenth Infantry. During the Santiago Campaign in 1898, Lieutenant Malone served as a staff officer in General Wikof's brigade of General Kent's Division. From 1899 to 1901, he served as Staff Officer and in command of troops in the Philippines. He was promoted to rank of Captain in 1901, and from 1901 to 1905 was Instructor in the Department of Chemistry at West Point. Malone was with the Twenty-seventh Infantry in Cuba in 1906, where he served as Provost Marshal and later as Judge Advocate in the Army of Cuban Pacification, 1906-1908. He was honor graduate of the Army School of the Line in 1909 and a graduate of the Army Staff College in 1910. In 1911 and 1912, he was on the General Staff at Washington, D. C. From 1913 to 1916, he served with the Second Infantry at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. July 12, 1916, Malone was promoted to Major, and became Chief of Staff of Eagle Pass District, Texas, where he served till January, 1917. He was promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel on June 26, 1917, and was officer in charge of Training Camps in the Central Department until July, 1917.
Malone joined the A. E. F. in July, 1917, and became a member of the Operations Section, General Staff, G. H. Q. He was promoted to be Colonel August 5, 1917, and became Chief of the Training Section of the General Staff, G. H. Q., in which capacity he served until February 12, 1918. Malone then took command of the Twenty-third Infantry, of the Third Brigade, Second Division. He commanded that regiment in its training and in the Sommedieu sector, in the Chateau-Thierry Operations and in the Aisne-Marne Offensive between Soissons and Rheims.
On August 25, 1918, Malone took command of the Tenth Infantry Brigade, Fifth Division. Under his leadership, the Tenth Brigade made its drive of nearly eight kilometers in the St. Mihiel Offensive, and in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive gloriously captured the Bois des Rappes, forced the difficult crossing of the river Meuse and rapidly cleared the eastern heights, taking the villages of Brieulles, Liny-devant-Dun, Fontaines, Vilosnes, Brandeville, Jametz, Remoiville and Louppy and penetrating eighteen kilometers beyond the Meuse before the Armistice stopped hostilities. He was appointed Brigadier General October 1, 1918.
Malone was cited in Orders of the Tenth French Corps and of the French Army of the North and Northeast. He was also cited by the Second Division and by the Fifth Division. He was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour by the French government and received the Croix de Guerre with two palms and one gold star. For his able and meritorious services with the Fifth Division General Malone was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.
Writing career
He wrote novels about the United States Military Academy at West Point.
His works
Legacy
In the late 1970s, a series of several weapons qualification ranges, at the United States Army Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, were named after him.