Years of service 1920 – 1947 Role Olympic athlete Rank Brigadier General Died February 17, 1991 | Service number 0-12851 Name Sidney Hinds Commands held 2nd Ard Division | |
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Born May 14, 1900
Newton, Illinois ( 1900-05-14 ) Allegiance United States of America Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Operation Torch
Invasion of Sicily
Battle of Normandy
Battle of the Bulge
Western Allied invasion of Germany Awards Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star (4)
Legion of Merit (2)
Bronze Star (3) Olympic medals Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team free rifle Battles and wars World War I, Operation Torch People also search for Ludovic Valborge, Ludovic Augustin | ||
Service/branch United States Army | ||
Sidney Rae Hinds (May 14, 1900 – February 17, 1991) was an American highly decorated officer of the United States Army with the rank of Brigadier General. He was also sport shooter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.
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Early life
Sidney Rae Hinds was born on May 14, 1900 in Newton, Illinois as the son of Daniel C. and Elizabeth Hinds. He spent his high school years in Wahpeton, North Dakota and when he was eighteen years old, he received appointment from Congressman John Miller Baer to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. World War I changed the length of the studies and Hinds graduated in June 1920. He was also commissioned a Second lieutenant in Infantry.
His class of 1920 was very strong, because it produced 49 general officers. For example: Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Clovis E. Byers, Henry I. Hodes, Lawrence J. Carr, Edward J. McGaw, Verne D. Mudge, Richard C. Partridge, Ewart G. Plank, William W. Bessell, Jr., John F. Cassidy, Rex V. Corput, Jr., Francis W. Farrell, William W. Ford, Charles K. Gailey, Joseph E. Harriman, Frederick M. Harris, Sherman V. Hasbrouck, Frederick L. Hayden, Homer W. Kiefer and Maurice W. Daniel.
In 1924 he won the gold medal as member of the American team in the team free rifle competition.
He was born in Newton, Illinois and died in San Antonio, Texas.
During World War II he saved the German town Ahlen by believing the German Dr. Paul Rosenbaum who was responsible for the hospital town. In the early 1990s the park in front of the station in Ahlen was named after him.
Medals and decorations
Here is the ribbon bar of Brigadier general Sidney Rae Hinds: