Hamilton H. Howze

Hamilton H. Howze
Lt. General Hamilton H. Howze 2 April 1962
Born	(1908-12-21)December 21, 1908 West Point, New York
Died	December 8, 1998(1998-12-08) (aged 89)
Place of burial	United States Military Academy Post Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1930-1965
Rank	General
Commands held	82d Airborne Division XVIII Airborne Corps Third Army Eighth Army
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star Legion of Merit Bronze Star
Relations	Major General Robert Lee Howze (father) Major General Robert Lee Howze Jr. (Brother)

Hamilton Hawkins Howze (December 21, 1908 – December 8, 1998) was born in West Point, New York, while his father, Major General Robert Lee Howze, an 1888 West Point graduate, was serving as Commandant of West Point. He was a developer and advocate of helicopter-borne air mobility warfare.

Howze attended West Point, graduating in the Class of 1930. He was commissioned into the 6th Cavalry.

In WWII he served as the commanders of: 2nd Battalion, 13th Armor Regiment (1943); 13th Armor Regiment (1943–44); 1st Armored Division, Italy (1944–45). After the war Howze served as the G-3 of the 1st Armored Division in 1946. Three years later he attended the National War College, which was followed by an assignment in the office of the G-2 from 1949 to 1952. After promotion to Brigadier General in 1952 he became Assistant Commanding General, 2nd Armored Division, European Command, until 1954.

Howze is recognized as the intellectual force behind the concept of air-mobility and current US Army Aviation doctrine. While serving as the first Director of Army Aviation, Department of the Army, from 1955 to 1958, he developed new tactical principles for the employment of Army Aviation, and was instrumental in helping the Aviation Center and School become fully established in its new home at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He then became Commanding General of the 82d Airborne Division.