 Krueger took with him several key members of the Third Army staff, including Brigadier General George Honnen as Chief of Staff, Colonel George H. Decker as Deputy Chief of Staff, Colonel George S. Price as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-1 (Personnel), Colonel Horton V. White as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 (Intelligence), Clyde Eddleman as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 (Operations) and Colonel Kenneth Pierce as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (Supply). Honnen had health problems, and spent much of April, May and June 1943 in hospital before being ordered home on 18 June. He was replaced by Brigadier General Edwin D. Patrick, who had served on the staff of Admiral William F. Halsey in the South Pacific Area. Patrick did not get along smoothly with Krueger or the rest of the Sixth Army staff, and in May 1944 Patrick was appointed to command the 158th Regimental Combat Team, and Decker became chief of staff.
