Stanley Eric Reinhart Stanley Eric Reinhart ( September 15 , 1893 - June 4 , 1975 ) was a Major General in the United States Army . He figured prominently in World War II as a commander of the 65th Infantry Division . Early life . Reinhart was born on September 15 , 1893 in Polk , Ohio ( pop . 250 ) . He worked briefly as a rural school teacher , in North Red Haw , Ohio , until 1911 . After he graduated from the United States Military Academy , West Point , New York in 1916 , he was commissioned in the Field Artillery at Camp Fort Bliss , Texas . World War I . As ADC to General Payton C . March , Reinhart sailed for France on June 30 , 1917 , where he commanded Battery " A , " 17th FA , 2nd Division , AEF , from February 12 , 1918 to July 10 , 1918 ( in action during the defense of sector from March 21 to May 12 , Battle of Bois de Belleau ) . Next , Reinhart commanded 1st Bn , 17th FA , 10 July 1918 ( Battles of Soissons , Ypres - Lys , and Meuse - Argonne ) . Reinhart was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal for his actions in combat during World War I . On August 4 , 1919 , Reinhart returned to the U . S . , where he married Jeannette Crane of Toledo , Ohio , on May 5 , 1920 , at West Point , New York . They had a son and daughter . Between World Wars . Between World War I and World War II he served three years as an instructor of field artillery tactics at the United States Military Academy ; four years in the Command and General Staff School and Army War College ; two years as instructor at the Field Artillery School ; three years General Staff with troops in Hawaii ; and four years as Treasurer at West Point . World War II . As a Brigadier General from February 16 , 1942 on , he commanded the 25th Division Artillery , defending the shores of Oahu . On December 6 , 1942 , Reinhart sailed for Guadalcanal to participate in operations that would ultimately help terminate hostilities there . Ordered home to the U . S . by the War Department on April 22 , 1943 , he landed at San Francisco on April 26 . From July 1 , 1943 to December 18 , 1944 , Reinhart organized and trained the 65th Infantry Division at Camp Shelby , Mississippi . On January 10 , 1945 , as the Commanding General of the 65th , he sailed to the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) . He joined General George Patton ' s Third Army at the Sarre River , and fought with it across Germany and Austria . Under his leadership , the 65th Infantry managed forced crossings of the Fulda , Werra , Danube , Inn , Traun , and Enns Rivers . His soldiers took the German cities of Saarlautern , Neunkirchen , Oberursel , Friedberg , Hattenback , Bebra , Rottenburg ( Bavaria ) , Treffurt , Langensalza , Neumarkt , Regensburg , and Passau — as well as Schärding , Eferding , Linz , and Enns in Austria . His men captured the German Danube Flotilla and the Hungarian Navy , consisting of 25 armed ships and over 400 other craft . At the end of combat , Reinhart and the 65th Infantry Division were over 100 miles ( 160 kilometers ) east of a north and south line through Berlin . Fighting in Europe was to end at midnight on 8 May . By now a Major General , Reinhart arrived in Erlauf , a hamlet in Austria , where he met the Soviets and shook hands with his counterpart . In addition to commanding his own troops , Reinhart was soon appointed as Military Governor of Upper Austria . Reinhart continued to reside in Linz , where the 65th Infantry Division , and subsequently the 26th Infantry Division , had its headquarters . Later years . Hospitalized on October 15 , 1945 , Reinhart returned to the U . S . as a patient on November 15 , 1945 . On September 30 , 1946 , he retired due to physical disability . He died in 1975 . Awards and honors . Major general Reinhart received a lot of military decorations during his career . He also became an honorary member of the Russian Guards . Here is Major general Reinhart´s ribbon bar :