THOIUAS F. HICHEY
 BRIGADIER GENERAL

Commanding General 31st Infantry Division
Artillery from January 13, 1945, to September
 25, 1945.

 Brigadier General Thomas F. Hickey, who
commanded the 31st Division Artillery from
January 13, 1945, to September 25, 1945, was
born in Massachusetts on April 1, 1898. He en-
listed as a private in the Regular Army on July
25, 1916. In November 1917, he was commis-
sioned a second lieutenant in the Cavalry Re-
serve Corps and was immediately ordered to
France. He served as a platoon commander in
the 341st and 7th Machine Gun Battalions while
overseas and participated in the St. Mihiel
and Meuse-Argonne offensives. He remained on .
duty in Germany as a member of the Army of ,
Occupation until February 1922.
 General Hickey was commissioned as a sec-
ond lieutenant of Infantry in the Regular Army
on July 1, 1922. and transferred to Field Artil-
lery on June of 1922. He went overseas again ,
in 1944 as Commanding General, X Corps Ar-
tillery, and was Chief of Staff, X Corps, during
the Leyte campaign, joining the 31st Division
Artillery in January 1945.
 General Hickey was awarded the French Or-
der of Palms and the Purple Heart in World
War I, the Bronze Star while with the X Corps
and the Silver Star and Air Medal while with ,
the 31st Division.








 To My Comrades of the 31st Division:
 Aitape, Moratai, and Mindanao will always be reminders of a job well
 done; of friends that we have made; of comrades who could not return with
 us; and, of difficulties and hardships that we surmounted.
 As we lay aside our military equipment and return to civilian pursuits,
 aach of us has the responsibility to assure that the objectives we fought
 for become a reality and that those who follow us will not have to do the job
 over again.