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| Keywords: 14-ridgway l.jpg en Col Thomas Ridgway briefly commanded the Hawaiian Department for a month during 1919 Born in 1861 in New York he was father to Matthew Ridgway who became a notable general during World War II and the Korean War He graduated from the U S Military Academy in 1883 and received a commission in the Artillery Ridgway served in various artillery assignments in California and Kansas before he transferred to the eastern United States in 1898 He eventually went to the Coast Artillery Corps and in 1912 he received a promotion to colonel of the Coast Artillery He commanded the Coast Defenses of Pensacola Florida and later of Boston Massachusetts Prior to his short tenure as Hawaiian Department commander Ridgway served as the commander for Coast Defenses of Oahu from March to September 1919 Thomas Ridgway retired as a colonel on 28 October 1919 after over 40 years of service Col Thomas Ridgway briefly commanded the Hawaiian Department for a month during 1919 Born in 1861 in New York he was father to Matthew Ridgway who became a notable general during World War II and the Korean War He graduated from the U S Military Academy in 1883 and received a commission in the Artillery Ridgway served in various artillery assignments in California and Kansas before he transferred to the eastern United States in 1898 He eventually went to the Coast Artillery Corps and in 1912 he received a promotion to colonel of the Coast Artillery He commanded the Coast Defenses of Pensacola Florida and later of Boston Massachusetts Prior to his short tenure as Hawaiian Department commander Ridgway served as the commander for Coast Defenses of Oahu from March to September 1919 Thomas Ridgway retired as a colonel on 28 October 1919 after over 40 years of service 2006-08-06 03 18 23 http //www usarpac army mil/history2/images/14-ridgway_l jpg U S Army PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard United States Army Pacific | ||||
