Commander of Task Force Hogan and Hoagn's 400.
Biography gleaned from www.westpointaog.org Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1938 Samuel Mason Hogan was born in Corsicana, TX, on 15 Nov 1915, the son of Dodge Causey Hogan and Mary Adeline Miller. He lived, rode horses, hunted, and fished in the Lower Rio Grand Valley. Hogan attended the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo schools and Edinburg Junior College Pan-American University) for two years. His mother encouraged Sam to seek a West Point appointment which was achieved in 1934. He graduated in the upper 15% of the class of 38, the first to choose horse Cavalry . His first assignment to Ft. Brown, TX, preceded transfer to Troop F, 13th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, at the embryonic Armored Center, Ft. Knox, KY. There, he later commanded a basic training company. In April 1941 he deployed to Camp Beauregard, LA, as assistant S-3 of the 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division. In December 1941 he was promoted to cap­tain and commanded the Regimental Recon Company. Promoted to major in 1942, he became 3rd Battalion commander before moving to the Desert Training Center. Pro­moted to lieutenant colonel, he trained at Indiantown Gap, PA, before deploying to the Midlands, England. He and his battalion crossed the English Channel on 23 Jun 1944. Sams battalion was in combat from Normandy to Mortain and the Falaise Gap. Later he and his command known as Hogans 400 fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Sam's bravery in combat was well documented. After the war Sam presided over a war crimes court. He then served as staff judge advocate, 2d Armored Division; chief of staff, 4th Armored Division; chief of staff, 7th Logistics Command, Korea; and advisor to the 40th Armored Division. At the Pentagon, Colonel Sam Hogan became Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Education. In 1965 he was assigned as defense at­tache to Quito, Ecuador, retiring in 1968. Along the way, he attended Columbia Law School, passed the Texas Bar, earned a mas­ter's in International Relations from George Washington University and subsequently settled into life in Quito. As an avid out-doorsman ran a safari business, touring the Amazon , and the highlands, the Pacific coast. His hobies included fishing and hunting. Otherwise, Sam farmed and served his community, his family and friends.
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