ABOUT WILLIAM HOOD SIMPSON
Army officer who commanded the Ninth Army in WWII, a group that broke the Siegfried Line in 1944.
He served with the 33rd division in WWI.
He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, and led the ninth to be the first American army across the Elbe.
He married Ruth K. Simpson.
He was chosen as part of Omar Bradley 's 12th Army Group.
