?(He) is exactly same class of man as Bradley in practically every
respect. Wonderful shot, great hunter, quiet, self ?effacing. Thorough
understanding of ground fighting, DSC, etc.?   This is a quote from
General George Catlin Marshall refering to General Courtney Hicks
Hodges in WWII. I need the bibliographical citation for this quote...

wishnevsky-ga,

Thanks for the question...I love doing WWII work.


The quote you mentioned is used two publications that I located:


Biographical Dictionary of World War II 
Mark M. Boatner III; Presidio Press, 1996 

pg 231:

"In the spring of 1943 Lt Gen Hodges reached England to be his friend
BRADLEY's deputy and commander designate in 1st Army Hq. Army CofS
George Marshall commented in a message to Eisenhower on 28 Dec 43 that
"Hodges is exactly [the] same class of man as Bradley in practically
every respect" ( Pogue, Marshall , II, 647n20). The quiet Georgian
took over the 1st Army Hq from BRADLEY on 1 Aug 44."

The reference given for Pogue is:


Pogue, Marshall
George C. Marshall: Ordeal and Hope, 1939-1942. New York: Viking 1966.
Cited as Pogue, Marshall, II


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The same quote is also used more fully (in pretty much the same form
as you gave it), in:

The Supreme Commander: The War Years of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
by Stephen E. Ambrose 
University Press of Mississippi; Reprint edition (October 1, 1999)


and can be found on pg 312.  However, no citation is given.  



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