Background
Clift Andrus was born on October 12, 1890 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas as a son of army colonel, Edwin Proctor Andrus and his wife Marie Josephine (néé Birdwell).
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Clift Andrus was born on October 12, 1890 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas as a son of army colonel, Edwin Proctor Andrus and his wife Marie Josephine (néé Birdwell).
United States Army Command and General Staff College. Naval War College; United States Army War College.
He is most noted for his service as a Commander of 1st Infantry Division at the end of World World War World War II He left college before graduating, and entered the Army in spring of 1912 with a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 4th Field Artillery Regiment. Andrus served at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and after three months was transferred to Fort Russell in Wyoming. In 1914 and 1915 Andrus was assigned to the United States.-Mexico border as part of the patrolling and security activities that preceded the Pancho Villa Expedition.
In 1915, Andrus was assigned to the Army Field Artillery School at Fort Sill for additional training.
He remained at Fort Sill as an instructor throughout World War I. His post-war assignments included service in Trier with the Army of Occupation stationed in Germany following the Armistice, staff duty with the office of the Chief of Field Artillery, and observer and instructor with several units of the National Guard. Andrus graduated from the Field Artillery Advanced Course in 1928, the United States Army Command and General Staff College in 1930, the United States Army War College in 1934, and the Naval War College in 1935.
At the beginning of the World World War II, Colonel Andrus was commander of the 24th Infantry Division Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. In May of 1942 he was promoted to Brigadier General.
Subsequently he was transferred to the 1st Infantry Division under command of Terry de la Mesa Allen, Senior, as commander of the Division Artillery.
In June 1946, Andrus was transferred to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where he was appointed commander of the Field Artillery School. Andrus served until April 1949, when he was transferred to the General Staff in Washington, District of Columbia, where he became Director of the Organization & Training Division. His last assignment was at Fort Meade, Maryland, where he was appointed deputy commander of the Second United States Army under command of Edward H. Brooks.
In 1951 Andrus received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Drexel University in 1951.
Andrus retired from the Army on October 31, 1952. Andrus died in Washington, District of Columbia on September 29, 1958 at the age of 77.
He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Summary of Military Decorations Dates of rank.
After attending a Shattuck-Saint Mary"s in Faribault, Minnesota, Andrus began to study Civil Engineering at Cornell University as a member of the class of 1912.