Background
HOSPITAL, Ralph was born on January 27, 1891 in District of Columbia. Son of Chas. H. and Nannette (Howell) Hospital.
instructor Field Artillery officer
HOSPITAL, Ralph was born on January 27, 1891 in District of Columbia. Son of Chas. H. and Nannette (Howell) Hospital.
Central High School, 1909. George Washington University, 1913. War Course, School of Fire, Field Art., 1918.
Adv. Course, Field Artillery School, 1923. Command and General Staff School, 1927.
He was commissioned in November 1913 as a Field Artillery officer and saw service with the 15th Cavalry Regiment during the Mexican Campaign in Douglas, Arizona and Sierra Blanca, Texas. He served as an Artillery officer in France during World War I and then took an instructor job at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York until the mid-1920s. Major Hospital served with the 15th Field Artillery Regiment during its period under the Hawaiian Division in 1925, and returned to the states in 1926 to attend Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He was a Distinguished Graduate and soon returned to Ithaca to instruct Reserve Officers Training Corps again.
In Spring 1944 they sailed for north Africa and then Italy, making the push for the Po River Valley and the Gothic Lincolnshire. General Hospital was awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in the Italian campaigns.
He retired in January 1951 and was officially promoted to Brigadier General in February 1951 on the United States. Army Retired List. He returned to Ithaca, New York, as Professor of Military Studies and Tactics until the mid-1960s.
General Hospital died on December 20, 1972, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near the John F Kennedy grove.
Hospital is the maternal grandfather of musician John Flansburgh, one half of the alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants, and Paxus Calta (born Earl South Flansburgh), anti-nuclear activist.
Member: Theta Delta Chi. Club: Army and Navy (Washington).
Spouse Louise Tarbell, August 1, 1929, Ithaca, N.