Editing Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (section)

===World War II===
Lodge served with distinction during the war, rising to the rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]]. During the war he saw two tours of duty. The first was in 1942 while he was also serving as a U.S. senator. The second was in 1944 and 1945 after he resigned from the Senate.{{citation needed|date = December 2014}}

The first period was a continuation of Lodge's longtime service as an Army Reserve officer. Lodge was a major in the [[1st Armored Division (United States)|1st Armored Division]]. That tour ended in July 1942, when President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] ordered congressmen serving in the military to resign one of the two positions, and Lodge, who chose to remain in the Senate, was ordered by Secretary of War [[Henry Stimson]] to return to Washington. During this brief service, he led a squadron of American tankers at [[Battle of Gazala|Gazala]]; they were the first Americans to engage German troops on land in the war.<ref name="services" />

After returning to Washington and winning re-election in November 1942, Lodge went to observe allied troops serving in Egypt and Libya,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101014144432/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,884529,00.html "Into the Funnel"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 1942-07-42.</ref> and in that position, he was on hand for the British retreat from [[Tobruk]].<ref name="services">[https://web.archive.org/web/20101014144610/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,795996,00.html "For Services Rendered"], ''Time'', July 20, 1942.</ref>

Lodge served the first year of his new Senate term but then resigned his Senate seat on February 3, 1944, in order to return to active duty,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081214224635/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,885342,00.html "Lodge in the Field"], ''Time'', February 14, 1944.</ref> the first U.S. senator to do so since the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=l000394|title=Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. - Biographical Information|website=bioguide.congress.gov|access-date=June 7, 2018}}</ref> He saw action in Italy and France.

In the fall of 1944, Lodge single-handedly captured a four-man German patrol.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080620001210/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,803309,00.html "People"], ''Time'', October 9, 1944.</ref>

At the end of the war, in 1945, he used his knowledge of the [[French language]] and culture, gained from attending school in [[Paris]], to aid [[Jacob L. Devers]], the commander of the [[Sixth United States Army Group]], to coordinate activities with the [[First Army (France)#1944–1945|French First Army]] commander, [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], and then carry out surrender negotiations with German forces in western [[Austria]].{{citation needed|date = December 2014}}

Lodge was decorated with the French [[Legion of Honour|Legion of Honor]] and [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]] with palm.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111114173420/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,797343-2,00.html "Reservations"], ''Time'', March 19, 1945.</ref> His American decorations included the [[Legion of Merit]] and the [[Bronze Star Medal]].

After the war, Lodge returned to Massachusetts and resumed his political career. He continued his status as an Army Reserve officer and rose to the rank of major general.<ref>{{cite book |date=1975 |series=The United States and the United Nations |title=Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HH7z6E2zw0C |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |date=1960 |title=Army, Navy, Air Force Journal |volume=97 |issue=27–52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WfkYAQAAMAAJ |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Army and Navy Journal Incorporated |page=785}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=1985 |title=Obituary: Henry Cabot Lodge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TdEAQAAIAAJ |magazine=[[ARMY Magazine]] |volume=35 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Association of the United States Army |page=15}}</ref>