Lieutenant Colonel Irving Darris Warden served as Company Commander with the 110th Infantry, 28th Division, in Europe during World War II. He is a graduate and former instructor of the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Lieutenant Colonel Warden has also served as a member of the Regular Army Promotion Board, Department of the Army, and the Recoilless Weapons Committee, the United States Army Infantry School. | His other assignments include: Battalion Commander, 17th Airborne Division and the 7th Infantry Divisions. | Lieutenant Colonel Warden’s awards and decorations include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Parachutist Badge, Silver Star w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart and the Commendation Ribbon.