Peter J. Hirsch

Colonel Peter J. Hirsch was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 16 October 1945. His first duty assignment was as a Platoon Leader in Company C, 81st Infantry Training Battalion, Infantry Overseas Replacement Training Center, Camp Roberts, California. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Supply Officer, Company Commander, 6th Infantry Division, Korea; Supply Officer, Company Commander, 3d Armored Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, Battalion Operations Officer, Fort Benning, Georgia and Germany; Infantry Career Course Student, Airborne Student and Infantry School Instructor, Fort Benning, Georgia; Supply and Logistics Advisor to the Republic of Korea Army, Korea Military Advisory Group, Korea; Battle Group S-4, 2d Airborne Battle Group, 501st Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Operations Officer, G-3 Section, Headquarters, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Plans and Programs Officer, Military Assistance Division, Headquarters European Command, Paris, France; Student in Degree completion Program, University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska; Battalion Commander, 4th Battalion (Mechanized), 30th Infantry, Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Senior Advisor, DARLAC Province; United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Operations Branch, Plans Division, Office Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics; Headquarters United States Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Logistics Advisor to Republic of Korea Army, United States Joint Military Assistance Command, Tague and Seoul, Korea; Logistics Staff Officer, United States Army Logistics Center, Fort Lee, Virginia.