Colonel Arthur E. Sikes was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 25 September 1943, class number 299. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader - Motor Officer, Company F and Headquarters, 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry European Theater of Operations. | His subsequent assignments include:  Motor Officer, Headquarters, 2d Bn, 18th Inf, European Theater of Operations; PMST, 3226 ASU Macon, Georgia; Company Commander, Co F, 325th Inf, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Commander - Supply Officer, Co F and Headquarters, 2d Bn, 15th Inf, Fort Benning, Georgia; Company Commander, Svc Co, 15th Inf and Co M, 24th Inf FECOM, Korea; Chief, Tng Div G3, Headquarters, The Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia; BG S-3, Headquarters, 2d BG, 38th Inf, Fort Benning, Georgia; BG S-1, BG Exec O, Headquarters, 2d BG, 38th Inf USAREUR; Nuc Empl Advisor to Belgian I Corps w/duty Sta Koln, Germany, U.S. Army Liaison Group Europe; Staff O, Opns Cent Sec, Trp Opns Br, Opns Div, Headquarters, USARERU; Prof Mil Science, USAIG (MSDROTC), Ga XII USA Corps, Atlanta w/sta Gordon Mil College, Barnesville, Georgia; Chief, UNorth Carolina/USFK/EUSA Protocol and Liaison Office, USA ELM Headquarters UNorth Carolina/USFC, USARPAC; Battalion Commander, 1st Bn, 1st Tng Regiment USATCI, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Bn CO and Deputy Bde Commander, 1st Tng Bde, USATCI, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Secretary General Staff CENTAG (NATO), USAE Headquarters CENTAG, USAREUR. | His awards and decorations include:  Korean Svc Medal w/5 Stars and UNSM: NDSM w/Cluster; WW II Victory Medal; RAME w/5 Stars; AOM Germany AM Camp Medal; Combat Infantryman’s Badge with Star; Purple Heart w/Oak Leaf Cluster; Joint Services Commendation Medal; ACM; Bronze Star w/V device and 2 Oak Leaf Cluster; Legion of Merit; Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster.