Carl R. Bruno

Colonel Carl R. Bruno was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 24 October 1944. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Infantry Training Brigade, Camp Croft, South Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company A, 27th Battalion Railhead Officer, 98th Quartermaster Railhead Company, Naples, Italy; S-3, Headquarters, 248th Quartermaster Battalion, Naples, Italy; Administrative Officer, Peninsular Base Section Command, Naples, Italy; S-3 and S-4, 338th Medical Group, Altoona, Pennylvania Hospitalization Commander, 99th Field Hospital, Altoona, Pennsylvania; G-3 Mobile Designee, Officer and Surgeon General, Headquarters 1st U.S. Army, Fort Meade, Maryland. | Colonel Bruno had recently retired from the position of Superintendent of Schools, Penn-Trafford, at the time of his induction.