Colonel Curtis F. Livingston was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 17 July 1942. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 143d Infantry, Camp Edwards, Massachusetts. | His subsequent duty assignments include: PW, 2d Bn, 143 Inf, 36th Inf Div, European Theater of Operations; PW, European Theater of Operations; Company commander, 25th Bn, 7th Regiment, IRTC, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Assistant C&A Officer, Headquarters, IRTC, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Assistant G3 & Student Officer (Basic CRS), AIS, Fort Holabird, Maryland; OIC Inves & Rec Control Sec, AIC, Fort Holabird, Maryland; Region Commander, 470th MI Det, USARCARIB, Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Student Officer, 115th MI Det; Chief, PSD, G2, Sixth U.S. Army, 115th MI Det; 53/52 Presidio of San Francisco California, U.S. Army Tng Gp; AC of S, J2, APO 81, Headquarters, Iceland Def Force; Deputy CO (Opns) Presidio of San Francisco, California; Headquarters U.S. Army Tng Gp, San Francisco, California; Det CO, Det #1, USARTG, Oakland, California; Brigade Executive Officer, Headquarters, 2d Bde 9th Inf, 2d Inf Div, Fort Benning, Georgia; Div Trains Executive Officer, Headquarters, 2d Inf Div, Fort Benning, Georgia; ACofS, G2, HHC, 1st ARMD Div, Fort Hood, Texas; Battalion Commander, 5th Bn 6th Inf, 1st Armd Div, Fort Hood, Texas; Operations Officer, USARMY ELM, MAAG, Germany; Deputy for C.I., 513th MI Gp, USAREUR; Deputy Group Commander, Headquarters, 66th MI GP, Frankfurt, Germany; PMS, USAROTC Instr Gp Sr DIV Fordham, University, Bronx, New York.; DEP C, ROTC DIV, OFC, D.CSUT, Headquarters, First U.S. Army, Fort Meade, Maryland; ACofS, G2, Headquarters, I FFORCEV, USARPAC, Vietnam; Ch Target Intl Br, USA ELE Headquarters PACOM, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii; CH Sp Acty Gp, OD.CSINT, Headquarters, USARPAC, Fort Shafter, Hawaii; AD.CSINT, Headquarters USARPAC, Fort Shafter, Hawaii. | His awards and decorations include: Order of Mil Merit Hawrang, RVNGAL Cross w/ Gold Star; Legion of Merit w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster; MSM w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster; ACM; Bronze Star Medal; Combat Infantryman Badge; Purple Heart.