Brigadier General Earl F. Cole, graduated Infantry OCS Class 56, 25 August 1942. Subsequent assignments include: 1942 - TD RTC, Assisstant Personnel Officer & Assistant Adj., Second Lieutenant, Camp Hood, Texas; 1943 - ASTP, BTC, Pers. Off. & Asst. Adj., First Lieutenant Camp Hood, Texas; 1944 - Pers, TDRTC, Pers. Off., Captain, Camp Hood, Texas; 1945 - IRTC, Asst. Class Off., Captain, Camp Wheeler, Georgia; 1946, Headquarters. R & SC, Asst. Class. Off., Major, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 1947 TAG School, Admin Off., Ext. Dept., Major, Carlisle, Barracks., Pennsylvania; 1948 - Headquarters. Sp. Trps., lst Inf. Div, CO, Major, EUCOM. 1949 Headquarters. lst Inf. Div., Headquarters Comdt., Major, EUCOM; 1950 - Headquarters., lst Inf. Div., Asst. Adj. Gen., Major, EUCOM; 1951 - 52,  Headquarters. V Corps, Aide-de-Camp, Major General Dahlquist, Major, EUCOM; 1953 - Office of Chief of Staff. Gl, DA, Asst. Exec., Lieutenant Colonel, Washington, D.C.  1954 - 55, Office of Chief of Staff Gl, DA, Executive, Lieutenant Colonel., Washington D.C.  1956  - 57, ODCSPER, USA, Chief, General Off. Br., Lieutenant Colonel., Washington, D.C. | Awards and Decorations: Army Commendation Ribbon.