George A. Rasula

Colonel George Arthur Rasula was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 31 July 1943, class number 278. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company G, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Infantry Division, Yuma, AZ. | His subsequent duty assignment include: Assistant Battalion S-3, 3d Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, WA; Platoon Leader during Exercise Yukon, AK; Assistant S-2/S-3, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Seoul, Korea; XO and Company Commander, Company K, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Japan; Assistant Regimental S-3, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Korea; Assistant S-3/Post S-3, Fort Custer, MI; Industrial Security Survey Officer, 5th U.S. Army, Milwaukee, WI; Battalion S-3, 3d Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Hanau, Germany; Regimental S-3, 39th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, Fort Carson, CO; Regimental Advisor and Division Staff Advisor, 21st ARVN Division, South Vietnam; Assistant S-3 and Brigade S-3, 2d Infantry Brigade, Fort Devens, MA; Plans Officer, Theaters Division, ODCSLOG, DA, Pentagon; Battalion Commander, 6th Battalion, 9th Infantry and Deputy Brigade Commander, 171st Infantry Brigade, Fort Wainwright, AK; Army Attache to the Republic of Finland; Inspector General, XXIV Corps, Danang, Vietnam; Chief, Training Division, Logistics Readiness Agency, New Cumberland Army depot, PA; Senior Advisor, 79th Army Reserve Command, Colmar, PA. | His awards and decorations include: Commanders Order of the Finnish White Rose (Republic of Finland), Army Commendation Medal w/2 Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, 2 Bronze Star w/ V Device, Legion of Merit, Combat Infantryman Badge.