Colonel George F. Proudfoot was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 21 August 1942, class number 1631. His first duty assignment was as RTC, Unit Officer Training Center, Camp Roberts, California. | His subsequent duty assignments include: S-2/S-3, 2d Battalion, 130th Infantry, Asiatic Pacific Theatre; Infantry Unit Commander, Company E, 130th Infantry Regiment, Asiatic Pacific Theatre; S-2/S-3, Connolly Task Force, Philippine Islands; Company Commanding Officer, Company C, 113th Airborne Infantry Battalion, New Jersey National Guard, Unit Officer Training Center, Headquarters, 47th Infantry Regiment, Fort Dix, New Jersey; Instructor, 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion, Camp Pickett, Virginia; Commanding Officer, Headquarters Company, 550th, Airborne Infantry Battalion, Camp Pickett, Virginia; Commanding Officer, 527th Military Police Company, Mannheim, Germany; Company Commander, Company C, 382d Military Police Battalion, EUCOM, Mannheim, Germany; Battalion S-3, Adjutant, Battalion Executive Officer, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 382d Military Police Battalion, EUCOM, Mannheim, Germany; Student Officer, PMGS, PMGS 8801-2, Camp Gordon, Georgia; Instructor Basis Tac and Combat Arms, Instructor Combat Arms, GS&T Department, PMGS 8801-2, Camp Gordon, Georgia; Instructor Tac Br, GS&T Department, HHC, PMGS 8801-2, Fort Gordon, Georgia; Assistant G-1 and Military Police Advance RTA, USA Elm JUSMAG, Thailand; Assistant C Military Police Division, Operations Officer, PMO, PM Section, Headquarters, 2d USA, Fort Meade, Maryland; Target Intel, Estimates Officer, USA Elm (9791) JACE, Washington, D.C.; Deputy PM, USARSO, Fort Amador, Canal Zone; Director of Administrator and Deputy Commandant, Headquarters, USDB, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Commander, U.S. Army Correctional Training Facility, Fort Riley, Kansas. | Colonel Proudfoot's awards and decorations include: ACM, EIB, CIB, ADSM, APCM, PLR, World War IIVM, Bronze Star Medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, 4 OS Bars, AOM (Ger), PIR, AFRM, NDSM w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster, JCS 1Dent Badge, ARCOM w/1 Oak Leaf Cluster.