Colonel Gustave J. Witt was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 24 July 1942, Class 40. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Antitank Company, 150th Infantry Regiment, Panama Canal Zone. | His subsequent duty assignments include: S-1/S-2/S-4/Commander, Company A, 150th Infantry Regiment, Panama Canal Zone; Detachment Commander, 8209 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital; Chief, Supply Branch, William Beaumont General Hospital, Fort Bliss, Texas; Adjutant and Troop Commander, Fontainbleau Medical Depot, Fontainbleau, France; Chief, Supply Branch, Madigan General Hospital, Tacoma, Washington; XO, Einsiedlerhof Medical Depot, Einsiedlerhof, Germany; Chief, Supply and Service Division, Fort MacArthur, California; Deputy Director, Logistics Division, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Chief, Supply and Service Division, Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Commander, 32d Medical Depot, Cam Rhan Bay, Vietnam; Chief, Logistics Division, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, California; Chief, Logistics Division, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. | Colonel Witt's awards and decorations include: Army Commendation (2 Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal, Legion of Merit.