Colonel James H. Bledsoe was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 19 September 1958, Class Number 4-58. His first duty assignment was as Chief Receiving, U.S. Army Transfer Point, HHC USAG, Fort Sheridan, IL. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander, 3d Training Regiment, Fort Jackson, SC; Public Education Officer, 97th CA Gp, Okinawa and Vietnam; Company Commander, HHC, 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KS and Vietnam; S-4, 3d Battalion, 60th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Vietnam; Instructor, USAIS, Fort Benning, GA; Dist Senior Adv, Corps, I Corps, Vietnam; Assistant Bde Executive Officer, 1st Bde, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KS; Instructor, Combat Arms School, Base Gagetown, Canada; Advisor, 87th MAC, Birmingham, AL; Instructor, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Chief, Ex Plrg Gp (G3), XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, NC: Dir, Spt Management Dir (G3), XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, NC.