Lieutenant Colonel Paul T. Ingle began his commissioned career as a Second Lieutenant Platoon Leader, 31st Infantry Battalion, Camp Craft, South Carolina in 1943. | Subsequent promotions and duty assignments include: Promoted to First Lieutenant 1944 while assigned to 5307 Comp Unit Prov (Merrils Marauders) in Burma; Promoted to Captain 1945 and assigned Headquarters USF CBT Assistant G-3 Kunming, China; 1946 Executive Officer Cavalry School, School Troop Detachment, Fort Riley, Kansas; 1947 Commander Dragoon Troop, 91st Recon Squadron, Fort Riley, Kansas; 1948 Battalion S3, 504th Airborne Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; 1950 Headquarters Company Commander, 504th Airborne Regiment, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Promoted to Major 1951 and assigned Assistant G3, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina (attended Advanced Infantry Course 1950-1951); 1952-1953 MAAG Formosa, Assistant G3 Army Sec, Air Ground Liaison to Chinese Army; 1954-1955 Regimental S4, 503d Airborne Infantry, Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Attended Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 1956; Assigned to Office TIG DA Inspector Pentagon 1957-1959; Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel 1960 and assigned to MILTAG, Indonesia, Chief Army Section, Djakarta, Indonesia; 1961 assigned to The Infantry School, Committee Chairman Small Arms Committee, Weapons Department, Fort Benning, Georgia. | Lieutenant Colonel Ingle's awards and decorations include: the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart w/ Oak Leaf Cluster, Combat Infantryman Badge, DUB, EAME, Asiatic and Pacific, Army Th Rib, World War II, Victory, National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal.