Colonel K.L. Crouch was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in 1942. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader and Company Exec, Company K, 338th Infantry, 85th Division, Camp Shelby, Mississippi; Company Commander, 411th Infantry, Company K 103d Div, Camp Clairborne, Louisiana; Bn Exec and Battalion Commander, 1st Bn, 411th Inf 103d Div, ZI and Europe; Battalion Commander, 1st Bn, 411th Infantry, 103rd Division, Europe; Installation Commander, Army Security Agency, USAnd Europe; Student, C&GSC, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; G3 Plans, Headquarters Second Army, Fort Meade, Maryland; G3 Training and Deputy Chief of Staff, Headquarters KMAG, Korea; Student, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia; Chairman, Platoon Committee, Tac Dept, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia; and Operations Officer, U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia.