The Honorable Robert E. Gradle was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 11 April 1944, Class Number 321. His first duty assignment was as Instructor-Pioneer Platoon Functions, The Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company Commander-Infantry Training Battalion, Camp Wheeler, Georgia; AFWESPAC Headquarters, Southwest Pacific. | His […]
Ronald C. Estep
Hunter A. Copeland
Colonel Hunter Armstrong Copeland was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 11 September 1942, Class Number 67. | His duty assignments include: Company Commander, L Company, 275th Infantry Regiment, 70th Division; Headquarters Company Commander, 3rd Battalion, 275th Infantry; Battalion Commander, 3rd Battalion, 275th Infantry, 70th Division; Japan Air Defense Force, Japan; […]
Robert L. Duewerth
Brigadier General Robert Leroy Duewerth was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 1 August 1952. Enlisted Service: 17 May 1950 through 31 July 1952 (RA-Infantry, Staff Sergeant). Years of Active Commissioned Service: 29 Years as of 1 August 1981. Total Years of Service: 31 Years as of 1 May 1981. […]
Glenn P. Brooks
Colonel Glenn P. Brooks was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 28 December 1942, Class Number 129. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 317th Infantry, 80th Infantry Division, European Theater of Operations. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant G-1, Enl. Pers. Br., Headquarters 2nd Army, Fort Meade, Maryland; […]
James E. Barrett
The Honorable James E. Barrett enlisted in Army of the United States in 1942. He served as infantry officer in Europe, World War II. Instructed in Military Science and Tactics, Creighton University, 1945-46. | He began his insurance career with Mutual of Omaha as methods and procedures analyst in 1948. Appointed Special Assistant to the […]
Chester J. Bobinski
Colonel Bobinski enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1946 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Infantry, in August 1951 upon graduation form the Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas […]
Frank S. Westling
Colonel Frank S. Westling entered the United States Army on 22 May 1944. He graduated from Ground General School, Fort Riley, KS, Class Number 5, and was Commissioned 31 August 1948. He served as Assistant Regimental Adjutant, Headquarters, 504th Airborne Infantry Regiment from February to December 1950. | His subsequent duty assignments: In 1951 and […]
James L. Zachary
Colonel James Lee Zackary was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 24 June 1959, class number 2-59. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company C, 8th Battle Group, Fort Ord, CA. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Aide-de-Camp for Deputy Commanding General, Fort Ord, CA; S-3, 1st Battalion and Commander, […]
William F. Winter
Governor William F. Winter enlisted in the United States Army as a private in 1943. He completed the Infantry Officer Candidate School on 17 October 1943 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. His initial assignment was as a platoon leader with he IRTC, Fort McClellan, AL from 1944-1945. | Mr Winters second and last assignment was […]