Colonel Paul Joseph Wenzel was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 17 June 1960, class number 3-60. His first duty assignment was as Battalion Adjutant, 2d Student Battalion, TSB, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Section Commander, 73d Aviation Company (Airplane Surveillance Light),RVN; G3 Operations Officer, U.S. […]
The Honorable Merrill H. Werts is inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1981. He was on active duty in U.S. Army from June 1943 to March 1946 with service in European Theater of Operations; separated as first lieutenant Infantry. | Awards and Decorations: Bronze Star (HA), Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge | Other Affiliations […]
Major General Robert G. Walker was commissioned an Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in February 1945. His first duty assignment was with the 330th and 262d Infantry Regiment, France, Germany, and Austria. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Nibbing National Guard Unit, 1st Battalion, 136th Infantry; Gunnery Instructor, Fort Sill, OK; Artillery […]
Casper W. Weinberger was designated by President-elect Ronald Reagan to be the fifteenth secretary of defense and was subsequently commissioned and served in the Pacific Theater. | Member of General Douglas MacArthur’s Intelligence Staff; Law Clerk and joined the San Francisco law firm; Won election to the State Assembly of California in 1952; Chairman of […]
Colonel Eric H. Vieler was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 26 October 1951. His first duty assignment was as Instructor, Leaders Course, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Dix, New Jersey. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company A, 32d Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, Korea; Instructor, Department of Field […]
Colonel Ralph T. Tomberg was commissioned an Artillery Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company L, 14th Infantry Regiment. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company M, 14th Infantry Regiment; Assistant Battalion S-3 and Battalion S-3, HHC, 3d Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, Hawaii; Weapons […]
Colonel Edward Thompkins was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 14 September 1956, Class Number 9. His first duty assignment was as Weapons Instructor, Rifle Committee, Weapons Dept, Infantry School, Fort Benning, GA. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant G3 Training, Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, KS; Company […]
The Honorable Royce P. Thomas graduated from Blue Ridge School in Hendersonville, North Carolina and afterwards attended Duke University. He was stationed in Korea with the 45th Infantry Division in 1951 and 1952 and graduated from the 29th Class of the Infantry Officer Candidate School on 26 September 1952, after which he was assigned to […]
Ambassador Terence A. Todman was assigned to the 24th Infantry Regiment, Japan. | His subsequent duty assignments include: 159th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, Japan; Unit Commander Operations, 25th Division, Artillery School, Japan, 2nd Army School, Fort George Meade. | His awards and decorations include: Good Conduct Medal, Army of Occupation-Japan, World War II Victory Medal.
Colonel William J. Taylor, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in 1955. His first duty assignment was with the Reconnaissance, Tank and Rifle Battalion, Germany, Korea, and Vietnam. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Instructor and Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies, History of Modern Europe, West Point, NY; Political […]
