Colonel Hampton Dews was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 29 April 1949, class number 9A. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, Company M, 325th Airborne Infantry, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. | His subsequent duty assignment include: Photographer, Company C, Infantry School Detachment, Army Field Printing Plan 7; Recon Officer, Company […]

Colonel (later Lieutenant General) Robert J. Donahue was commissioned a Signal Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 22 January 1953, class number 27. His first duty assignment was as second lieutenant, 501st Communications Reconnaissance Group, Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Headquarters Assistant Secretary of the Army, Washington D.C.; Platoon Leader/Executive Officer, company […]

Brigadier General Norman C. Delbridge, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon Graduation from Officer Candidate School 20 May 1947, class number 4. His first duty assignment was as Company Commander, Company B, School Battalion, Fort Belvoir, Virginia (United States Army of  Engineers). | His subsequent duty assignment include: Platoon Leader/Project Engineer, Berlin Airlift, 252nd Engineer […]

Major General Andrew L. Cooley was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 24 August 1955, class number 5. His first duty assignment was as Tank Platoon Leader, Company A, 44th tank Battalion, 82d Airborne Division. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Company XO, Battalion Operations Officer, Co A, 44th Tank Bn, 82d […]

Major General Jerry R. Curry graduated from Technical High School in McKeesport in 1950, and enlisted in the Army in March 1951. Following Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry in December 1952. He served in a variety of junior and student officer assignments including the 11th Airborne Division, 10th Infantry Division, […]

Peter Tali Coleman (December 8, 1919 – April 28, 1997) was the first person of Samoan descent to be appointed Governor of American Samoa and later became the territory’s first popularly elected governor. A member of the Republican Party, he is the only U.S. governor whose service spanned five decades (1956–1961, 1978–1985 and 1989–1993) and […]

Colonel Richard R. Cook, was commissioned an Infantry Office upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in June 1961. His first duty assignment was as a Training Officer, 54th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky. | His subsequent assignments include: Executive Officer/Headquarters Company Commander/Assistant S-1, 31st Infantry Regiment, Camp Casey, Korea; Instructor, United States Army […]

Colonel Joseph Colello, Jr. was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 28 June 1957, class number 4. His brief duty assignments include: Aviator R/W, Germany; Asst Opn Off, Germany; Co Cdr, Fort Riley, KS; Aviator F/W, Korea; Flight Op Off, Vietnam; Instructor Pilot, Fort Wolters, Texas; Flight Opn Off counter-insurgency, Vietnam; […]

Clarence P. Campbell was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School in 1947. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 65th Infantry Regiment, Puerto Rico. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Asst Regiment S-4, 65th Inf Regiment, Puerto Rico; Co Cdr, Bn S-2, Bn S-3, Bn S-4, 22d Inf Regiment, Fort […]

Major General John G. Castles was commissioned upon graduation from Officer Candidate School Class 362-44. | He was Commander, 116th Separate Infantry Brigade, Virginia Army National Guard (VaARNG), Staunton, Virginia.