Colonel Charles Harold Brown was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 14 December 1943, class number 310. His first duty assignment was as Rifle Platoon Leader, Company L, 406th Infantry, 102d Infantry Division, Camp Swift, Texas and European Theater of Operations Germany. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company Executive […]
CHELSEY J. BENNETT
Lieutenant Colonel Chesley J. Bennett was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation on 27 March 1942, class number 6. His first duty assignment was as Tactical Officer, 3d Student Training Regiment, The Infantry School. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Tactical Officer and Executive Officer, O.C. Company, The Infantry School; Commander, 1st O.C. Company, 3d Student Taining […]
LESTER E. BARLOW
Lieutenant Colonel Lester E. Barlow began his commissioned career as Company Executive Officer with A-T Company, 342d Infantry at Camp Howze, Texas, in 1942 and was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1943. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Assistant Intel Staff Officer, Headquarters, 3d Army, European Theater of Operations and also with the 317th Infantry, […]
EUGENE N. AXTELL
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JULIAN P. STADTLER
Lieutenant Colonel Julian P. Stadtler began his commissioned career as a Platoon Leader at Camp Wolters, Texas, in 1943. He served as a Platoon Leader with the 69th Infantry Division, Camp Shelby, Mississippi 1943, 25th Infantry Division Pacific Theater of Operations 1944. | He was promoted to First Lieutenant in 1945 while serving as Administrative Officer, […]
ROBERT S. SCOTT
Lieutenant Colonel (later Colonel) Robert S. Scott was assigned as a Platoon Leader with Company C, 172d Infantry at Fort Ord, California and departed with this unit for the South Pacific in 1942. While his unit was engaged in heavy combat on New Georgia, Solomon Islands. | in 1943, Lieutenant Colonel Scott was awarded the Medal […]
JACK SAMSON
“Lieutenant Colonel Samson graduated Infantry OCS Class 70, 17 September 1942. | Subsequent duty assignments include: 1942 – Co. D., 51st Bn., Plat. Ldr., Second Lieutenant, Instr. Chauffeur School, Camp Walters, Texas; 1943, 51st Bn, Sr. Instructor, First Lieutenant, Sr. Instr. Chauffeur School, Camp Walters, Texas; 1944 – 132d Bn, 82d Regiment., Bn S3, lst […]
CALVIN T. ROUSH
In 1939, Cal Roush and his older brother, Howard, joined the 166th Infantry Regiment, 37th Division of the Ohio National Guard and were sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where Cal became Sergeant of H Company, in a Machine Gun Platoon. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 37th Division was triangularized, and, as a result, […]
RALPH J. RASHID
Upon graduating from the Infantry Officer Candidate School, Lieutenant Colonel Ralph J. Rashid served as Platoon Leader and Battalion Supply Officer Inf Replacement Training Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant in 1942. | While serving as Battalion Supply Officer and Executive Officer of the 48th Replacement Battalion , Camp Cook, California, […]
GEORGE N. PRESTRIDGE
Lieutenant Colonel George N. Prestridge was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 15 September 1942, class number 69. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader, 110th Infantry, Camp Livingston, Louisiana. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion S2-S3, 110th Infantry, England; Battalion S-3, 110th Infantry, France-Germany; Company CO, Training Center, Camp […]