“Lieutenant Colonel Robert Craddock attended Infantry OCS, graduating in OCS Class 82, 13 October 1942. He was assigned Platoon Leader, Second Lieutenant, 409th Infantry Company, Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. He was promoted to First Lieutenant, 26 March 43; 1943, 409th Inf, Rifle Co. Commander, First Lieutenant, Camp Howze, Texas; promoted to Captain 23 November 1943; 1944, 409th […]
Lieutenant Colonel James T. Carter joined the 1st Battalion 272d Infantry Regiment, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in 1943, serving as Plans and Training Officer and Company Commander. Carter rose to the rank of Captain in 1945 and saw service in the European Theatre of Operations. He then attained the rank of Major in 1947 and served as Commanding […]
As leader of the weapons platoon of Company E, 413th Infantry, on the night of 2 November 1944, First Lieutenant Cecil Bolton fought gallantly in a pitched battle which followed the crossing of the Mark River in Holland. When two machineguns pinned down his company, he tried to eliminate, with mortar fire, their grazing fire […]
Colonel R. J. Bennett attended OCS from February 1942 to 1 May 1942, Class #8. Infantry OCS, Fort Benning Georgia. He served as Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, Captain and Major with the 2nd Battalion, 50th Armored Infantry Regiment. (Redesignated 9th Armored Infantry Bn.), 6th Armored Division all through World War II as Platoon Leader, Liaison Officer, […]
Lieutenant Colonel John B. Zanin served as a Platoon Leader with the 102nd Regimental Combat Team in the South Pacific during World War II and as Battalion S-3 with the 3rd Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea. | His other duty assignments include: Chief, Range Division Committee, G-3 Section, 9th Infantry Division; Battalion S-3, 2nd Battalion, 5th […]
“Lieutenant Colonel Marvin E. Williams entered service as a Private in the 5th Signal Service Detachment June 1939 and served as a Sergeant in the Infantry School Detachment, 1939 – 1941. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant 12 December 1941 in the second Officer Candidate School class to graduate during World War II. | His […]
Lieutenant Colonel Irving Darris Warden served as Company Commander with the 110th Infantry, 28th Division, in Europe during World War II. He is a graduate and former instructor of the Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Lieutenant Colonel Warden has also served as a member of the Regular Army Promotion Board, Department […]
Second Lieutenant (later First Lieutenant) Viale displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. Forced by the enemy’s detonation of prepared demolitions to shift the course of his advance through the city, he led the 1st platoon toward a small bridge, where heavy fire from three enemy pillboxes halted the unit. With two […]
Lieutenant Colonel Fred R. Ulrich served during World War II as a Platoon Leader with the 39th Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Croft, South Carolina, and as a Company Commander with the 391st Infantry Regiment in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of War. | His other duty assignments include duty as Assistant Chief of Staff and G3 with […]
Lieutenant Colonel Howard A. Trammell served as a Platoon Leader and Company Commander with the 62nd Armored Infantry Battalion of the 14th Armored Division and saw action in the European Theater. Lieutenant Colonel Trammell later served with the 634th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 1st Armored Division, after which he was an advisor with KMAG. […]
