Lieutenant Colonel Wesley R. Gough, graduated Infantry OCS Class #2, 7 November 1941. | Subsequent assignments Include: 1942, Headquarters 46th AIR, Co. Commander, Lieutenant; Capt., Fort Knox, Kentucky and Cp. Cooke, California, Feb. 1943, Headquarters Sp. Trps., III Corps., S-3 and XO., Captain., and Major., Cp. Beale, California; August 1944; The Infantry School, Small Arms Instructor, […]

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Lieutenant Colonel Dale M. Engstrom served as instructor with the Weapons Department, The Infantry School, from 1942 to 1943 attaining the rank of Captain. He then attended the Infantry Officer Advance Class where upon completion he was assigned to the 160th Infantry Regiment 40th Infantry Division participating in the Philippine Campaign. | Reverted to inactive status […]

“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 […]