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. […]
Lieutenant Colonel Clark W. Trainer rose from Platoon Leader to Battalion Adjutant with the 323rd Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He also served as Regimental Adjutant with the 27th Infantry Regiment in Korea. | Some of Lieutenant Colonel Trainer’s other assignments include Battalion Commander, 39th Infantry Regiment, Fort Dix, New […]
Mr. William F. Tompkins enlisted as a Private in the Army during World War II and was commissioned at the Infantry Officer Candidate School in 1944. He was Commanding Officer of the United States War Crimes Office in Saigon, French Indochina, and was United States Prosecutor in several war crime trials in Singapore. Mr. Thompkins […]
Upon graduating from the Infantry Officer Candidate School Lieutenant Colonel Tryon E. Tisdale served as an Instructor in The Officer Candidate Preparatory School with the IRTC, Fort McClellan, Alabama. | His subsequent duty assignments include: 1943 and 1944, Infantry School, Instructor and Advance Class student, Fort Benning, Georgia. He was then assigned as a Company […]
Lieutenant Colonel Carlton C. Thornblom served during World War II as a Platoon Leader with the 320th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division in England and France and with the 41st Replacement Battalion in Germany. | His other duty assignments include: Company Commander and Battalion S3, 11th Airborne Division in Japan; Liaison and Special Projects Officer, […]
Lieutenant Colonel Loyd Tallent served as a Platoon Leader and subsequently as a Company Executive Officer, a Company Commander and a Battalion Executive Officer with the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. While assigned to the 9th Infantry Division, his unit participated in the North African Campaign, the Sicilian Campaign and completed six other campaigns […]
Colonel James S. Stell rose from Platoon Leader to Battalion Commander with the 382d Infantry Regiment in the United States and later in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He has also served as Regimental Commander of the 135th Infantry Regiment at Fort Rucker, Alabama. | His other duty assignments include: Assistant PMS&T, North Carolina […]
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Raymond Steckla served with the 358th Regiment, 90th Division as a Platoon Leader, Regimental Communications Officer and S-1. He is a graduate of The Command and General Staff College and the Infantry Officer Advanced Course. Some of Lieutenant Colonel Steckla’s other assignments include duty as a G-3 Staff Officer with the 5th U.S. […]
