“Colonel C.E. Porteous was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, 14 November 1942, class number 101. His first duty assignment was as Assistant Adjutant, Headquarters 409 Inf Regiment Cp. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Adjutant, Headquarters 409 Inf Regiment Cp; Regiment S4, Headquarters 409 Infantry Regiment Cp; AC of S, G1, […]
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Lieutenant Edwin A. Perry served as a Platoon Leader, A Company Commander and later as a Battalion S-2 with the 39th Infantry Regiment in North Africa and Europe during World War II. Some of his other assignments include Executive Officer, Army Security Agency, Arlington Hall Station; Assistant Secretary of the Staff, SHAPE, France; Chairman, Map Reading Committee, United […]
Lieutenant Colonel Elmer G. Owens was commissioned Infantry upon graduation from Officer Candidate School 27 March 1942. His first duty assignment was as Assistant Adj-2nd Stu Tng Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Adjutant-78th Regiment., IRTC, Camp Robinson, Arkansas; S-3 78th Regiment, IRTC, Camp Robinson, Arkansas; Asst Adj Gen 81st Inf Div, FECOM; Actg […]
Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Newell served as Platoon Leader and Company Commander with the 159th Infantry Regiment in the Attu Operations during World War II. He also served as Deputy Post Commander at Camp Gifu, Japan and as Battalion Commander with the 23rd Infantry Regiment in Korea. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Personnel Affairs Officer, […]
After World War II, Captain Nett served with the Artillery Center School Troop, Fort Sill, Oklahoma and later with the 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Division, Japan, where he became the Inspector General of Kobe Base, Japan. | During the Korean War, Captain Nett was a Company Commander training South Korean soldiers. He later served as […]
Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Charles Patrick Murray, Jr. served as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer and Company Commander of Company C, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division in Europe during World War II. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion S-3, 11th Infantry Regiment; Assistant G-2 and Assistant Public Information Officer, Headquarters 82d Airborne Division; Special Liaison […]
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Colonel Rafael Montilla served with the 304th Regiment, 7th Infantry Division as a Platoon Leader, subsequently he attended Military Intelligence School and was assigned to the War Department, General Staff, G2 Section during the remainder of World War II. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Battalion Commander, Regimental Executive Officer and Acting Commanding Officer, 4th […]
First Lieutenant Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr., Infantry, Army of the United States was awarded our nation’s highest award for valor. | MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on 6 June 1944 near Colleville sur Mer, France. Lieutenant Monteith landed with the initial assault waves on the […]
