BENNETT,WILLIAM
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WILLIAM O. BENNETT

Lieutenant Colonel William Bennett served as a Demolition Platoon Leader with the 507th Infantry from 1942 through 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was promoted to Captain in 1944 and entered combat during the Normandy invasion. In 1945 he was separated from service. He came on active duty in 1949 as Captain and joined the 17th Infantry […]

BENNETT,WARREN
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WARREN K. BENNETT

Major General Warren K. Bennett attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army of the United States in February 1942. His first assignment as an officer was with the 77th Infantry Division as it was being formed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in early 1942.  After […]

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CHARLES E. BENNETT

The Honorable Charles E. Bennett was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School on 22 November 1942, class number 108. His first duty assignment was as Assistant to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 Section, Headquarters IV Corps, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. | Subsequent duty assignments include: Regiment 1 and R Platoon, Headquarters Company […]

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Charles S. Abell

The Honorable Charles S. Abell was commissioned an Infantry Officer upon graduation from Officer Candidate School, Class 38-67, 26 July 1967. His first duty assignment was as Platoon Leader/Motor Officer, 1st Battalion, 52nd Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. | His subsequent duty assignments include: Platoon Leader, B Company, 31st Infantry Battalion, Republic of Vietnam; Company […]

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Thomas W. Wigle

Second Lieutenant Thomas W. Wigle was born 18 May 1909 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Northwestern High School in Detroit, Michigan, and attended Michigan State College in Lansing, Michigan, for two years. He was an adept violinist and was awarded a scholarship to study music in Salzburg, Austria, where he remained for eight months. […]