US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Leonard Wood, MO)

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iii M essage fa the Mm 70772 the Commandi n G 1 - - any - w 'ge ,f3g.f.,: ntanou Anrtns roar Leon ann mon oss' - ff 'tif hi 1 ' lC6 of the Commanding General .,1::f.p,. -fksf' F A ' ' - 363'-a Wai ort Leonard Wood, Missouri . -4gFg y5-,np d isaster? : ' 3,59 . 3, ya'f+f:i?2' r ap, A511 'Vigf' ren gd- , .3 I ' p Va: as .ag 35' half. iffy, :gig Wifi, :Orgy V Yxatzg-gi lash' hen who have taken their basic training together at Fort Leonard Wood have special ties which bind them in the brotherhood oi the tried Wir? and ready soldiers oi the United States Army. ln these rugged Ozark Q' ioothllls they have shared the sqsnler heat or the wintry blast as they f'3Q3??,f3,, QQQF' pursued the intensive course which the United States Army prescribes 36' ,lggikfg tor its soldiers. ln the une-noelled training facilities ot this station they have acquired that basic know how oi the soldierg to march, to 1 shoot, to iight on the team. lui ' if' ,qlii ggi' as you move on to advanced individual training, or to an assign- 275.5-9 -gpg, , Y ,. ment with an active Army unit, the oiiicers and men oi your cadre are J' H , ',11'.,,,!1 proud oi you. 'lou have proven yourselves in the trials and pressures A- 1 Q51 --24-hge, 1 -, Q-3k3,sfq oi basic training. You have developed your physique, have acquired new military skills, have learned the importance oi team play in an 'Qiye W.rLv,,, organization where your comrades depend upon you. ,ff wrlqrrfaxfpx. - N f ' .,4f.,3- Jr! ln the years ahead you will look back upon these weeks as some oi the roost signiiicant in your lives. 'the new talents which you have 'f y-4 'ag' acquired will assume increasing importance as you progress through J lite, whether you rwhin in the military service or return to your gff.g,,grfy?.f civilian oonmnnrty. Egg: . 1. gffgg' 'lo all oi you l extend my appreciation oi your service and my best 2-Qjgfiig. wishes ior your continuing success in the years ahead. 1 ,2i11e4i23f:rf wp 2153353 Liifp pl! 4 fl ,ififa 51 I jY3if3,:jS33,A KY-R 'egg-'yw5,g-vie, uagor Gene al, USA a lp ffl fi d' comma dl ' ' :ff?1?g9'w' fi. 9 .7 35 12-ggy , a'efT:?ff:-'ff-lfifiisg. ff?- 3,,fgx5fy. K- V- 1, v A ,wg ,V r.. as .3 f f ...qP'P H A, ' r sgiiyifgvii 51' ' 1 1 ' P ,,,P,JIi , I y 3 'wediiligfifaearfr f- A-f, ag pai, jfs., 1 cwfn -. '25 ., ' A iv r, QR 53.an,, ...pp A Qryw jfivfeky M uf + bgejfzrt W4 'K f' , 1 rifibigf v .- vwmyfwgdesf.. K i ',4vg'i ,y' if , U. ESQ jgf'E?j?'Q,5mggf5fvixmr' ' um., 'fm-,, W 4, . ,wfgmigs M . , ,,:Z,f,PQr3,iMLMgm 1 ,,

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'Q fiiif MAJOR GENERAL HOWARD KER was born in Staunton, Virginia, October 12, 1902. He graduated from the US Military Academy in 1924 and from Cornell University in 1927, receivf ing the degree of Civil Engineer. He is also a graduate of the U. S. Army Engineer School, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Army XY7ar College. Prior to Wtnrlcl War ll, he served with engineer units at Fort Humphreys, Virginia and at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He served on Reserve Officers Training Corps duty at the Uni- versity of Alabama from 1950 to 1934. From 1954 to 1937, while assigned to the Philadelphia Engineer District, he was in charge of the conversion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal from a barge canal to a ship canal. From 1957 to 1941, he served at the Wliite House as Engineer Ohicer in Charge of Buildings and Grounds. ln 1941 and 1942, he commanded the 86th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion at Fort Knox and Camp Joseph T. Robinson. From 1942 to 194-1, he served as Chief, Department of Engi- neering and later as Executive Officer, the Engineer School. From November 1941-1 till September 1915, he commanded the Gth Engineer Special Brigade in the European Theater of Operf Major General HOWARD KER Commanding General ations, participating in the Northern France, Rhineland and Ardennes Campaigns, He returned to the Engineer School in 1945 as Chief of Operations and was appointed Assistant Commandant in 1946. He attended the lndustrial College in 1947-1948. From 1948 to 1950, he served as Assistant Engineer of Maintenance of the Panama Canal. He became a member of the staff and faculty of the Army War College in hluly 1950, remaining there until kluly 1953, when he was assigned to the Far East Command, where he served hrst as Engineer, First Corps and later as Engineer, Eighth Army. ln June 1954, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Engineers for Troop Operations. He served additionally, from july 1956, as Acting Deputy Chief of Engineers for Military Operations. ln March 1957, he was assigned as Engineer, US Army Europe, his last assignment before assuming command of Fort Leonard XY'ood, Aluly 18, 1960. His decorations include the legion of Merit with two Oak l.eaf Clusters. the Order of the British Empire tGreat Britainl, the Order of Military Merit tllrazill and the Order of Merit lL'l.CHl9 with Silver Star Cllepublic of Koreaj.