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

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Brigadier General BENJAMIN T. HARRIS Deputy Commanding General BRIGADIER GENERAL BENJAMIN T. HARRIS, born in Columbia, Missouri, 27 August 1909, was commissioned a 2d Lieutenant, Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy. Prior to World War II, he served at Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Williams, Maine and in the Canal Zone. During World War II, he served with the 81st Division as Regimental S-3, Battalion Commander and Regimental Executive Officer par- ticipating in three campaigns in the Pacific. After inactivation of the 81st Division in japan in January 1946, he joined the 97th Division. In February 1947, General Harris was assigned to the Plans and Policy Division of the War Department General Staff, Washington, D. C. and later served as a member of the Joint Strategic Plans Groups, Office of the joint Chiefs of Staff. After attending the Armed Forces Staff College, he served once again as a member of the Joint Staff. In 1953 he went to Korea Where he commanded the 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division and later assigned as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, XXIV Corps. In 1954, General Harris returned to the United States where he served on the Staff and Faculty of the Command and Gen- amt--,---fs we-w-, ,eww fc ' ite , aff .fi-,Q af-gi est, 3, ,tp y 4 af .Liz ft, . eral Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In September 1956, he was assigned to the United States Army Training Center, Engineer, Fort Leonard Wood, Mis- souri, as Deputy Commanding General. In April 1958, he became Chief, United States Army Military Advisory Mission, Ankara, Turkey. After returning to the United States in April 1960, he was assigned to the Army Element, Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D. C. General Harris was assigned to Fort Leonard Wood in October 1962. General Harris' awards and decorations include: the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Commendation Medal, American Defense Serv- ice Medal with clasp, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic and Pacific Campaign Medal, Army Occupation Medal Uapanb, World War I1 Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with three stars, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Philippine Pres- idential Unit Citation, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, the Columbian Meritorious Medal C Republic of Co- lumbiaj, Combat Infantryman's Badge Csecond awardj and the Department of Defense Identification Badge. ft , 1-,A sa 1: G f?'f',-vt 'fstgjs at 5 si 'af' f if , ,f it ,fy ,,,i'e-. t ,Q , t . ,, K . ,mfg , .. 1 ,t ft My .M 1, ve ti 1- S-,

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MAJOR GENERAL LYLE E. SEEMAN was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, 15 july 1906. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1928, receiving a commission in the Engineers. He received a grad- uate degree in civil engineering from Princeton University in 1934. He graduated from the National War College in 1953. Prior to World War II, his assignments included duty with the cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, with the Nicaragua Canal Survey, from 1934 to 1936, and ROTC duty at Ohio State University from 1936 to 1940. His World War II duty was with the Engineer Research and Development Laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, with the Air Force as regimental commander of aviation engineer troops, and later on the Air Force staff in the China-Burma-India The- ater. General Seeman served with the Manhattan Engineer Dis- trict from 1945 to 1946, and with the Central Intelligence Agency during 1947 and 1948. He was district engineer of the Alaska District from 1949 to 1952. During this latter as- signment, he was responsible for the largest permanent con- struction program ever undertaken in Alaska. General Seeman was assigned to the Ofhce of the Comptroller of the Army in 1953 and 1954. On 1 September 1954, General Seeman was appointed division engineer, Southwestern Divi- sion, Dallas, Texas. While in that assignment, he also served on the Mississippi River Commission 'and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. On 18 May 1958, he was assigned to the Oliice of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, as Chief, construction division. On 1 August 1958, he was designated Director of Installations, where he served until May 1962. On 20 May 1962 he assumed command of Fort Leonard Wood. His decorations include the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Star Medal. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers. General Seeman is married to the former Marjorie Roberta Korp and has three children. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 1 December 1933, to captain, 9 june 1938, to major, 31 january 1941, to lieutenant colonel, 1 February 1942, to colonel, 21 May 1943, to brigadier general, 14 july 1955, and to major general, '10 March 1959. Major General LYLE E. SEEMAN Commanding General

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