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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM A. KNOWLTON USA SUPERINTENDENT, U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY » William A. Knowlton was born in Weston, Massachusetts, on 19 June 1920. In 1938 he graduated with distinction for scholarship from St. Mark ' s School, Southborough, Massachu- setts. During the next year he served as an enlisted man in Company E, 298th Infantry Regiment in Hawaii. He gradu- ated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in January 1943, standing seventh in a class of over 400, and was commissioned a second lieutenant of Caval- ry- In World War II General Knowlton was a member of the 87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized), 7th Ar- mored Division. He served progressively as assault gun pla- toon leader during the Third Army ' s dash across France, squadron staff officer during combat in Belgium and the Netherlands, and reconnaissance troop commander for the major part of the period from the Battle of the Bulge to the end of the war in Germany. He was awarded the Silver Star Medal by the 82d Airborne Division for commanding a recon- naissance mission deep behind the German Lines to make one of the first contacts with the Soviet forces north of Berlin. General Knowlton then served as regimental S-3 and Motor Battalion commander in Berlin. This was followed by a year as Counter-intelligence Staff Officer in the European Thea- ter Headquarters. In 1947 he returned to the United States, and for two-and- a-half years was Assistant Secretary of the Army General Staff in Washington. He then attended the Advanced Course of the Armor School, Fort Kno.x, Kentucky, where he won the Annual award for Leadership given by the School. He served briefly as instructor in Armor tactics at both the Armor School and the Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma. In January 1951, General Knowlton was one of the first American officers assigned to the newly created Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe (SHAPE) in France for three-and-a-half years. He was first appointed Military Assist- ant to the Chief of Staff, and then S|)ecial Assistant to the Supreme Commander. From 1954 to 1955, he attended the Regular Course at the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas. For the next three years, he was Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in charge of the courses in Economics and International Relations. During this period, he also earned the degree of Master of Arts in Po- litical Science from Columbia University. In 1958 he took command of the 1st Battalion, 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Meade, Maryland, a unit of the Strategic Army Command (STRAC). The battalion was one of the first to receive the STRAC superior unit award. After this command, he attended the National War College, gradu- ating in 1960. Following a period of i)reparation which include l attend- ance at the Strategic Intellige nce School, he served for two years as the Army Attache and Chief of Military Assistance in Tunisia. On return from Africa in 1963, he assumed com- mand of the 1st Armor Training Brigade at Fort Knox, Ken- tucky, charged with Advanced Individual Training for tank crewmen and reconnaissance scouts. In 1964 he returned to the Army General Staff as Division Chief in the Directorate of Coordination and Analysis. In March 1965, he was selected for duty in the Office of the Sec- retary of Defense, serving as Military Assistant to the Special Assistant to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense. From August 1966 to January 1968 he served in Vietnam on the staff of the United States Military Assistance Com- mand, Vietnam. His staff positions were successively Secre- tary of the Joint Staff, Director of Revolutionary Develop- ment Support, and Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support. These last two assignments involved both military support to the Vietnamese pacification effort and staff supervision of all United States pacification efforts when the President as- signed those responsibilities to General Westmoreland. In January 1968 General Knowlton reported to the 9th In- fantry Division as Assistant Division Commander. The 9th Di- vision operated in the Mekong Delta region of South Viet- nam, and pioneered in river and canal warfare as part of the Mobile Riverine Force. This 5-month |)eriod included the Vietcong TET offensive, a doubling of forces under General Knowlton ' s tactical direction, the defeat and dispersal of Vietcong units around provincial cajjitals of the Delta, the re- opening of Route 4 (the highway lifeline to Saigon) and a 5- day battle in the Plain of Reeds involving the defeat of four different Vietcong battalions. He was awarded two more Sil- ver Stars: one for gallantry at a Fire Support Patrol Base which came under sudden attack, and the other for action in the battle of the Plain of Reeds. From July 1968 to March 1970 General Knowlton served as Secretary of the Army General Staff in Washington. He was then appointed by President Nixon as the 49th Superintend- ent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, the position he now holds. General Knowlton has been awarded the Distinguished Ser- vice Medal, Silver Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star with V, Air Medal with 9 Oak Clusters, Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Distinguished Unit Badge, Vietnamese National Order 5th Class and Viet- namese Gallantry Cross with Palm. He is a military parachut- ist.
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