Central Officers Training School - Shavetail Yearbook (Fort Gordon, GA)

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Captain DEWITT T. ADKINS COMMANDING Second Lieutenant G. M. MATHEWS FIRST PLATOON Second Lieutenant G. F. MILES SECOND PLATOON Second Lieutenant H. E. TEETERS THIRD PLATOON Second Lieutenant L. D. SALMON FOURTH PLATOON Second Lieutenant JACK WALDMAN ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

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