Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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MAJOR GENERAL BRUNO A. HOCHMUTH COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT MAJOR GENERAL BRUNO A. HOCHMUTH, a combat veteran, with over 28 years’ service, became Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, on 15 November 1963. Born in Houston, Texas, he was graduated from Texas A M College, and was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant in July 1935. The general joined the Sixth Marines in San Diego, December 1936, and in August the following year sailed for Shanghai, China. He served briefly with the Sixth Marines, then joined the famed Fourth China’’ Marines for a period of over two years. Returning to the United States in September 1940, he was attached to the 7th Defense Battalion. The following February he embarked with the battalion for American and British Samoa. During World War II he saw action in the campaigns in Saipan and Tinian as Assistant Operations Officer with the 3rd Amphibious Corps. Later he served as Commanding Officer of the 3rd Battalion, Fourth Marines, 6th Marine Division during some of the most bitter fighting in the Okinawa campaign. As Executive Officer of the Fourth Marines, General Hochmuth made the initial landing on Japan, August 29, 1945, following the end of World War II. In 1957 he served as Chief of Staff at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, and in 1959, while still serving there, was promoted to Brigadier General. Briefly thereafter the General served as Commanding General of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and later as Commanding General of the Recruit Training Command. Prior to his assumption of the current command of the San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Major General Hochmuth served as Deputy Chief of Staff (Research and Development) at Headquarters Marine Corps in Washington, D. C.

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DEPOT PANORAMA. The Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, as seen from the air. The large structure in the foreground is the Administration Building; the Quonsct huts on the right are recruit barracks. Center is the gigantic parade ground. The Depot's 482 acres comprise one of the show places of the Marine Corps.

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COLONEL GEORGE T. FOWLER, USMC COMMANDING OFFICER, RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT COLONEL GEORGE T. FOWLER was commissioned a second lieutenant, United States Marine Corps upon graduation as a distinguished military student from the University of Wyoming in 1939. During his career he has served as an infantry platoon commander; on sea duty; as an antiaircraft group commander in World War II; as an infantry battalion commander with the First Marine Division in Korea and in several high level operations and logistic staff assignments. He was an antiaircraft battery commander on board the battleship USS North Carolina at Guadalcanal in the early phases of World War II. Later he participated as an Antiaircraft Group Commander with the Fleet Marine Force in the amphibious assault landings on Tarawa and Tinian. Colonel Fowler is a distinguished pistol shot and was rifle team Captain of the 2d Marine Division, Marine Corps Championship team of 1948. Later in that year he served as a truce observer with the United Nations Commission, under Swedish Count Bernadotte, in the Palestine war. At the start of the Korean War Colonel Fowler headed the mobilization plans section. G-3. Plans and Policies, Headquarters Marine Corps. He later commanded the 1st Battalion. 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Korea. In 1936 he was again assigned to Headquarters Marine Corps where he served as Head of the Logistics Plans and Operations Branch, G-4. During this tour of duty, he was assigned as the Marine Corps Logistics Representative to the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Colonel Fowler reported to the Recruit Training Regiment in September 1963 after a tour of duty at the Amphibious Training Command. Pacific Fleet. While at this command he served as Course Director for the Navy's Senior Foreign Officers Amphibious Warfare Course and Later as Chief of Staff. He is a graduate of the Marine Basic and Senior Schools and of the Naval War College.