Squadron Officer School - Cogito Yearbook (Montgomery, AL)

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A COLONEL G.W. STALNAKER A 1941 graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, Colonel George W. Stalnaker received his wings in the U. S. Army Corps in March, 1942. Subsequently, he served as Group Technical Inspector, Assistant Group Operations Officer, and Squadron Commander in the 21st Bomb Group. In 1943, he assumed command ofa B-26 squadron and flew combat out of England until July of 1944. That day, he was shot down while flying his 35th mission. He suc- cessfully evaded capture and returned to the Allied lines in August. He served as a member of the Intelligence Staff both in England and France. At the end of the war, he went to Wiesbaden as Deputy Director of Combat Intelligence for Headquarters USAFE. , He returned to the States in 1947 where he became a reserve unit instructor until 1949 and Deputy Director of Intelligence for the Continental Air Command. He then became a part of the original cadre for Central Air Defense Force. In 1953, he left CADF to attend Armed Forces Staff College where he stayed as faculty until 1957. He was sent to Japan to Hq Fifth Air Force in Plans and Programs. While in Japan he was assigned as Director of Operations Third Bomb Wing. He was assigned as Plans and Programs Officer in the Concepts Division of the Research Studies Institute at Maxwell in July 1961. He was assigned as Deputy Com- mandant of SOS in March 1962. t 151

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DEPUTY FOR DEPUTY FOR DEPUTY FOR STUDENT OPERATIONS ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONS ADMINISTRATION I, 1 ,YIY ' I I I I' f, Col. Lowley Col. Loveless LXC Hesferberg DEPUTY FOR PLANS AND EVALUATION AEROSPACE DIVISION I I Col. ROFCJIRO LXC Bene ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION CHAPLAIN EDUCATION ADVISOR INSTRUCTION Moi. Steele Moi. Nelson Dr. Walter Moi. Blair I 6 I