US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Bragg, NC)

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397th I FA TRY REGINIE T ILLIA A. ELLI coioiiiii, COMMANDING, 397th INFANTRY REGIMENT Colonel William Alexander Ellis was born in Fairmont, Minnesota, on October 30, 1893. He is a graduate Of Fairmont High School and has a degree from the Minnesota School of Business. Commissioned a Second Lieu- tenant in the Infantry in 1917, he served 18 months in France during World War I, first with the 34th Division l ths after the Armistice he was on duty with the U. S. Army of and later with the 4th Division. For severa mon Occupation in Germany. P ot d to Ca tain in 1920, he had a four-year tour of duty at various stations in this country and in rom e p 1925 he was ordered to Hawaii, where he served until 1929 as Assistant G-4. Returning home, he Qgam Served in this country, being promoted to Major in 1935. He has completed courses for Infantry Officers at Fort Benning, Georgia, and served as Senior Infantry ln- Siructor and Professor of Military Science at Virginia Military Institute between 1938 and 1940. He rose to Lieutenant Colonel in 1940 and Colonel in 1942. He has' held his present command since activation of the 100th Division.

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i f JOHN M. KING Major Executive Officer Y REGI E TAL TAFF 397th INFANTIIY HAROLD L. FAIRBROTHER 2nd Lieutenant Liaison Officer iPhoto Unobtainablei MERTON T. HOWARD Ist Lieutenant Assistant S-2 iPhoto Unobtainablel CLARK V. WHITED lst Lieutenant Assistant S-I ISSOI iPhoto Unobtainablel WALTER M. BARCLAY MYLO L. HEEN WILEY B. WISDOM CURTIS F. RAISH Captain Major Maier Captain S-I S-2 S-3 S-4 NORMAN NATHANSON JOHN J. WHITE CLAIR S. KEENA Maier Captain Captain Regimental Surgeon Regimental Chaplain Personnel Officer EUGENE EMERSON BONNER E. TEETER FREDERICK W. HABERSR Captain Ist Lieutenant Ist Lieutenant Assistant S-4 Chaplain Chaplain WILLIAM J. BARTUS SAMUEL FINKELSTEIN LINN M. KIEFFER Ist Lieutenant Warrant Officer li. g.I Captain Assistant S-I Assistant 5-I Assistant S-3 JOSEPH T. MURPHY JOHN P. WILSON WILLIAM A. ROCKWUO Ist Lieutenant Ist Lieutenant Ist Lieutenant Liaison Officer Liaison Officer Liaison officer II