US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Chaffee, AR)

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4.9 Ry, . 1 f5s E ij X S . . W1 -1 -L..Jn if .. ,N L --he , A . firing X I Xi COLONEL SHELBY F. LITTLE COLONEL DOUGLAS G. DWYRE Commanding Officer, CCR Commanding Officer, Division Arfillery .,.1 ,vy- -N.,......- ?! COL. W. K. NOEL LT. COL. WALTER K. CARROLL LT. COL. GERALD R. MOMEYER Judge Advocafe Engineering Officer Provosf Marshal 1l N I fylwwvl I I f 'if' ff. ...M 'Q' c ZZ 7 Y X 4 n M K V V I if ,Z . .' - Q I ni Q , 4 X X Q if 1 Q ,M an 4, in ' 1, 4 Y if 5 YQ . -. ... ' 14 S 1 A 1 Q in ' , 'Y - f' N- . X - f is xx 1 I ii X l Q. l' ii K xO.f i .. f MAJ. K. W. WASHBOURNE CAPT. JACK B. FELTON CAPT. MYRON E. MCENDARFER CAPT. LONNIE W. PERRY CAPT. RALPH W. THOMAS Adiufanf General Posf Exchange Officer Headquarfers Connrnandanf Disbursing Officer, Posf Finance Public lnforrnafion Officer -As

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f .,,,. . COLONEL ROBERT L. THOMPSON Commanding Officer, CCB SPECIAL Sl COLONEL GEORGE W. MCCLURE Commanding Officer, CCA W ' .0 i U ,v we lt 1 vrififs...-1 lfs.. COL. ROARY A. MURCHISON COL. BERNICE J. CEHRS COL. JOHN W. KILBURN COL. ROBERT J. MOULTON Commanding Officer Dental Officer Division Chaplain Quartermaster U.S. Army Hospital l ' pf wx ffpr ' , xwg. tl XQXX K - . N Q gm X Lf Q X. x'XLN-..-L.. .... - V. .Nxxf -. X cf . X. . XXX -c Q -.gfkf to A cw 'V ii' 1 XSQ xixw XX. X. XXX QXNQX X Q NXb QQX X xxx XX xx X X X X . 1 ' K C X if-of . if C, R X ' 1- 4 .. iff? y.,.,,t' ak' mf-Andy, A-. v i i - v i-2' VCX? if WM C P.-f fl .- ,,,. N y N' Q X f W . f X ,W 4 5 N X k!y.. ., ,yi 2 Wmxx w f fl 1 I X 3 R' if 1 'V W 34 ,I W - LT. COL. HERMAN W. PONTIUS MAJ. JOHN E. DRINKARD MAJ. JAMES M. GRAHAM MAJ. DAYTON B. KITLEY MAJ- VAN TYSON l Transportation Officer Ordnance Officer Signal Officer Inspector General Special Services Officer 1 l i l x r

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QQ 2 H I Q EQ if ll h DJ glib' xx ', X . ,A If .XX A u I .5-Tx yy The Sfh Armored Division's hisfory is filled wifh accounfs of fradifion, acfion, and glory. A Acfivafed on I Ocfober I94I, fhe Division was assigned fo Forf Knox, Kenfucky, for fraining as a parf of fhe Armored Force. ln March I942 if was 'transferred fo Camp Cooke, California. Af fhis fime fhe Division was commanded by Maior General Jack W. Heard. From Augusf fo Ocfober l942 fhe 5'I'h was acfively engaged in fhe maneuvers in fhe Deserf Training Cenfer Area. ln February I943, Major General Lunsford E. Olivei' assumed command. He was fo remain wifh fhe Division fhrough fhe remaining years of fhe warg 'ro frain, lead, and figh+ wifh fhe Division. In March I943 fhe 5fh Armored parficipafed in fhe Second Army maneu- vers in Tennessee. ln July I943 if fransferred fo Pine Camp, New York, preparafory fo embarking for overseas. Embarking for fhe European Theafer of Operafions in February I944, fhe division 'frained af Camp Chiseldon, Ogbourne, Sf. George and Tidworfh-Perham Downes in Wilfshire, England. As fhe U.S. Firsf Army embarked for fhe invasion of France, fhe 5fh Armored operafed hundreds of camps, servicing fhe invasion unifs. Augusf .I944 found fhe Vicfory Division in 'rhe fhick of fhe Normandy campaign and rapidly moving up on Lelvlans. As parf of General Paffon's Third Army, fhe division jumped-off on a 300-mile exploifafion behind fhe lines of fhe German Sevenfh Army. Affer fhe fall of LeMans, fhe 5fh pursued fhe enemy fo 'I'he Seine, wrecking fheir armor and inflicfing high casualfies. Following fhis drive fo fhe Seine, fhe Sfh Armored Division f-21 11 L iv U 'P' il ir' run Eur E?-cv '11-Q U-.-. '.s ' 'ful