US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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Pfc Dominick J. Nudy Pic Morris A. Pelers Plc Samuel A. Powers Plc Roberl' E. Palierson Plc Clarence A. Rehnberg Plc Fred E. Rogers Plc Seymour Shor Plc George B. Slroney Plc Ralph B. Slone Plc Earl T. Schroih Pfc James D. Swilzer Plc Leon M. Slronieczny Plc Richard B. Slufz Pfc Daniel L. Thompson Plc John S. Taylor, Jr. Plc Edwin Wallrowslxi, Jr. Plc Billy J. Walrond Plc Marlin S. Zimmerman Pvl Rober-T H. Applegare Pvl Dominiclr C. Abale Pvl' William C. Bennell Bllth STATION HOSPITAL Pvi Earl L. Brown Pvl Darrell E. Jones Pvl Rudolph O. Lairsey Pv'r James E. Lullrell Pvl Waller R. Moreira Pvl Thomas J. Morris Pvl Harvey E. Melcherl Pvl Clarence Mahlman Pvl Anlhony F. McCloslcy Pvi Donald H. Mueller Pvi Joseph D. Marino Pvl Donald H. Nalion Pvl James S. Pernicano Pvl Richard W. Perry Pvl Roberl E. Pelers Pvl' Donald F. Poling Pvl Harold E. Shadle Pvl George R. Sledman Pvl Edgar R. Tremble Pvl Ralph J. Trapasso Pvl Raymond V. Wopal Pvl' Gerard Wilson

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Cpl Arnold R. Tillman Cpl Charles J. Tyndall Cpl Roberi L. Troxell Cpl Eddie F. Tucker Cpl Joe A. Wilhi+e Cpl Leroy Websier Cpl Elzie F. Weeks Cpl James L. Wheailey Pfc Roberf F. Aley Pfc Xavier Alberrs Pfc Andrew J. Byford Plc George P. Brighf Pfc Alvin H. Bryani Pfc Billy J. Breeden Pic Clinion C. Chapman Pfc Arley L. Collis Pfc Frank J. Ciskowski Pfc Dominick Del Negro Pfc Piefro D. FalceHi Pfc Allen Fonienoi' Pfc Eugene P. Garlingfon Bllth STATIUN HOSPITAL Pfc John S. Geiman Pfc A. W. GeH'y Pfc Joseph T. Holveck Pfc Reber? J. Jones Pfc John A. Jackson Pfc Donald L. Johnson Pfc S. M. Kovacs Pic Ervin J. Kudricko Pfc William J. Kisiler Pfc James F. Kilp Pfc Howard M. LiH'man Pfc Richard J. Lessard Pfc Lawrence I. LiHman Pic Donald P. McKee Pfc Ralph E. Maggard Pfc Roy Mullen Pfc Gilberio M. Monies Pfc Richard W. Meizger Pfc George Mos Pic Herberl' L. Miller Pfc Jack T. Norlh

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HEADQ ARTERS PERSONNEL CE TER COL JAMES D. BROWN The Personnel CenTer, Colonel James D. Brown, Commanding, in operaTion aT EorT Dix since I5 November I949 originaTed wiTh The acTivaTion oT Camp Kilmer on 4 May I942. Known oTTiciaIIy aT ThaT Time as a STaging Area under The New Yorlc PorT OT EmbarI4aTion iTs principal TuncTion was The processing oT personnel Tor overseas movemenT. One OT The highesT f'Top secreTs ThroughouT World War II This STaging Area dispaTched more Than a Third oT The Troops serving overseas in The various war TheaTers. Four and a quarTer million men and women were sTaged and equipped To meeT The demands oT The TighTing TronTs. The raTe and volume oT This processing reached iTs peak during one 24-hour period when 58,000 Troops were loaded and shi ped. p To care Tor The iniured and siclc an I800-bed 5TaTion I'IospiTaI was esTabIished and uTiIized laTer Tor recepTion oT wounded reTurning Trom overseas on hospiTal and ofher ships. A I-IospiTaI Train UniT Trom I.eTTerman General I-IospiTaI, San Francisco, was sTaTioned aT Camp Kilmer To TaciIiTaTe Trains oT hospiTal cars in which The individ- ual was carried To The Army I'IospiTaI nearesT his home. For TransporTaTion The largesT U. S. Army Railhead was buiIT. PiTTeen Troop Trains compleTe wiTh IciTchen cars could be loaded simuITaneousIy and dispaTched direcTIy To Tour main railroad lines. These and numerous allied TuncTions were reduced aT The close OT The war and The STaging Area was alTered To include The SeparaTion and RecepTion CenTer. In addiTion The Air Force Overseas RepIacemenT Depo+ was moved up Trom Greensboro, NorTh Carolina during SepTember I946 and began operaTion in coniuncTion wiTh sTaging acTiviTies. ATTer consoIidaTion The Personnel CenTer was oTTiciaIIy esTabIished under General Order Number 40, War DeparTmenT, I4 April I947. This combined, Tor The enTire easT coasT, The TuncTions previously perTormed by recepTion sTaTions, separaTion cenTers, overseas replacemenT depoTs and sTaging areas. Under The new TiTle, Personnel CenTer, wiTh iTs aTTendanT sTreamIining OT organi- zaTion, processing procedures became more eTTicienT and a greaT reducTion in assigned miliTary and civilian personnel was eTTecTed. Then, during The middle oT I949, in line wiTh The Economy Program, Camp Kilmer was ordered To an inacTive sTaTus and The Personnel CenTer prepared To move To PorT Dix. This move was sTarTed on I5 November and compleTed I5 December I949. Col Louis B. Rapp LT Col James F. Delaney, Jr Mai Wilfred Arnold, Jr. Mai George B. Church