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

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HE DQUARTIERS COMPANY 9th I AF. DIVISIO Mai Ollie A. Hood Capi' J. C. Sloan Isi' LI Franklin F. Brisiol Is+ L+ Edward A. Devlin Isi' L+ Roberf B. Freeman Isi L+ Carl M. Zilian Mfsgi Waller We-sibroolx MfSg+ Wm. H. Kuchinslci SFC Joseph Krusiclc Sgr Louis F. Biondi Sgi William H. Henon Sgr Wm. H. Higginbo'H'om Sg+ Horacio Lopez MfSg'I' Walfer W. Gilberi' Sgr William E. O'Brien I59 YEARS OF SERVICE Leif Io righf: MfSgI' Walfer J. Wesibroolr, Sg'r Harry S. Benson, MfSg+ Joseph Ayala, MfSg'I' Raymond A. EIIis, MfSg+ James Brady, MfSg'I' James H. LiHIe.

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walled ciTy oT Zulpich. Then anoTher TesT oT driving power which The division passed successTuIIy-reducTion oT The Ruhr pockeT. In a maTTer oT hours The 9Th moved inTo The line and broke up a maior German aTTempT To break Through The pockeT, which had boTTled up Thousands oT enemy Troops. Digging inTo The area, iT cleared Mechede and Siedleinghausen and wenT on To Take LuTzel. In The closing days OT The war iT worked consTanTIy on The shrinking Ruhr pockeT, IiberaTing 900 slave laborers Trom Tive counTries wiTh The capTure oT Sinn on The Dill River. AT war's end iT was assigned To IngoIsTadT, Germany. HEROES: SfSgT Herschel F. Briles, CoITax, Iowa, was awarded The Medal oT Honor Tor acTion on 20 and 2I No- vember I944, near Scherpenseel, Germany. when he Twice enTered The hulls OT burning Tank desTroyers To rescue Trapped comrades during TighTing in which he capTured 55 German prisoners. 2d LT. John E. BuTTs, BuTTaIo, N. Y., was awarded The Medal of Honor posThumousIy Tor acTion in Normandy in June, I944, when, aIThough painTuIIy wounded, he reTused medical aid and conTinued in acTion wiTh his pIaToon. Wounded on I4 June near Orglandes and again on I6 June, he helped spearhead an aTTack To esTabIish a bridgehead across The Douve River. TfSgT PeTer J. Dalessondro, WaTervlieT, N. Y., was awarded The Medal oT Honor Tor acTion on 22 December I'-744 near KaITerhorberg, Germany, when, risking deaTh. he called Tor a morTar barrage on his open posiTion in order To haIT a German aTTack. PTc Carl V. Sheridan, BaITimore, Md., was awarded The Medal oT Honor posThumousIy Tor acTion near Weis- weiler, Germany, on 26 November I944, when he sTood in poinT-blank range oT Tire pouring Trom enemy deTense posiTions in a casTle and wiTh his bazooka blasTed The gaTe- way across a casTle moaT, enabling his uniT To advance. SgT William L. Nelson, MiddleTown, Del., was awarded The Medal oT Honor posThumousIy Tor acTion on 23 April I943, aT Diebel Dardys, near Sedienane, Tunisia, when he conTinued To direcT Tire on enemy posiTions even Though morTaIIy wounded. SUCCESSIVE DIVISION COMMANDERS: Col. Charles B. FlIioTT, AugusT l940g Brig. Gen. Francis W. HoneycuTT, SepTember I940g Gen. IThen Mai. Gen.I Jacob L. Devers, OcTober I940 To July I94I: Maj. Gen. Rene E. De R. Hoyle, AugusT I94I To July I942g Mai. Gen. ManTon S. Eddy, AugusT I942 To AugusT I944: Mai. Gen. Louis A. Craig. AugusT I944 To May I945g Brig. Gen. Jesse A, Ladd, May I945 To February I946: Mai. Gen. Horace L. McBride, March I946 To daTe oT inacTivaTion, I5 January I947. REACTIVATION DATE: is July 1947. TRAINING: Training, as ouTIined in ATP ZI-I, daTed 6 April I949, is aT The presenT Time in eTTecT Tor all Training companies. AddiTionaI Training includes Band Training, Ad- vance Non-Commissioned OTTicers Course, SpeciaIisT Course, Leaders' Course, Army Supply Course, TypewriTing and Army AdminisTraTion Course and AuTomoTive MainTenance 84 Minor Repair Course. SUCCESSIVE COMMANDING GENERALS: Mai. Gen. William W. Eagles, July I947 To April I948: Mai. Gen. ArThur A. WhiTe, April I948 To SepTember I949q Mai. Gen. John M. Devine, 0cTober I949 To presenT.

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Sgl Roland E. Paisley Sgf John M. Verrocchi MfSg+ Francisco C. Aquino MfSg'l Joseph Ayala Mfsgf Harold K. Bufler MfSg+ Henry J. Beflerdorf MfSg+ Auslin L. Boolhby Mfsgl James E. Brady Mf'Sgi Harold Byrom MfSg+ John E. Casey MfSg+ Alfonzo Doohalulc Mfsgi Raymond A. Ellis MfSg+ Charles M. Flelcher MfSg+ Lyle O. Giraud HEADQUARTERS CUMPANY 9th INFANTRY DIVISIUN MfSgi' Hugo E. Hermanson MfSgf Alberl' R. Krauspe MfSg+ John F. Kra'f+ MfSg+ Thomas E. LaHa Mfsgl James H. Li'HIe Mfsgl' John H. McKown MfSg+ Paul D. C. Munyan MfSgi' William E. MacFarland MfSgf Arfhur R. McElroy MfSg'l William R. Porfer MfSg+ Earl W. Peck MfSgl Henry Ruppel Mfsgl' Maurice A. Schuliz Mfsgl' John Szoi Mfsgi' Merle M. Siver MfSg1' Joseph Urban Mfsgi' Donald L. Voorhees Mfsgl Earll E. Wells SFC Anihony Alexander SFC Leonard Abelow SFC Louis R. Alexander 7 , isaea