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

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HEADQU RTERS SERVICE TROUPS 1262 ASU CAPT MORDECAI M. H. DAINA CAPT ELTON O. FEENEY LT coL CHARLES F- ARNY CAPT CHARLES W. RODGERS C CKSON APT HA CAM EARL B. JA RRY H. MITTENTHAL

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The SeparaTion CenTer sTrengTh aT peak periods reached 30,000 Yearly SeparaTions ICI44 ..,....,.,......,.,, 38,554 lTrom I5 Aprill l945 ....,. .... 5 08,306 I946 ...... .,.. 5 56,697 1947 ....44,.,..,..... .. 78,56I no is Mayl ToTaI SeparaTions I,l82,I I8 Tofal DisbursemenTs April I, l945 To March 3I, I946 ,.,,.............,... ,.,..... S 354,52l,I5I.39 April I, I946 To March 3I, I947 ..i.,,. ..,., 2 OI,894,299.53 ToTaI ................................,.....,.....................,. ilS556,4I5,45O.92 As The separaTion load declined, ITalian and German prisoners ol: war were reTurned overseas. The Signal Training CenTer, Brigadier General Charles lvl. Milliken, commanding, arrived Trom Camp Polk, La. and occupied a parT oT The posT, increasing iTs area as Training became The maior mission oT The posT. On I5 lvlay, I947, The SeparaTion CenTer moved inTacT To Camp Kilmer, N. J. On I5 July I947, The 9Th InTanTry Division was reacTivaTed under The command oT lvlaior General W. W. Eagles, and all acTivi- Ties on The posT were merged Therein. UniTs oT The 9Th Division earned undying Tame in World War I aT Aisne-Marne, ST. lvlihiel, Meuse-Argonne and Alsace-Lorraine. In World War II The division ToughT in Tunisia, Algeria, lvlorocco, Sicily, Normandy, Falaise, The BaTTle oT The Bulge, Rhineland and The Ruhr. IT spearheaded The break-Through aT ST. I.o and earned The TiTle oT I'liTler's Nemesis. IT is noT possible To recounT in deTail The valorous deeds OT The men and women commissioned, enlisTed and civilian who have par- TicipaTed in The liTe oT l:orT Dix. This brieT accounT will bring To mind innumerable examples oT heroism, ouTsTanding pericormance oT duTy, ToresighTed planning and execuTion oT diTTicuIT missions and on The parT oT many Thousand moTivaTed parTicipanTs, mosTIy unknown and unsung, The saTisTacTion oT having conTribuTed a parT To The glorious record oT ForT Dix. There can be no doubT Thar This record will serve as a guide Tor Those whose privilege iT is To carry on The TradiTions oT I5orT Dix and The 9Th lnTanTry Division.

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DETACHIVIENT 0. 1, 1262d A S U Cap... Capl' ls? L+ Roberi J. Farrhing Vincen+ N. Shepard Wm. H. Dierolf, Jr. Commanding W5g+ src src Ernesr L. Bricker Russell W. Harvey James Moffaf Mfsgl George T. Archer MfSg+ Malcolm Barham Mfsgf Joseph L. Broolrs ws + DETACHMENT I, l262nd A.S.U. Anon Bfown MfSg+ J W. B s Derachmenl I, I262 A.S.U. handles all basic ad- ameinfsgfrli on minislralion of an average of approximalely 'Five John T'Coll'e hundred l500l men assigned +o dury wilh various aclivilies and slafl seclions al' Forl Dix. This ad- minislrarion includes housing, messing, supply, re- view Jrraining in mililary subiecrs, mainlenance of M!Sg+ discipline and morale, providing recrealional facili- Pedrfdyfgfucon Hes, handling of personal problems, and all olher V. J.Nl?7LG:bbo 9 delails connecred wirh normal company adminis- iralion. The seclions composing rhis organizalion include Engineer. Ordnance, Billeiing, Recruiring, Rail Transporlalion, Finance, Orhcers' Mess, WAC De. lachmenl' B Mess, and l-leadquarrers Service Troops. Ben R. Gershenoff Sg+ Gene E. Luce