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

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,. L1 V IVIAJDR GENERAL John M. Devine General Devine assumed command oT The 9Th Division in SepTember. I949, aTTer reTurning Trom The Ear EasT Com- mand. l-lis ThirTy-Two years oT acTive service began when General Devine, a naTive oT Providence, Rhode Island, was graduaTed Trom WesT PoinT in The class oT April, I9 I 7, as a Tield arTillery oTTicer. During The TirsT World War General Devine saw acTion as a loaTTery commander in The Third Field ArTillery. ATTer The war he earned a masTer oT science degree aT Yale UniversiTy and was insTrucTor aT The MiliTary Academy and aT The Eield ArTillery School. ln I932, he reTurned To WesT PoinT. This Time as assisTanT ProTessor in English. His miliTary schooling shows diplomas Trom The Eield ArTillery School and The STaTT College aT EorT LeavenworTh.

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AIDES- CAMP CAPT WILBUR McCORMACK IST LT LINCOLN LANDIS W i ll U., ..-QT ywgggllilll ffl During World War ll General Devine was arTillery commander of The 9OTh lnTanTry Division Trom The invasion OT Normandy To The heavy TighTing in The Falaise Gap which broughT desTrucTion To The German SevenTh Army. ATTer This acTion he Took over a CombaT command oT The 7Th Armored Division and soon was given his own division, The 8Th Armored. l le remained in command oT The Thundering Herd unTil vicTory in Europe. ln l946, he organized The Universal MiliTary Training Program aT ForT Knox. The General's decoraTions include The DisTinguished Service Medal, Legion oT lvleriT, Silver STar. Bronze STar, French Legion oT I-Ionor and Croix de Guerre, and several DuTch and Czechoslovalcian awards.