US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Eustis, VA)

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STHFF. FREDERIC A. WARD Colonel Chief of Slalf BEN N. YELASQUEZ Lieulenanl Colonel Depuly Chief of Sfaff JOHN ALBIN PHILLIP I. KLEIN BERNIE D. JOHNSON JAMES W. BENDER Lieufenanl' Colonel Maior Lieulenanf Colonel Colonel G-I G-2 G-3 G-4

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HHHULH H. HUPPIE BRIGADIER GENERAL Commanding General Gen-eral Duffie, Commanding General of Fort Eustis, is a vet- eran of thirty-eight 1381 years service. A native of Boston, General Duftie enlisted as a private in Troop A, lst Squadron, Massachusetts Cavalry in I'?I3 and subsequently served at Fort Ethan Allen and on the Mexican Border. He went overseas in August I9l7 as Ist' Sergeant of a Machine Gun Company in World War I, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in l9lB. Betw-een wars he served in various infantry assignments, com- manding the I8th Infantry, lst Division during maneuvers and subsequently served as Chief of Construction Planning Branch, Requirements Division, Headquarters, Army Service Forces, Wash- ington, D.C. ln l943 General Duffie activated the l5tl1 Maior Port and served as Commanding Officer in England and France. Since the end of the war he served as Troop Movement and Equipment Officer at the New York Port of Embarkation, Com- manding Officer of Camp Kilmer, New Jersey: in December H49 he went to Okinawa where he was Transportation Officer, Ryukus Command and Commanding Officer of the Port of Naha and sub- port Whitrr Beach. Since his return to the United States in March I950, General Duffie has been Commanding Officer of Post Com- plement Commancl, 7th Transportation Regiment and Deputy Post Commander at Fort Eustis, assuming command as Commanding General on 8 June l95l. General Duffie has been awarded the following medals: Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf cluster, Bronze Star, Army Commendation Ribbon with Oak Leaf cluster, Mexican Border Service, World War I Victory Medal with two l2l battle stars, American Defensrv, American Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign, World War ll Victory, Army of Occupation, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire awarded by the King of England, the French Verdun Medal and twice awarded the Meritorious U'nit Service Emblem. 1 . -

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HISTURV 0F FORT EUSTI5 Forf Eusfis, locafed along fhe banks of lhe James River in 'lhe fhree Virginia Counfies of Warwick, York, and James Cify, was named in honor of Brig. Gen. Abraham Eusfis, a nafive Vir- ginian who af 24 years of age commanded a regimenf of Maine Volunfeers in fhe War of I8I2. He was also fhe firsf commanding officer of Forf- ress Monroe, Virginia, upon ifs complefion in I824. Mulberry Island, which comprises fhe larger porfion of fhe fiffeen square mile fracf, was well known fo fhe sefflers of fhe Jamesfown Colony. Several families living on fhe Island were murdered by fhe indians in fhe Massacre of l622. A famous landmark on fhe Eusfis fracf is fhe MaHhews Jones house, which was originally builf in fhe I7fh Cen- fury and remodeled in l727. Forf Eusfis' hisfory as a milifary reservafion dafes back fo l9l8 when if was esfablished as parf of fhe Coasf Arfillery Training Cenfer wifh fhe mission of organizing, equipping, and fraining heavy arfillery unifs. The reservafion comprises lhree former Army insfallafionss Camp Abraham Eusiis, Camp Wallace, and fhe Balloon Observers' School. In I925, fhese fhree were combined and designafed fhe Forf Eusfis Milifary Reservafion. From I925 unfil I930, Forf Eusfis was under fhe confrol of fhe Coasf Arfillery Corps. The Army, however, had complefely vacafed Forf Eusfis by l93l, and fhe area was furned over fo fhe Deparfmenf of Jusfice for esfablishmenf of a prison camp. Subsequenfly, fhe reservafion was employed for various camps confrolled by fhe Federal Emer- gency Relief Adminisfrafion, fhe Virginia Works Progress Adminisfrafion, and fhe Nafional Youfh Adminisfrafion. Lafer, if was used as a maneuver area and bombing range under fhe direcf super- vision of Langley Field. ln l94I Forf Eusfis was again faken over by fhe Army and used as a Replacemenf Training Cenfer by fhe Coasf Arfillery. In I944 a Third Service Command Personnel, Sfaqing, Assignmenf, and Training Cenfer was esfablished af fhe Forf. Also, during World War ll, fhe reservafion served as a prisoner of war camp and fraining school for Transferring a heavy fank from ship 'ro flaf car. . ..m.......1......... -as W...