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

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OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL THE TRANSPORTATYON CENTER Fort Eustis. Virginia To All Military Personnel of The Transportation Center: It cannot be over-emphasized that the mission of every member of the Army is that of being primarily a well-trained soldier, and secondly a technician in a specific military endeavor. The training provided for soldiers of the Transportation Corps is aimed at fulfill- ment of this requirement. It is outmoded thinking to believe that a member of this Corps is first and last a technician. We cannot know what lies ahead for our country. The greatest protection that can be afforded is that of preparedness. Your part in achieving this protection is to absorb all the training that is possible, to make your self a superior soldier and a skilled technician. Upon your acceptance of the importance of this training may depend your li.f e and that of your coxmtry. 5 HAROLD R. DUFFIE Brigadier General, USA Commanding 154

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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 . -