US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Leonard Wood, MO)

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MAJOR GENERAL ARTHUR W. FENCE Commanding General Major General ArThur VV. Pence was born aT EorT Monroe, Virginia, on July lB, l898. l'le was com- missioned in The Corps oT Engineers in l9l8 upon graduaTion Trom The UniTed STaTes MiliTary Academy aT WesT PoinT, where he ranked Third in a class oT 227 graduaTes, General Pence's TirsT assignmenT was as a sTudenT in The Engineer School, Camp Humphries, Virginia. Early in l92l he was made AssisTanT Engineer oT The 3rd Corps Area, EorT l-loward, Maryland, his duTies during The laTTer including assignmenT as AssisTanT DisTricT Engineer aT BalTimore. in charge OT river and harbors work. For Three and a halT years, beginning in November l922, he was in charge oT The ReguiremenTs Branch, OTTice oT The ChieT oT Engineers, VVashingTon, D. C. This was Tollowed by Two years oT Troops duTy wiTh The l4Th Engineers in The Philippines, and Tour years as AssisTanT ProTessor oT MiliTary Science and Tac- Tics aT The UniversiTy oT Alabama. ln June T932 he was assigned as assisTanT To The DisTricT Engineer, Vicksburg, Mississippi. where he was on duTy Tor Two years as Area Engineer in Greenville, Mississippi. Then Tollowed Three years as assisTanT To The DisTricT Engineer aT EorT Peck, MonTana, where he had charge oT Tunnel consTrucTion aT The EorT Peck Dam. ATTer a year oT sTudy aT The Command and General STaTT School, EorT LeavenworTh, Kansas, General Pence was assigned, in I938, To EorT Belvoir, Virginia, as insTrucTor aT The Engineer School and as DirecTor oT Training aT The Engineer ReplacemenT Training CenTer. Then Tollowed several monThs duTy as assisTanT To The Caribbean Division Engineer in New York CiTy, and Two years in The European TheaTer oT OperaTions, TirsT as DepuTy Chief Engineer aT l-leadguarTers oT The Services oT Supply in The UniTed Kingdom, and laTer as Commander oT various uniTs oT The Services oT Supply in NorTh ATrica and lTaly. ReTurning To The UniTed STaTes in IQ44, General Pence was Tor Two years DirecTor oT Service lnsTrucTion aT The Command and General STaTT School aT EorT LeavenworTh. During The nexT Two years. he was Com- mandanT Tor The School oT LogisTics aT The same posT. ln July T948 he was appoinTed Chief oT STaTT, EorT Belvoir, Virginia. and a year laTer became DisTricT Engineer, Nashville DisTricT. ln April l95O, General Pence was appoinTed Division Engineer, Ohio River Division, CincinnaTi, Ohio. l le was assigned as AssisTanT ChieT oT Engineers Tor MiliTary Supply and ProcuremenT in WashingTon, D. C., in November l95l. On 20 April T953 General Pence was assigned To The 6Th Armored Division and EorT Leonard Wood, Missouri, as Commanding General. General Pence holds The DisTinguished Service Medal, The Legion oT MeriT wiTh Oak LeaT ClusTer, and The Bronze STar Medal.

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CONGRATULATIONS: You have reached +he halfway marlc in your life as a 'rrainee. During lhe pasr eigh+ weeks you have been given 'rhe essenlials of how +o be a basic soldier. During 'lhe nexr eighr weelcs you will have lhe opporrunily 'ro perlieci lhal basic lraining and also +o gain lundamenfal insfruclion as an Engineer soldier. You should Jrhen be ready +o false your place anywhere in lhe world alongside lhe 'Thousands who have preceeded you in 'rhe defense of freedom and rhe service of your counlry. On graclualion day il is my hope Jrhal each of you will carry in his hearl The convicfion Thar he is a good American cilizen. a capable Engineer soldier, and a firsl class fighfing man. I have walrched your progress wilh pride. I loolc forward comfidenily To your Qusef A. W. PENCE Major General, USA Commanding General 6+h Armored Division fulure success. Good luck!

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0F THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS . . . Increasing The combaT power oT The Tield Torces . . . is The mission oT The Corps oT Engineers. WheTher iT be by consTrucTion or desTrucTion, The Engineers are primarily concerned vviTh TaciliTaTing The movemenT oT Triendly Troops and impeding ThaT oT The enemy. IT is Tor ThaT mission ThaT men oT The 6Th Armored Division are Trained. Upon compleTion oT Their Training aT The world's largesT engineer Training cenTer, men oT The Super SixTh have received insTrucTion in providing passage Through obsTacles. boTh naTural and man-made. DeTile operaTions, river crossings, bridging, passage oT obsTacles, beachheads, airheads and demoliTions all come wiThin The scope oT acTiv- iTies oT The Corps oT Engineers. T-lindering enemy movemenT, by means oT hasTily erecTecl barriers, such as road blocks and mine Tields, as well as deliberaTely prepared zones oT obsTacles is buT a porTion oT The Corps' responsibiliTies. OTher missions underTal4en by The Engineers include waTer supply: producTion, reproducTion and supply oT maps, mosaics, map subsTiTuTes and relieT models, reproducTion and disTribuTion oT aerial phoTographsg operaTion oT uTiliTiesg supply of consTrucTion, TorTiTicaTion and camouTlage rnaTerials and oTher engineer equipment operaTion oT landing craTT in amphibious operaTions3 beach operaTions: combaT as inTanTry, and baTTle- Tield illuminaTion. Such is The mission oT The Corps. In pasT wars and in The presenT con- TlicT, The Corps oT Engineers has been ciTed Tor a job well done. Aiding The Corps in The successTul compleTion oT iTs mission in The currenT acTion have been many men oT The 6Th Armored Division and EorT Leonard Wood.