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

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d TRAINING REGIMENT 1 Basic Lieutenant Colonel JAMES SHOWERS ' Commander

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Captain Jwfqnadww if Qaifafffcw 7mm4q K2 ' WILLIAM RECKLINGHAUSEN ,IH Wliif. U.. . . .,,4K,M, 5174- 1- 9-4- 'O-Jig 'Sa - ' 1 1,-C - ,, . 3i,..FEH'-.gr,.5Q:1ir Y I 1 '-,fl-1 MIG Battalion Commander Captain LEON DOWDY Executive Officer .vifscrr - 1 - A spa, MILFORD ARNOLD WILLIAM HARTIGAN Major D Operations N! f i if PC I I Q,r I .. ,' A LVIN CORDES B attr lion Clerk rEQ HARLEN DAMAN ITA Clerk