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

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F 4 Brigadier General LLOYD B. RAMSEY Deputy Commanding General Lloyd B. Ramsey was born in Somerset, Kentucky May 29, 1918. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940. His military career began July 1, 1940 when he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the Regular Army. His first assignment was at Fort Thomas, Kentucky with the 10th Infantry. In August 1940 he was transferred to the 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where the division was being organized. He remained with the 39th Infantry until February 1943 when the regiment was in North Africa. In February 1945 he was selected to be aide-de-camp to Gen- eral Clater Field Marshalb H.R.L.G. Alexander, British, the Ground Commander under General Eisenhower in the North African Campaign. In November 1943 he was assigned to the 3d Infantry Di- vision and served as a battalion executive officer, battalion com- mander, and regimental executive officer in the 7th Infantry and later as G-3 of the division. In March 1946 he was assigned to the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia to instruct in leadership. He attended a short course on psychology of leadership at Yale University in prep- aration for this instruction. He attended the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1949-1950 and upon graduation was assigned to the Wat Department General Staff in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2. In August 1953 he was selected for attendance at the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Following graduation in june 1954, he was assigned to the Far East and served as Deputy and later Secretary of the joint Staff of the United Nations Com- mand and Far East Command. In July 1957 he was transferred to Fort Benning, Georgia where he commanded the 14th Infantry and later the lst In- fantry Brigade. In September 1958 he became the G-1 of the United States Army Infantry Center. He returned to the Far East in july 1959 and served as the United States Army Advisor to the Korean National Defense College until August 1960. In September 1960 he returned to the Department of the Army General Staff serving in the Ofiice of Chief of Legislative Liaison and in April 1964 he became Executive Ofhcer of the newly established Office, Assistant Chief of Staff for Force De- velopment. He assumed the duties of Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, October 4, 1964. His awards and decoration include the Silver Star C2 oak leaf clustersb, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star CV and 3 oak leaf clustersb, the Army Commendation Medal C1 oak leaf clusterj, the Purple Heart C4 oak leaf clustersb, the Member British Empire CMBED and the Croix de Guerre with bronze star CFrenchJ. General Ramsey also wears the American De- fense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European- African-Middle Eastern Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Army Occupational Medal CGermanyD, National Defense Ser- vice Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Glider Badge, General Staff Identification Badge, and the Distinguished Unit Badge.

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MAJOR GENERAL LYLE E. SEEMAN was born in Baraboo, Wisconsin, 15 july 1906. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1928, receiving a commission in the Engineers. He received a grad- uate degree in civil engineering from Princeton University in 1934. He graduated from the National War College in 1953. Prior to World War II, his assignments included duty with the cavalry at Fort Riley, Kansas, with the Nicaragua Canal Survey, from 1934 to 1936, and ROTC duty at Ohio State University from 1936 to 1940. His World War Il duty was with the Engineer Research and Development Laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, with the Air Force as regimental commander of aviation engineer troops, and later on the Air Force staff in the China-Burma-India The- ater. General Seeman served with the Manhattan Engineer Dis- trict from 1945 to 1946, and with the Central Intelligence Agency during 1947 and 1948. He was district engineer of the Alaska District from 1949 to 1952. During this latter as- signment, he was responsible for the largest permanent con- struction program ever undertaken in Alaska. General Seeman was assigned to the Oilice of the Comptroller of the Army in 1953 and' 1954. On 1 September 1954, General Seeman was appointed division engineer, Southwestern Divi- sion, Dallas, Texas. While in that assignment, he also served on the Mississippi River Commission 'and the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. On 18 May 1958, he was assigned to the Ofhce of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, as Chief, construction division. On 1 August 1958, he was designated Director of Installations, where he served until May 1962. On 20 May 1962 he assumed command of Fort Leonard Wood. His decorations include the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Bronze Star Medal. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Society of American Military Engineers. General Seeman is married to the former Marjorie Roberta Korp and has three children. He was promoted to first lieutenant on 1 December 1933, to captain, 9 june 1938, to major, 31 january 1941, to lieutenant colonel, 1 February 1942, to colonel, 21 May 1943, to brigadier general, 14 july 1955, and to major general, 10 March 1959. 1 - --, Vg-an V--r eva 1 V--,Aw ,J-f4.,1.yk,2,,f'q55f,Z. . 5 V, J :bfi 5 V .-1 -A f , 1 gym vfxh 3 ,. M, . ,at S l '3.'3'-,a '3 1'4'+H, .1 if'f. ... 1-71-.J-111,11 '-32:45-tg:si'f ff 'g - tiff ,f,., 4411- f .r ' iv an-' gif- -4 egg,-4 Q , T ' -rY:1's, 1g':7jQfff at Lj ' it - aqifakiiri - .ti,:?2f,-Zef?1E'aT-r4fr5.:ii.Jie.- l?af'2:Bff?1af-gzii5fZ'si'.if'iQef 1 -. :fig ,fue at , Major General LYLE E. SEEMAN Commanding General

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