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

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Thomas Heber Lipscomb was born in Lexington, Mississippi, on December 11, 1912. He graduated from West Point CMissis- sippij High School and attended Mississippi A and M College one year before receiving an appointment to the United States Military Academy where he graduated in 1934. Prior to World War II, his assignments included duties with the New Orleans Engineer District, troop duty with the 5d Infantry Division, and the staff and faculty of the U. S. Army Engineer School. In 1938, he received his Master of Science degree in Engineering from Cornell University. He is a graduate of the Engineer School, Command and General Staff College, the Air War Col- lege, and the National War College. During World War II, he was Engineer Combat Battalion Commander and later G3 of the 86th Infantry Division in 1942 and 1945. In 1944, he went to the European Theater as Com- mander of the 1131st Engineer Combat Group and served with the XXII and XXI Corps in England and Germany. He was assigned in 1945 to the Army Ground Forces, where he assisted in supervising the demobilization of forces and the reorganiza- tion of the Army. In 1947, he commanded the 937th Aviation Engineer Group in an expedition to Greenland, Labrador, and Ballin Island to re-establish the United States Air Forces World War II foothold in the Arctic. General Lipscomb was next assigned to the joint Military Mission for Aid to Turkey. He established an Engineer School Major General T. H. Lipscomb for the Turkish Army, and supervised the reorganization, re- equipping, and training of the Turkish Corps of Engineers. In 1950, he became the District Engineer of the Portland Engi- neer District. In 1954, General Lipscomb was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Engineers, as Chief of the Plans Division. In 1958, he became Engineer of the Eighth United States Army and United States Forces Korea, and served as a member of the United Nations Military Armistice Commission. For his direction in flood rescue operations, which saved hundreds of lives, he was awarded the Ulchi Medal with Silver Star by the Republic of Korea. In 1959, he became Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division, New York, where he supervised military and civil con- struction in the North Atlantic states, the Azores, Iceland, Green- land, and Northeastern Canada. In 1962, he was assigned as Deputy Commanding General for Materiel Requirements of the Combat Developments Command, Department of the Army. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Army Commen- dation Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Ulchi Medal CKoreaD with Silver Star. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is a registered professional engineer. General Lipscomb is married to the former Louise Heiss and has three children. In September 1965, General Lipscomb was assigned as Com- manding General of the US Army Training Center and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Commanding General

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essvzge ig the Mm rom the COMM ANDIN G GENNER AL ENT OF THE ARMY DEPARTM Hcxoounnrens font LsouARo wooo .S. ARMY TRA1NlNG CENTER AND COMNANDlNG GENERSi FORT LEONARD WOOD, M 'Q' I 4 U , ornce OF me ussoum 65 '15 CONGRATULATIONS, SOLDIER! You have successfully completed the intensive basic training program required of each individual in order to graduate to the ranks of the best trained, best equipped, and best informed soldier in the history of our modern Army. ln accomplishing the transformation from civilian to citizen soldier you have attained proficiency in the basic tools of the professional soldier: to march, to shoot, and to fight as a member of a team in the defense of our nation and the free world. As you move on to advanced individual training, or an assignment with an active Army unit, the officers, drill sergeants and men of your cadre are proud of you. You have proven yourself in the trials and pressures of basic training. You have developed your mind and body, and accepted the challenge of soldiers before you to be prepared to make whatever sacrifices are necessary in preserving freedom and the dignity of the individual. To each of you I extend my appreciation and best wishes for your in the years ahead. continuing success yf ,X fff T. H. SCOMB Major eneral, Commanding USA

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Brigadier General F. W. Collins Deputy Commanding General Fred W. Collins was born in Baxley, Georgia on 15 April 1916. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1938. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve on 18 July 1938, after his graduation from college. He began his active military career in July 1939 when he was ordered to active duty with the 8th Infantry Regiment at Fort Screven, Georgia. In the summer of 1940 he was transferred with the 8th Infantry Regiment from Fort Screven to Fort Benning, and later to Fort Gordon and Fort Dix. He sailed overseas with the 8th Infantry Regiment in january 1944. At the time of the Normandy Invasion, World War II, he was Executive Officer of the 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry Regi- ment and landed with the assault forces on D Day at Utah Beach. On 5 August he assumed command of the 3d Battalion, 8th Infantry and participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Ardennes Campaigns. In September of 1945 General Collins was transferred from the 8th Infantry Regiment to the War Department General Staff. In june of 1946 he was reassigned to the U. S. Forces Austria, and was assigned duty with the Allied Commission for Austria. In August, 1949, he returned to the United States to attend the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Upon graduation in july of 1950, he was transferred to the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, j-2 Clntelligenceb, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C. On 11 September 1953 he returned overseas to attend the United Kingdoms Joint Service Staff College, located in Buckinghamshire, England. On 20 April 1954 he was reassigned to Headquarters, U. S. European Command at Camp Des Loges near Paris, France. He served with this Headquarters as a staff officer in the Policy Branch of the J-3 Division until 31 july 1956, when he returned to the United States to attend the National War College. Upon graduation from the National War College in July of 1957, General Collins was transferred to the lst Infantry Divi- sion at Fort Riley, Kansas. Initially, he served as a Brigade Commander. On 15 January 1958 he assumed command of the lst Battle Group, 16th Infantry. In january 1959, General Collins was transferred from the lst Division to Korea where he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division and assumed command of the 1st Battle Group, 5th Cavalry, lst Cavalry Division. In March of 1960 he returned to the United States and was assigned to Headquarters, U. S. Continental Command, located at Fort Monroe, Virginia, where he served as Chief of the Plans and Operations Division. On 1 july 1963, he assumed duty as Chief, National Security Agency, Europe, and served in that capacity until March 1966. Effective 15 April, 1966, Brigadier General Fred W. Collins assumed the duties of Deputy Commanding General, USATC and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal Csecond Oak Leaf Clusterj, the Purple Heart, the Distinguished Unit Citation, and the Croix de Guerre avec Etoile de Vermeil. His service medals include the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European, African, Middle East Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Army Occupation Medal CGermanyJ, His badges are the General Staff Identification Badge and the Combat Infantry Badge.