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

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George Henry Walker was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, on April 2, 1914. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1937, and received his Master's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California in 1941. In the early days of World War II, he served in the South Pacific as a battalion commander and Regimental Executive Officer of the 46th Engineer Regiment which had the mission of constructing airfields in Northern Australia and New Guinea. In 1943 he returned to the United States and commanded the 169th Engineer Combat Battalion and was the Executive Oliicer of the 1139th Engineer Combat Group at Camp Beale, Cali- fornia. With the allied build-up in Europe in 1944, he was assigned to command the 1lO3rd Engineer Combat Group, a part of General George S. Patcon's famed Third Army. Wlmile in this assignment he was awarded the Legion of Merit for his leadership in personally reconnoitering sites for fording and bridging operations as part of the Engineer support for the assault crossings of the Moselle River, France. In 1945 he was reassigned to the Operations Division KOPDD of the War Department General Staff in Washington. General Walker returned to Europe in 1947 to serve with the Engineer Staff of the European headquarters in Berlin and Heidelberg. He was reassigned to the United States in 1952 and served as the District Engineer with the San Francisco District, 9 Major General G. H. Walker Corps of Engineers. After attending the Army War College in 1954, he became the Executive Officer for Civil Works in the Ohice of the Chief of Engineers, Washington. ' Another tour of overseas duty in 1956 took the General to Korea where he was assigned as The Engineer for I Corps. Upon his return to the United States in 1958, he was assigned as The Engineer for the Continental Army Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia. From 1961 until 1963, he served as Assistant Commandant and Commandant of The Engineer School and Commanding General of Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In May 1963, he was named Director of Topography and Military Engineer- ing in the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Washington. General Walker was selected to be the Division Engineer of the Missouri River Division, Omaha, Nebraska, in November 1963, and in September 1965, the Division Engineer for the South Atlantic Division with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star for Valor with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Army Commendation Medal, and the French Croix de Guerre. He is a registered professional engineer in Nebraska. The General is married to the former jo Ballantine of his hometown, Muskogee, Oklahoma, and they have two children. General Walker was assigned as Commanding General, US Army Training Center and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in September 1967. Commanding General

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A Message to the Men . . . rom the COMMANDING GENERAL 6 DEPARTMENT or THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS gg, u.s. ARMY TRAINING CENTER AND r-'om' LEONARD wooo orrncs or THE COMMANDING GENERAL , sr A' M, FORT LEONARD woon, Mlssounl 651173 CONERATULATIONS , SOLDIER! You have successfully completed the intensive basic training program required of each individual in order to graduate to the ranks of t best trained, best equipped, and best informed soldier in the history of our modern Army. In 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 con- tinuing success in the years ahead. EMM GEO. H. WALKER Major General, USA Commanding

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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, Sth Infantry and participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Ardennes Campaigns. In September of 1945 Gene-ral.Col1ins 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 Ofiice 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 Kingdom's 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 ofiicer 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 1st Infantry Divi- sion at Fort Riley, Kansas. Initially, he served as a Brigade Commander. On 15 january 1958 he assumed command of the 1st Battle Group, 16th Infantry. In january 1959, General Collins was transferred from the 1st Division to Korea where he was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division and assutned command of the lst Battle Group, 5th Cavalry, 1st 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 Qsecond 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 QGCIHIZHYD. His badges are the General Staff Identification Badge and the Combat Infantry Badge.