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

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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.

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