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

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i'8T ' x QWWT99Q . 2 Q M va Lv P' A Message to the Men rom the CCMMA DING GE R .KX W DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 'T Headquarters Kxkw-lM!!f U. S. Army Training Center Engineer and Fort Leonard Wood x!fwe Office of the Commanding General Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473 CONGRATULATIONS! 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 in- formed soldier in the 194 years of our Army. In accomplishing the transformation from civilian to citizen soldier you have attained your primary purpose that I out- lined to you in your first day of basic combat training, to become a disciplined, motivated soldier who is qualified with his basic weapon, physically conditioned and drilled in the fundamentals of soldiering. As you move on to advanced individual training, or an assign- ment 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, you have demonstrated that your generation has all the determination and ability necessary. To each of you I extend my appreciation and best wishes for your continuing success in the years ahead. W. T. BRADLEY Major General, USA Commanding

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Major General W. T. Bradley Commanding General Major General W. T. Bradley, Commanding General, was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers after graduation from the United States Military Academy. He received his Masterls Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois. He is also a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, and the Army War College. General Bradley has had overseas tours in Puerto Ricog in the Southwest Pacilic Theater in World War II as Commander of the 359th Engineer Construction Battaliong two tours in Europe with USAREUR and Seventh Army Headquarters, Commander of the 36th Engineer Group in Koreag Deputy Engineer, US Army Pacific in Hawaii, and has just completed a tout in Vietnam as Commanding General, US Army Engi- neer Construction Agency, Vietnam, and later as Director of Construction, US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. In CONUS, General Bradley has served at West Point, Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, and at Fort Leonard Wood immediately after World War II. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the Society of American Military Engineers and of the Association of the United States Army.