US Army Training Center Fort Ord - Yearbook (Fort Ord, CA)

Page 6 text:

major general william m. breckinridge, usa commanding general A fLLIAM MATTINGLY BRECKENRIDGE was born in Washington, D, C.,, November 6, 1905, After studying at the University of Virginia in 1922-23, he entered the U, $, Military Academy from which he was graduated in 1928, being commissioned a second lieutenant in infantry, Pre-World War II service included two tours in the Panama Cana] Zone, student assignment at the Alliance Francaise and the University of Paris and duty as instructor in the department of languages at West Point, In World War II he served as a battalion commander, executive officer and commanding officer of the 10th Infantry in Ice- land, England, Northern Ireland, France, Germany, Luxenbourg, Czechoslovakia and Austria, participating in six campaigns. Following World War M, General Breckenridge held important assignments in the Pentagon, the For East and Stateside. He is a graduate of the National War College as well as the Infantry School. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Commendation Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, War Department General Staff Badge, Belgian Order of Leopold and Croix de Guerre, French Croix de Guerre, and Russian Medal of Merit. He was promoted to Major General March 25, 1957, with date of rank of May 4, 1952.

Page 5 text:

A i k ' ghts served Al3 r PT LOVL tNTFF ' PRiSES At nia e o™ ' . US. army training center in fantry California

Page 7 text:

brigadier general fred w. sladen, jr. deputy commanding general jTRED W. SLADEN, JR„ was born March 13, 1906, at 1 Vancouver Barracks, Washington. He is a graduate from the United States Military Academy, Class of 1929. During World War II he joined the 30th Infantry of the 3rd Division at Fort Lewis, Washington, and later commanded the 1st Battalion. He went to North Africa when the regiment went into combat in 1942. He served as G3 of the Division as they fought through Italy and Southern France, Following the war General Sladen was assigned to West Paint as tactics instructor. Other service includes G1 Section, Headquarters, U.5. Army, Europe; Career Management Division, Washing- ton; Assistant Division Commander, 2nd Division, Fort Lewis, and Chief of Staff,, I Corps (Group), Korea. Awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with V, and two Oak Leaf Clusters; Purple Heart, Army Commendation Ribbon, and Combat infantryman Badge. His foreign decorations are the French Croix de Guerre with Gold Star and the Italian Cross of Military Valor. mam HORN IN KOSCIUSKO, MISSISSIPPI, in 1914, Colonel James E. Landrum, Jr., attended schools there until his entrance in 1932 as a Cadet in the U. S. Military Academy, graduating as a second lieutenant in 1936. During World War II he served with the 77th (Statue of Liberty) Division as a battalion commander and regi- mental executive officer. After the war he was assigned to the Department of Tactics at West Point where he had served previously. Other assignments include the Cana- dian Army Staff College as an exchange student; the Armed Forces Staff College; G3., General Headquarters, Far East Com- m and; Chief of Staff, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Japan; student, U, $. Army War Col- lege, continuing there as a faculty member, first as a director of the U. $, Foreign Policy Course and later as the chief of the Evaluation Section. His decorations include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Clus- ter, Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Combat infantryman Badge, colonel james e. landrum, jr. chief of staff