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

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history of fort orcl AILING PROUDLY into the bustling harbor of the Mexican port of Monte- rey on July 2, 1846, was the trim Frigate Savannah, the flagship of Commodore John Drake. Five days later the stars and stripes were officially raised above the Customs House, and a 21-gun salute proclaimed fthe area as Territory of the United States. The Customs House still stands today. The American fiag, altered only by the addition of stars denoting states of the nation, still flies. And since that day the United States Army has played a prominent and significant part in the development of the Monterey Bay area. It was a young officer of that era for whom Fort Ord was ultimately to receive its name. He was Edward Cresap Ord who had served with 'Fre- mont's Army and who was a lieutenant when the nearby Presidio of Mon- terey was developed. Lieutenant Ord distinguished himself in many bitter Civil War clashes and he rose to the rank of Maior General. The need for a military reservation that was to become Fort Ord arose from the stationing at the Presidio of Monterey the famous 11th Cavalry and the 76th Field Artillery. The terrain in this area was ideally suited for the maneuvers of the finely-mounted riders and the horse-drawn caissons. It also was large enough for a field artillery impact range. M It was in 1917 that the government bought some 15,000 acres, lying mostly in the area of the post's present East Garrison. It was named Gigling after a well-known German family that had come to the country many years before. The present-day post, which includes that original land, contains more than 28,600 acres. Its terrain is similar to the varied types American Servicemen have fought on throughout the world. This diversity makes it an 'ideal Infantry training grounds. The transformation of the reservation from that of a maneuver area to a permanent post within such a short time was a near miracle of construc- tion. ln August, 1940, when war clouds of Europe drifted closer to America, the first building contract was let. It was 53,000,000 to constructibarracks for the newly activated 7th Division. The late General .Ioseph Vinegar Joe Stilwell was in command. lcontinued inside back end sheetl

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an MAJOR GENERAL CARL F. FRITZSCHE COMIVIANDING GENERAL MAJOR GENERAL CARL F. FRITZSCHE was born in Cleveland, Ohio, 27 March 1903. After attending Miami University at Ox- ford, Ohio, for two years, he entered the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1928. ' General Fritzsche's first assignment was with the 1Oth Infantry at Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Subsequent, assignments include: The Infantry School at Fort Benning, 15th Infantry at the American Barracks, Tientsin, China, instructor at the U.S. .Military Academy and later commander of a company of cadets there, Command and General Staff School at Fort Levenworth- Intel- ligence Officer, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Houston, Fort Knox with the 6th Armored Infantry Regi- ment, 1st Armored Division, as Operations Officer and later Adjutant, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, 1st Armored Division, Fort Knox and in the European Theater. , Office ofthe Chief of Staff of the Army, tactics instructor and Director of Physical Education at West Point, Executive Olti- cer, Department of Tactics there, Intelligence Staff Officer, 12th Army Group in Europe, Deputy Assistant, and later Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence of U.S. Forces in European Theater, Assistant Deputy Director of Intelligence, Division of the European Command, Intelligence Division of the Army General Staff, National War College and upon graduation in June 1949, assumed command ofthe 23rd Infantry Regiment, Fort Lewis, instructor ofthe Army War College, and a tour at Carlisle Barracks. Far East Command in April 1952, and became Assistant Commander of the 25th Infantry Division in Korea, appointed As- sistant Commandant ofthe Infantry School in May 1955, to Korea as Chief, United States Military Advisory Group to the Repub- lic of Korea, until appointment as Chief of Staff, Fifth U.S. Army in June 1957. ' He was assigned as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Training Center, Infantry, and Fort Ord, California, 15 Octo- ber 1958. His decorations include the Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, and foreign decorations includ- ing the Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, the French Legion of Merit and the Czechoslovakian War Cross. b