US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Riley, KS)

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afar Thomas Leonard Harrold was born at San Diego,California, Iune 21, 1902. He was graduated from the U. S. Military Academy on lune 12, 1925, as a second lieutenant of Cavalry in the Regular Army and assigned to Fort Bliss, Texas as a troop officer with the Seventh Cavalry. QVLZPZ! .l7AOWfL6lff GVPOK6! the encirclement of Leipzig. The command was later attached to the lst Infantry Division and at the end of the war was in Carlsbad. The Division was then assigned to occupation duties in northern Bavaria near Bayreuth, Coburg and Hof, Germany. 9QqQtjI'.n General Harrold remained with the 9th Armored In September 1929 General Hqnfgld . zfggii 5X5l f 'l5E'Qi7? on throughout its action in the European Thea- . X ,A t -2 - ' - -M '-.J . I student gf the Cqvqlry Sghogl, rt owl-gkifxiy ggsjikstie 6 turned to the United States ,as its Comman- Z , -o 4 , . ., completing the course in lune B2 0. is :Jr 'Hur 1123- i ctober 1945. When the Division two years qt Fort Stofsenb i. 'o otieb . cihvate fe Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia, Pine Islands as troop officer G L-1: 1' - ,im COm . is the School Troops at ing officer of the 48th -Y-so 1' Giraffe ' 4 andthe 34th and asih mf-4. . I Q i9c'i. ,- is v Yi v' S, 6 , 4, ie RL K com ni, 'Q ade in the newly activated - Y , 1 I , . Z Vi '. 'i'Zf7 .tnttlll P f 25th Cavalry. .: A P- I ftilkf arrold returned to Europe is J 'eai i . ' . . N gh-in j - ff' , I .mi is i 1: In December 1932 he b --,-iii o I- -.1 i -l-is u - i: gig became director of the Civil the Department of Drawing ,L-i,,f- Flffgig 'H L -,':ii.2,jiq,-127.-4 uropean Command in Iune sf 'E tw 3 si AcademYf where he served fo is 5 lt3l.l' l A elufned to the United States . o V , ,ix 9 Qin., ' -g ,, ,, ' 1 A, , T-1 , ' ', :'.l.' - '-.:.:-1-1104 August of 1938 he was assign .G,,:-1. .154 if ,. . . wb.', ,Q'8H- omma dant of the Armored u ,. f - .i ,yu . ' , at the Presidio of Monte -33,53-liliitjf , '? ' t 4- fbi '51, later commanding officer I ' .A 6' I ' it 1 ' I ' F 'J 4 Troops. He later accom my my .vi o 1' J to the Far East Com- Camp Lockett, California. ' I - l 'fi f' ff deputy commanding 1 , ll 1 lx 0'n:'ltA :,. We an wi , : Y. c gig. L 'ally Q Q! 0 I . - 'I Z . I xr ff, rea He assumed com- In February 1942 h E xg lily Division in luly and in tive officer, 2nd Cavalry .:'-'.e- .-,mf -Bk? - 'Qleggi it to Hokkaido Iapan He cmd in july was gssigne nd the y as ao ' of the Japan Logistical Com- I i ps . I 'f : 4, i 'txt .!.. ,' V I - ber 1943 he was made Combat Com er 9' of - th hm' States served as acting deputy the 9th Armored Division at comp Polk, Lo. U ' e APFE, and later Commanding Armored Division at Fort Riley, s In A If f U Om CfObe1' 1952 Und Prior I0 return I W. 1 :A ' l 1 , W. , ,X ,cp . 1 ff! I 1 In August of 1944 he accompanied the 9th Divi- sion to the European Theatre of Operations. He commanded this Combat Command KA of the 9th Armored Divisionl in Luxembourg when the Ger- mans started their counter offensive on December 1944 and held the northern shoulder of the American line south of the break-through until relieved by elements of the Sth Armored Division on December 26, 1944. The command rejoined the 9th Armored Division and assisted in the drive across the Rhine Plains, the capture of the Remagen Bridge and in eral of the XVI Corps in Iapan. He returned to the United States late in l952 and assumed command of the 10th Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas on 26 Ianuary 1953. General Harrold has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Silver Star, Bronze Star Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Army Commendation Ribbon. His foreign decorations include the French Chevalier de Legion d' Honneur and croix de Guerre avec Palme and the Czechoslovakian War Cross.

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HISTORY of the 10th INFAN TR Y DIVISION The 10th lnfantry Division today is an Army division in the United States whose mission is to effect a smooth transition from civilian to Army E :'-vb. +L-, 1 ':-.gt Y -il- lv 'X ::'5:'Q J - 3321- 7- Q life and produce basically trained soldiers - a mission that involves the reception, processing, classification, training and shipment of all men newly enlisted in the Army. The 10th Division was first activated at Camp Funston in 1918, when it trained men for combat in World War I. Deactivated in 1919 following the Armistice, it remained inactive until 1943. Reformed at Camp Hale, Colorado, and des- ignated as Mountain Infantry, the 10th Division became one oi the best known combat organiza- tions oi World War II in its brief two year history. The division is famed for its 19 day drive from the Apennines to the Alps in Northern Italy, one of the most decisive campaigns of the war in Europe. In August, 1948, 10th Division was activated for a third time, this time at its first home, Camp Funston. This company is one of the many com- panies trained by 10th Division since that time. The men whose pictures appear in this vol- ume will travel throughout the world when they leave Camp Funston. They will serve the Army and this nation in many ways and in many coun- tries. It has been the aim of 10th Division to equip them well for whatever assignment they may re- ceive. To these men, we cadrernen who trained them wish the best of luck and adventure. We hope they will retain the spirit oi 10th Division wherever they may go, and, in every action, demonstrate their respect for the traditions of this organization. Mountain Infantryi' X ,ff-'i' ,Z-.Z,,,.-ff,- , --,f,-'f:-L-- . - .-.l -- ,,..-- ,..-,.-- ,,,,1- ,,lI-:- ., 'Q-.51-:J 2 22 Y Y..--.',,,, ,.f 11 1 7 'l -31 - LZ-'ig -'az'