US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Stewart, GA)

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Commanding General Brigadier General RICHARD WALDEN MAYO came to Fort Stewart on March I2, l953. The general wears the following awards and decorations: the Legion of Merit with cluster, the Bronze Star Medal, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation with cluster. He also wears the following service medals: the American Defense Medal with star, American Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Cam- paign Medal with star, World War II Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal with three stars and the United Nations Service Medal. He has been decorated with the Korean Taeguk, which is Korea's highest award, the Korean Ulchi, that country's second highest medal, and the Greek Commander of the Order of Phoenix. General Mayo enlisted in the Army in I920 and served as an enlisted man until June of H22 when he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, He was commissioned a second lieutenant in l926. Since that time he has served at various places in the United States, Hawaii, Panama, British West Indies, the European Theater EL Operations during World War ll and most recently in the Far st. General Mayo was a member of the I9ZB and I932 Olympic pen- tathlon teams and coached and captained the I936 Olympic pen- tathlon team. He placed third in fencing with dueling swords in the I928 U. S. National Championships and won a place on the i928 Olympic fencing team but declined in favor of the pentathlon. He placed third in the pentathlon in the H32 games. The general's top sports are the five which comprise the pentathlon: riding, track, fencing, swimming and shooting. For the first tive months of his service in Korea, General Mayo served as chief of staff of the Korean Military Advisory Group, which advised the Republic of Korea Army in its operations. For I3 months he was commanding officer of the Sth Field Artillery Group and served as the artillery officer of the ll Republic of Korea Corps. As such, he had operational control of three U. S. field artillery battalions and I2 ROK field artillery battalions on the central front. lt was during this time that he trained, under combat conditions, 26 ROK field artillery battalions and nine ROK division artillery headquarters units. He returned to the United States February 3 after serving I8 months in Korea. Between I947 and l950, General Mayo was in the plans and operations division of the Department of the Army, during' which time he was chief of operation: for Europe and the Middle East. He commanded the l7th Field Artillery Group at Fort Sill, Okla., from August, l950, to August, l95l, and as such commanded school troops there. During the last war he served in the European Theater of Operations as chief of the Troops and Redeployment Branch, the group which had charge of re- deploying troops from Europe at the end of the war. An artillery officer, General Mayo graduated from the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill in l933, the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Kans., in l942, and the educational equivalent of the Armed Forces Staff College in I947. On April 7, l956, General Mayo for three years commander of Camp Stewart, assumed command of the newly redesignated Fort Stewart AAA and Tank Training Center. RICH RD . AYO Brigadier General

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HEADQUARTERS a I FORT STEWART AA ARTILLERY AND TANK TRAINING CENTER OFFICE OF THE COMMANDING GENERAL FoR'r STEWART. GEORGIA . 31 Dhy 1956 T0 THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF FCRT STEWART: In the ,three years that I have commanded Fort Stewart, I have seen it grow and develop as it has served an increas- ingly important role in our nation's defense structure. In this period, Fort Stewart has become a tank training center while retaining its initial mission as a site for antiair- craft artillery training. Each year, Fort Stewart's reputa- tion as a training site for Regular Arm' and civilian component units has grown, and mny commanders of these units have commended our facilities, operations, and the support they received here. ' In recognition of Fort Stewart's importance and fine reputation, the Department of the' Army in March designated this post as a permanent military installation, assuring it a continuing opportxmity to serve the nation. This recogni- tion could never have come without the effort, industry, and attention to duty of all personnel of this command. ly active Army career which began when I enlisted in 1920 will probably end after 32 years of military service this 31 July, when I expect to retire. I would, therefore, like to take this opportunity of expressing W fullest appreciation for your loyal support, outstanding effort, and record of accomplishment in this, lv last active irq command. I consider it to have been the greatest privilege of my military career to have been associated with you at Fort Stewart. I hope this Historical and Pictorial Book will serve to remind you in future years, as it will me, of your ser- vice at Fort Stewart and the achievements of this post. s RICHARD W.. IIAYO Brigadier General USA Commanding N