United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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MAJOR GENERAL DONALD V. BENNETT

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' ■1 P ' H 1 1 J t 1 BL ' ' ' 1 B K ' iM H H H Hf ! TTTTT I . r Tr H I IHI HHA m g GENERAL EARL G. WHEELER CHAIRMAN OF THE |OINT CHIEFS OF STAFF GENERAL HAROLD K. lOHNSON CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY

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THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY Major General Donald Vivian Bennett was born in Lakeside, Ohio in 1915 and after attending Michigan State College for two years entered the Class of 1940, United States Corps of Cadets. Upon graduation he was commissioned a Lieutenant of Artillery and was assigned to the 37th Field Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. Trained in desert combat, he saw action in Africa and Sicily, where in 1943 he took command of the 62nd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. He served with the 62nd during the Normandy Landing and sub- sequent European campaigns until the end of World War II. In 1946, he returned to U.S.M.A. as an instructor for he Department of Tactics. By 1955 General Bennett had received degrees from both the General Staff College and the Army War College. Shortly thereafter, having served as Chief of Staff of the 3rd Armored Division, he was assigned to the Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Department of the Army and served for two years as a member of the United States Delegation to the NATO Military Committee and Standing Group. In 1962 he took command of I Corps Artillery in Korea and served in that capacity for 13 months. He returned from Korea to become Director of Strategic Plans and Policy in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in Washington, D.C. after which he returned to West Point to become the 47th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. General Bennett ' s decorations include: Distinguished Service Cross; Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters; Bronze Star Medal; Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster; Distinguished Unit Badge; Europe, Africa, Middle East Campaign Medal; American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; and the Korean Service Medal.