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

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THE COMMANDANT OF CADETS Bernard W. Rogers was born in Fairview, Kansas, in 1921. After attending Kansas State College for one year he entered the United States Military Academy, where upon graduating in June 1943 he was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry, hlis early service included duty with the 70th Infantry Division, on the staff and faculty of the United States Military Academy, on the staff of the High Commissioner to Austria in Vienna, and with hieadquarters, Sixth U. S. Army. , From 1947 to 1950 General Rogers attended Oxford University, England, as a Rhodes Scholar, receiving a bachelor of arts and master of arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Upon his return from England, he served on the staff of the Commanding General, U. S. Army Field Forces, Fort Monroe, Virginia, prior to attending the Infantry Officers ' Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, 1951-52. In June 1952 he was given command of the 3rd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment in Korea and participated in the V inter-Fall Campaign of 1952 and the 3rd Korean Winter Campaign. At the end of 1952 he joined the staff of the Commander in Chief, United Nations and Far East Commands in Tokyo, Japan. Upon graduating from the Command and General Staff College in 1955, General Rogers joined the 2nd Infantry Division as commander of the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry, Fort Lewis, Washington. In June 1956, he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Staff, U. S. Army in Washington, D. C, serving for two years with the Coordination Group and one year as Executive and Senior Aide to the Chief of Staff. After graduating from the U. S. Army War College in I960 he served as a battle-group commander and Chief of Staff of the 24th Infantry Division in Germany before being reassigned to the Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, in September, 1962. Until May 1963, General Rogers was a military assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and then served as Executive Officer to the Chairman until 1966. hie spent the period from November 1966 to August 1967 as Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Infantry Division in the Republic of Vietnam and on 15 September 1967 returned to West Point to become the Commandant of Cadets at the United States Military Academy. General Rogers has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters. Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star with V device and oak leaf cluster. Air Medal with V device with 35 oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Vietnamese National Order, 5th Class, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with 2 palms. 15

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BRIGADIER GENERAL BERNARD W. ROGERS .

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BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN R. JANNARONE 14 16