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FROM THE PlTBLISIIERS' This record depicts, historically, the personnel and some of the tramlng sctlvilfes o( the rnl'll or the 6th Dlvlston, U.S. A. The many and great demands madt' UJ>On the free lime of the personnel, together with attendance at Service Schools away from the post, has msde it impos:;lble to show photographs of all of the mcn. Accordtncly. It W85 necessary to picture those actually available at the time data for thl:; Rt'vtew wa. complied.
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" mllit.<:.r;r org,snl~ation con buve no gre11ter stncla asset titan the esnrit de cotao which r;ro .• s i'rom :: feelin.; or unlt:r una pr e within th(} orl'Tan:::ation . This •1olw:w, preoen';i:l& bet.ween its t.,.o oovero tt.e pict•1res or the personnel of ~·o1:: ~livinlon, should s";ir yc.ur pride 1n tho Oi'lendid orgunizt. tlon -:.o .... hi c!: :/>.JU oelong £and , 1'0:" t~e tutu:"o, your nemor:ea Ol' t.:.~ (bys in !.to r.~n.3 . GEORGE C. MARSHALL CHIEF OF STAFF UNITED STATES ARMY
- 3- HEADQUARTERS SIXTH DIVISION OPI"tCf. O F" fHl C:O* .."'ANOtNG (O~.._tRAL r lO::Iirl1 •
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Senior Military Aide to President Woodrow Wilson during the hectic World War period and Governor or Ule Panama Canal from 1936 to 1040 are but two o! the outstanding highlights in "the distinguished career of Major General Clarence Sell RidleY, commanding officer of the 6th Division, which has recently been concentrated at tts new permanent station, Fort Leonard E. Wood. Mo. He assumed command of the Olvi~ton al Fort Snelling, Minn., on January 27, 1941, his promotion to Major General becomlnl! effective two days later. Born at Corydon, Ind., General Ridley ente1· ~ the United SUites MUltary Academy at West Point, N. Y., In June. 1901. and was the !ourth ranking graduate tn a class or 114 cadets on June 13. 1905. His succes.; os o West Point cadet was a cnterlon o! the achievements which were to mark his enUre military career. General Ridley was commissioned Second Lieutenant In the Corp:~ of Engineers upon his graduation from West Point and dur Ing 1905 and 1906 was on duty with the 3rd Battallon or Engineers at Fort Leavenworth. Kan., nnd Fort RJJey, Kan. He was on duty In Cuba !or four months, beginning In February, 1907. lils Orst promotion came June 9. 1907, and he was graduated from the Engineer School at Washington Barracks In 1908. For the next three years General Ridley was on duty with engineer troops an the Hawaiian and Philippine I~;lands. later returning to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. His promotion to Captain in October, 1912, was followed by duty on river and harbor work In North Carolina. He was then assigned, In 1916, to the office o! the ChieJ ol Engineers, Washington, D. C., wh('re he had c11arge of development or the Engineer Rese1·ve Officers' Corps. Promotions carne rapidly Cor General Ridley during the World War period. He became a Major on May IS, 1917, Lieutenant Colonel (temporary) In August, 1917, and wns promoted to Colonel and made Senior MUatar~ Aide to President Wilson In October (Continued on page 318)
- !5- RUSSELL P. HARTLE BRIGADIER GE NERAL U. S. A. ASS ISTAN T TO THE COMMANDING GENERAL
Generally considered by his fellow officers to be one or the most brilliant tacticians In the United States Anned Forces. Brigadier General Russell P. Hartle is the Assistant to the Glh Division's Commanding General, Major General C. S. Ridley. General Hartle was a member ot the 31st Intantr:v at the Ume that unit was sent to Shanghai to protect American interest~ when Japanese forces landed at that port. His other foreign service mcludes stations at Manlla. P . r .. and Brest, France. Prior to the World War he was stationed with the Gth Division's 20th Infantry at Fort Douglas, Utah. General Hartle Is a graduate or the U. S. Mllltary Academy. the Army War College, the Naval War College, and Is an honor graduate or the Command and General Staff School. Prior to joining the 6th Division. General l-farUe was acting Commander ot all U. S. Anny Infantry Troops stationed in Puerto Rico.
- e - GUSTAVE H. FRANKE BRIGADI ER GENERAL U. S. A. COMMANDING GENERAL, SIXTH DIVISION ARTILLERY
Brlaadler General Gustave H. Franke. Commanding C~n~ral ot Gth Division Artillery, ls a native ot Manning, Iowa. He was graduated from the United Stattos Military Academ~·. at West Point, N . Y , with the class of 1911, Afl~r enrty ~ervtce with the Const Artillery at vnrlous -tauons In the United States and In the Philippines, General Franke trnns!erred to the Field Artillery and setv<'
-7- HISTORY OF THE SIXTH DIVISION
The original organization of the Sixth Division was The division was ordered to join the Army of Occu by War Department order on Nov. 17, 1917. Headquar pation in Germany, the movement. to start April 16. It ters was established ai Camp McClellan with Colonel was delayed until April 28. About half the tt·oops were Charles E. Tayman as commanding officer. entrained when a "stop" order was received cancelling the movement. In November and December the 12th and 11th In fantry Brigades were organized at Camp Forrest and The shoulder insignia of the 6th Division was first training initiated. Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin assumed worn Nov. 19, 1918, the design being chosen by General command Dec. 29, 1917, and the Division Headquarters Gordon. The red, six-pointed star was constructed by was moved to Camp Forrest March 13, 1918. Several superimposing two equilateral triangles measuring 2% units of the Division moved to Camp Wadsworth late inches between opposite points, symbolizing the 6th in May. Division. The first unit of the division to sail for overseas ser Beginning on May 20, 1919, and continuing until June vice was the 318th Engineers and Train, which left May 30, the division returned to the United States. Emer 8 and landed at Brest, France, May 18. Other units gency personnel was discharged and the division moved were ordered to ports of embarkation at Camp Mills to Camp Grant for station. During 1921 various units and Upton on June 13, 1918. The division was trans were inactivated and on Sept. 30, 1921, the 6th Division ported overseas in late June and July, landing at Glas passed from the list of active divisions. gow, Liverpool, Southampton, LeHavre and Cherbourg. The Division Headquarters was established in the THE NEW SIXTH 9th Training Area in France, in Chateau Villain. Inten sive training was performed here, where the division When expansion of the army began in 1939 the 6th occupied about sixty villages. Division was reactivated. It was organized as a trian Major General Walter H. Gordon was assigned to gular division on Oct. 12, 1939, at Fort Lewis, Wash. Its the division and assumed command Aug. 2, 1918. Gen components were the 1st, 3rd and 20th regiments of In eral Erwin became commanding officer of the 12th Bri fantry, the 1st and 80th regiments of Field Artillery, the gade. After a month's training here the division was Headquarters and Military Police Company, the 4th Sig ordered to a sector of trenches in the Vosges Mountains nal Company, the 8th Medical Battalion, the 7th Quar and proceeded to Remh·emont, about 40 kilometers be termaster Battalion and the 6th Engineer Battalion. hind the lines, the movement starting Aug. 27. The 1st, 3rd and 20th Infantry and the 1st Field Artil From Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 the Division (less artillery) lery date their histories back to 1784, 1783, 1812 and participated with the French in the occupation of the 1792, respectively. Each of these regiments has a long Gerardmer Sector in Alsace, and the division occupied record of battle achievements. this sector until Oct. 12, being reJjeved by the French on that date. Late in October artillery units of the divis Only a few units were at Fort. Lewis at the time but ion supported the 89th Division in the Meuse-Argonne all were assembled at Camp Jackson, S. C., soon after. offensive. On Oct. 26 the division (less artillery) moved Brig. Gen. Clement A. Trott was division commander. to the south of Les Islettes and Clermont-on-Argonne The division was at Camp Jackson from Novembe1·, 1939, for additional training. lo April, 1940, when it moved to Fort Benning, Ga. Nov. 1 to 8 the division (less artillery) took part In May, 1940, it moved to Camp Beauregard, La., for in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. In corps reserve it the Sabine area maneuvers. In. June the division left moved north through Foret d'Argonnc on Nov. 1 and Camp Beauregard for home stations with the Division the 6th Division relieved the 82nd Division on Nov. 2. Headquarters at Fort Snelling, Minn. Several units were On Nov. 9 the division moved to the Verdun-sur-Meuse redesignated and in June of this year the 3rd Infantry Area. was removed from the division, being replaced by the newly activated 63rd Infantry. At present the division The 6th Division spent much of its time in France consists of the following organizations: Ist Infantry, hiking from one sector to another, although it. partici 63rd Infantry, 20th Infantry, lsl Field Artillery Bat pated in some engagements and suffered casualties. Its talion (105-mm), 51st Field Artillery Battalion (105- many long marches earned for the division the soubri mm), 53rd Field Artillery Battalion (105-mm), 80th quet of the ''SJght-Seeing Sixth." The 6th was on the Field Artillery Battalion (105-mm), Headquarters and march in the vicinity of Grand Pre when the Armistice Military Police Company, 6th Reconnaissance Troop, 6th was drawn up on Nov. 11. Signal Company, 6th Engineer Battalion, 6th Quarter On Nov. 14 the 6th relieved the 26th Division and master Battalion, 6th Medical Battalion. the French lOth Colonial Division northeast of Verdun sur-Monne. Upon being relieved by the 79th Division The 6th Division l'articipated in the Fourth Army on Nov. 20 the 6th Division moved to the 14th Training maneuvers at Camp R1plcy, Minn., in August, 1940. Area at Aignay-le-Duc and training was resumed there On Oct. 31 General Trott was transferred and Brig. Dec. 9 and continued throughout the winter and spring. Gen. Ralph Talbot, Jr., the division Field Artillery com The division occupied sixty villages in Cote d'Or, France. mander, became the division commander. The 6th TM Battery was the first unit to return to the United States, sailing from St. Nazaire on April 9, 1919. Jan. 26, 1941, Brig. Gen. Clarence S. Ridley came to the division as new commander and was promoted to A grand review of the division before General John major general a few days later. Units of the division J. P ershing, commander-in-chief of the American Ex were widely separated but were moved to the new per peditionary Forces, took place ncar Duesne, Cote d'Or, manent home of the division, Fori Leonard Wood, Mo., on April 10, 1919, and the commander later addressed a during the latter part of May. The re the units were message to the division in which he complimented the filled to authorized strength with selectees and maneu officers and men on their activities as part of the A.E.F. vers training was started.
-8- DIVISION STAFF A N D HEADQUARTERS
- 8 - CUTHBERT P. STEARNS COLONEL G. S. C. CHIEF OF STAFF
Colonel C. P. Stearns, Chief of Stall of the 6th Divil;lon. has had a lorig and distinguished Army caree1', hi~hlighted bv his services during the World War and by his dtrection of the preparation or Mobllnation Regulations designed to lake advant.age o! experience In the recep tion and processing ot new men, gall'led during the World War. He has held his present post since the late summer ot 1940. Born Aug. 14, 1885, at Elizabeth, N. J .. he was taken west to Colorado at an early age where he was reared at Denver, spendin!l the summers during his youth In the Colorado mountams. Colonel Stearns was appointed to West Point in 1905 and was graduated In 1909. He was commis sioned a Second Lieutenant 1n the 3rd Cavalry and served with that regiment at Fort Sam Houston and on the Texas border !rom September. 1909, to November, 1912. At that time he was ordered to return to West Point as an instructor In mathematics and sur veying, as well as a year each as Instructor In 111slory. economics and English. Returning to his regiment on the Texas bo.rder m 1916 he served wtth hi~ troops 111 the vicinity o{ Mercedes until the spring of 1917. On June 3. 1916. he had been promoted to First Lieutenant. Leaving Texas Colonel Stearns was sent to Schofield Banacks. HawaU, where he was assigned to the 4th Cavalry and where he was promoted to Captain on May 15, 191'1. (Conttnued on page 318)
- 10- ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF G-2 MILIT AHY INTEL LI GENCE
HARRY J. COLLINS LIEUTENANT COLONEL G. S• c.
Lfcultmant Colonel llarrv J. Collins. Mtlltarv lntclhgcncc omcm or the 6th Division, entered the Service of the United States Army, May 12, 1917. Colonel Collins was bom December 7, 1893, In Chicago, Illinois. He attended W•·~tern Mili tary Academy and the University of Chicago before <'nterm~ the Army. Since 1917, Colonel Collins has been graduated !rom th1• Infantrv School Advance Course in 1930; the Command and General Stall' School In 1934; thc Ch~!mical Warfare School and thll Army War College tn 1933 Colonel Collins' Army career mcludl"S sendee as Senior Tnslluetor at 1\fachln.- Gun School~ conducted by the ht Corps Area In 1929 And by the 2nd Dtvlslon tn 1929 and 1931. During duty wtth the Hawaii O.:partment Service Command. he commanded the District of \taut 1n 1936 and the Hawaii Olstnct and Ktlav«-'1 Military Camp m 1937-311 He also has servl'd with the 7th lnfantrv as Commandmj: Officer of the bt Baltnllon m 19311 and as F.lCchnngc OOicer In 1939 Colonel Col!Jns was attached to the General Staff or the 6th Dtvls ton in October, 1939, o A~sistant C-3. later being asslaned as As.<~tstnnt Cluef of Staff, 9-2. During June and Jut~·. J94J, Colon«-! Colhns wa• on duty with the Britl~h Army In England. Mrs. Collin was the forme•· Mts• Muudlc McAlpin. Sh<' and Colonel Collin~ have one d a u ~: hter, Patricia Coyle CoiJmg Ber.:. Mrs. Berg is the wlfe of lsl Lieut. M. Griffin Berg of the 57th Jn!anlr)·. ·tahoncd in the Philippine I.slands.
- 11 - G-2 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE This section is charged with the planning of preparation of orders and to some extent with operations pertaining to the collection, evaluation, interpretation and distribution of infor mation of the enemy and with counter-intelligence activities. The primary purpose, however, is to keep the Commander and all the others concemed informed regarding the enemy's situation and capabilities. Some of their many duties are as follows: Protection by personnel of the section, of information bear ing on enemy capabilities or terrain not under our control. Maintenance of contact and exchange of information with RAYMOND M. Hr.CKMAN Lieutenant ColoneL Intelligence Sections of subordinate, higher, and neighboring G. S.C. Al<~lstant, G-2 units. Lleut Colonel Ra.l'll'lOnd M. Heckman. Maintenance of contact with other Intelligence Agencies Ao;.sJ•tant to the Assistant Chief of Staff. G-2. or the 6th Division, a native of Mer of the Government and duly accredited foreign attaches and nil, W1s., interrupted hiS studies at the missions. Umvers1ty of Wisconsin In his junior year. m May, 1917, to enter the Army during the World War, He attended the university Supervision of the solution of the enemy's secret communi from September. 1914. to May, 1917. and returned to 1t m February or 1924 and was cations (code). graduated In June of that year. He entered the First Officers' Tralnln!! Co-ordination of requests for aerial photographs and to Camp in May, 1917, and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant In the Infantry Re some extent determination of distribution. 'crve Aug. 15, 1917, bcmg assigned to the (Cmltlnucd on page 318) Planning and supervision of combat intelligence training within the Units. Regulation of the activities of newspaper correspondents, photographers, broadcasters, visitors and other civilians ac companying or serving with troops. Regulation of the dissemination of information to the public. Censorship. Propaganda or dissemination of false information to the enemy. Supervision of the preparation and use of codes and ciphers.
HARI.AND F Sr:LU:Y Lt('tlll'llltnt CoiOIIC'I ln!ontry A!<,fstont, G-2 Ext>crumcc with lh<' .combat forces of the United StlltCb Arnw In F1·ance and German\· and on thc Mexican border Is included In the military career of Lieut. Col Uorlond P . Seeley, Asslstnnt to the Assistant t'h let of Sl11fT, G -2, oC the Gth 01VU!ion. Colotwi Scl•ley assumed hi~ new posi tion lmmc - 1t - ASSI STANT CHIEF OF STAFF G-3 PLANS AND TRAINING LESTER A. SPRINKLE LIEUTENANT COLONEL G. S. C. Bcl!lnnhut h1s Armv st·rvlc~ A!> an f'nli~lc-d man 10 lhr lsi Infantry, Kansas Naltonal Guard. 10 Feb. 1012. L1rut~nant Colonel Lester Atchley Sprinkle rece1ved a commls.~1on as Second Lteulenant m this unit St•pt :!0. 1915. On Nov. 28. J!ll6, h< was transferred to lhr Rl'llular Armv as " St'cond LII•Utf>nant In the Cavalry and was prornotf"d to the rank ot Ftnot Llt•utcnant. June 18. 1917. He t>eeamr a Cnptntn In the Cavalry Oct. 12. l!ll7, and aftl'r a peflo - 13- G-3 ... PLANS AND TRAINING The operation and training section is charged with those functions of the staff which relate to organization, training and combat operations. It is responsible for tact ical and training inspections as directed by the Comman der. Some specific duties of this section include: Preparation and co-ordination of plans for and super vision of (a) mobilization of the command. (b) organiza tion and equipment of units. wn.. FJI'I.D WECC SMITII Ltcute•w•rr Colonel GSC Preparation of training directives. programs and ASSIStant G-3 orders, selection of training sites and firing and bombing ranges; organization and conduct of school. The military career of Lt. Col. Winfield Wegg Smrth, Assistant A. C. of S., G-:1. of lhe 6lh Otvtslon, began with servtcc as an enlisted man Determine where and when any of our units need re in the Coast Arllllerr Corps or the Naltonal Guard oi the state 01 WashmJ:ton in 1915. He placements or reinforcements. Determine status of equip sNved as Pr1vate, Sergeant, Second Lteutenant and Fit·st Lieutenant In this organization until ment and supplies. Location, morale and capabilities of he resigned to accept a commission os Second Ll('utcnant of Infantt·y, Untied Slates Army, on the troops; action of adjacent and supporting units and Aug. II, 1917 The same day he was promoted to ~·trst Lteutcnant and n.-cetvcd a Captain's the enemy's situation which is done in connection with corn11u~~ion 111 July, 1918. G-2. Colonel SmiUl satled for France In July, 1918, and scr\"cd Ulere as company commander m thc 3-Ith and 64th Infantry Rcpunent.o;. He was Preparation of plans for. and supervision of. activities hospttalizcd in France from :\"ovembcr, 1918, unttl l\1arcll. 1919, relurnmg to the Untied Slates concerning: 111 April of Ulal year. Colonel Srmlh abo com ruanded Ule Headquarters Troop of the 7lh OtvtslOII in both Texas and France. Reconnaissance and security measures. Aflt•r l>t'rvin.: wtth the Hth Infantry m 1919 and 1920. Colonel Smith n-sll(ned his Army com Troop movements. nll,sron. but accepted a comrnhsron as a Captarn 111 the Infantry Reserve rn Jnnuory. 1021 He Wth 1>romoted to MaJor· tn 1!1!10 and to Li\'utenant Tactical employment of units. Colonel in July, 1936. Cnlont•l Smith was born Ill Sc>nltlc, Wa•h, and Defense of administrative installations in lines of com atlcndcd the University of Wushin~:tnn In 1913 and Columbia Unrvcrslty, New York Crty, tn munication. l!lH and 1915. ~1rs Smith is the !ormct· Mtss 1\tary Scllier. Practical measures to preserve secrecy and effect sur Colonel ond !\'lrs. Smtih havt• two daughters, :0.1ary Lav.'rence. 17. and Susan !\lar!laret, 8. prise. Preparation and authentica tion of field orders and oper ation maps required to carry out tactical operations and their transmission to units and staff officers concerned. Supervision of signal com munications. , RoBERT A PORTS E.~BL L. Scon Captam Major, lnf (F. A I A O.C Assll>tant G-3 A~tstant G-3 - 14 - ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF G-4 SUPPL Y .J 0 HN E. ARDR EY COLO NE L G. S. C. One o£ the oldest RI!J!Uiar Army otnccrs £rom point or set-vtce In the 6th Dtvisson, U S. Army, Ltcut. Colonel John Erskine Ardrey, Infantry, GSC. u; at present serving as Assistant Chief of Stoll, G-4, Fort Leonard Wood. MI! - IS - G-4 SUPPLY AND EVACUATION The supply and evacuation section is charged with the preparation of policies for and the supervision of execution of arrangements for supply, evacaution, transportation and other administrative matters re lated thereto. It is responsible for advising the com mander relative to the extent of the administrative support that can be given any proposed strategical or tactical line of action and the recommendation GEORCE E. ELLIOTT McCORMICK, JR. as to the necessary decisions concerning supply and Captain evacuation. Some of the specific duties of this sec G.S.C. Assistant G-4 tion are: Procurement, storage, distribution of all supplies Captain George Elliott McCormick, Jr., G. S. C .. including animals. AS!'istant to the A. C. of S .. G-4, 6th Division. was born at Hartford City, Ind .. and entered the Army in April, 1929. after attending Marion Institute, Location of supplies, evacuation and maintenance Marion, Ala., the United States Military Academy and George Washington University. Washington, establishments. D. C. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1929, promoted to First Lieutenant In 1932 and to Transportation of supplies by land, air and water. captai11 in 1936. ln addition to attending the Mili tary Academy Captain McCormick's military educa tion includes attendance at the Coast Artl1lery Construction and maintenance of roads and trails, School. Fort Moru·oc. Va .. in 1932. and the Command docks and airdromes. and General Staff School. Fol't Leavenworth, Kan .. both in 1939 and 1941. Captain McCormick was assigned to the 6th Divis Maintenance of equipment. ion on Dec. 30. 1940. He is the rather of one son, George Elliott Mc Recommendations for allocations of small arms Cormick, Ill. ammunition and anti-tank mines. Traffic control. Construction, operation and maintenance of utiU ties and other facilities relating to supply, shelter. transportation, hospitalization exclusive oi fortifi * cations. Evacuation and hospitalization of men and ani mals. Assignment, movement of supply, medical, tech nical and labor troops not employed as combat * troops. Salvage. Collection and disposition of captured supplies and equipment and animals. * Property responsibilities. Construction, operation and maintenance of mili tary railways. Operation of inland waterways. * Procurement of Real Estate, shelter and facilities including their leasing, repair, maintenance and dis position. * Acquisition and improvement of airplane bases. - 16- ADJUTANT GENERAL ALFRED L. PRICE MAJOR A. G. D. Major Allred Lawrence Prtc<-, the Adjutant General of the 6th Dtvislon. Is a nahve or Brookhn. N. Y .. and v.'llli graduated Crom the United States Military Academy at West Pomt m June. 1922. being commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry He joined the 20th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., in Septem ber, 1922. Transferring to the Field Artillery In June. 1923, Major Price was assigned to the 15th Field Artllllcry, remalnlng with that organtzatlon at Fort Sam Houston until August. 1925 He was then on duty wtth the 8th Field Artillery at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. until May, 1928. The next three years :-.fajor Pnce ~pent at Madtson Barracks. N. Y., wht:re he was asst~nl' - 17- ADJUTANT GENERAL'S SECTION ALSO HANDLING G-1 DUTIES • • • • • This section is charged with the formulation of policies and the supervision of the execution of administrative arrangements pertaining to the personnel of the command as individuals, civilians under supervision or control of the command and pnsoners or war. However, there are many other varied duties that come under this section. Some of them are: * Procurement, Classification, Reclassification, Assignments, Pay, Promotion, Transfers, Retirements and Discharge of all Personnel * Replacements of all Personnel * Decorations, Citations. Honors and Awards * Leaves or Absence and Furloughs. * Rewards and Punishments * Internal Arrangements of Headquarters * Religious, Recreational and Welfare Work; Supervision of Military and Non-Military Agencies devoted to such work * Army Postal Service * Finished Reports and Grants, Casualty Reports, Prisoner of War Reports. Station Lists and other Personnel Statistics * General Regulations and Routine Administration which especially concern individuals or Routine Administration not specifically assigned to any other General Staff Section * Furnishing the Commander Advice on Morale * Collections and Disposition of Stragglers * Collec- tion and Disposition of Prisoners of War * Sanitation * Relations of Civil Government Civilians in the theatre of operations including Initial Establishment and operation or Military Government or Mar- tial Law. Maintenance of Law and Order within the Command * Graves Registration Service includ- ing Burial * Supervision of matters concerning members of our forces who are prisoners in enemy hands. PAUL E . ARNF.SON Wn.LlAM E. ROB EilTS VlttClL L. Ji.c - 18- SPECIAL STAFF DIVISION INSPECTOR GENERAL His colleg<' caret•r lntNruptcd by the World War, ~ieul . Colonel Ollv<· •· E. C Trcchtcr, ln~pcctor C<"n<·rol of the 6th DJnsaon. ros(' to be a Battahon Commander wh•le s"' vinr. with the A E. F. in France and th<' Arm)· o! Occut>atwn an Germany. Smct• tlw war, Colonel Trt>chter has groduat<'d from the Speciai Athletic Course, Inlantry School. 1920; the Company Commanders' Course. Infantrs School. 1921- 22; the Advnnce Cour~e. Infant!')· School. 1930-31; and the Comm:md and General Stalf School, 1939-40. Colonel Tr.,chtcr's Staff Duties have lncludcd S-2 and S-3 with !he 21st Bl'iRadc in Hawaii from 11!27 to 1930. He wns ;1l~o Assistant G-3, 3rd Army, TD-10·10. Colonel Tn•chiN wns assigned as Instructor with the National Guard !rom 1922 u·ntll 1926 and !rom June to November 24. 1940. lie olso has been an Instructor with the Weapon~ Section at the Infantry School, 1931-34 He was ass111ned to R.O T C. duty from 193·1 unlll 1939 and was detaaled to the Inspector Gen<'ral' ~ D<>· partment November 25, 1940 His ware Is the former Mass Virgmia Brcmz<'J', They ha\·e two children: Oliver E . Trechter, Jr., and Mar guerate B Trechtt·r·. Colonel Trechter was born in St. Louis, :111 sscmrl. 1nd aUcnd<.' OUVER E. G. TnrcHn'R l...feutenant Colonei,1GO Inspector General DIVISION JUDGE ADVOCATE Jorm G. O'BRrr.N Captain. J.A.G.D. As:.ist.anl to Daviston Judge Advoe3tc Wrt.BI.:R K. NO[L Major, J.A.G D. Judge Advocate Twelve vears or colleet• work fliP mclud.-d in the prt•pnratlon of Mnjor Walbur Kmcotd No..•l for hl9 dutaes AS Judge Advocnlt• of llw 6th Davl~aon. MnJor· Not>l. n native o[ Lebanon. Ky , attended Trinal\' Collel!e from 1917 to 1920. U1e United Stoles Malltnrv Academy from 1920 to 1924. nnd nttended Washlnaton nnd Le<' Unlversitv's law school under urmv orders from 19:15 to t93R. Followinl( his l{rnduntlon from Wl'•t Poant MnJor Noel was comrnls~loned o second lleutennnt or Cnvalrv June 12. 1924. ond !or th<' m•ld !our vears wa~ n~st~nt•d to the 13th Cava In·. A .vena· ns a student at the Cnvaln School !ollowt' - 18 * SPECIAL STAFF * * * DIVISION 0U .ART ER MASTER DIVISION FINANCE OFFICER Major Leon E. Lichtenwalter was born at Hebron, Nebr., and began his army career at the United States Military Academy, June 14, 1918. A native or Annapolis, Md., where the United States Naval Acndemy is He completed his military course June 17, 1920, and was assl~ned to the Infantry with the rank or Second Lieutenant. During this period untal July, 1921, located, and a sailor in th~ U. S. Navv and a student ai the Navnl Academy he attended the Infantry School and served in the 47Ul and 58th lnfanlt-y until during the World War, Major Harry W. Crandall. 6th Division Finance Offlcer. June 30, 1922. transferred to the Maryland National Guard in June, 1919, and thence to the On July 15. 1922, he was tt·ansferred to the 21st Infantry and also served In the 19th Infantry until May 25, 1926. During the next four years and until June l. United States Military Academy and was graduated from that school in June. 1930, he saw service with the 25th Infantry. 1925. "--....! He attended the Tank School at Fort Meade, Md., until May 30, 1931. Following Major Crandall was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant of Intantry upon this period of trainin~ he was assis;(ned to the 2nd Tank Company and Headquar ters and MJlltary Police Company of the 2nd Division. serving with the Division his graduation from West Point and served with the Infantry until he was until June 1, 1935. detailed in U1e Finance Department, Jan. 3, 1940. He was commissioned as Major Ltchlenwalter was then detailed In the Quartermaster Corps and a major of the Finance Department, Feb. 5, 1941. attended the Motor Transport School, Aug. 1, 1935, to June 17, 1936: and for the next three years, untll Aug. 30. 1939. served as Assistant Quartermaster at Lang Major Crandall was stationed at Puerto Rico !rom September, 1928, until ley Field. Va. November. 1930, and in Hawaii from July, 1935, until October. 1937. During the period Sept. I. 1939, to Feb. 1. 1940. Major Lichtenwalter attended U1e Quartermaster School at Philadelphia, Pa., and was assigned to the IV Corps His wife is the former Miss Ada Elizabeth Wilson. He and Mrs. Crandall and Third Army Motor TranspOJ't Service until June 1. 1940. have two children, Nancy M .. 13, and Harry W . Jr., 9. Since June 25, 1940, he has been Commanding Officer of the 6th Quarter master Battalion. now at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Major Lichtenwalter served at one foreign service station, at Schofield Bar racks, in Hawaii. He as married to the former Willomae Lance, and they have two children, Betty and Leon E. Lichtenwalter, .Tr. LEON E. LtCRT.ENWALTER Major, Q.M.C. Division Quartermaster HARRY W. CRANllALL DIVISION SURGEON Major,F.D. Finance Officer Honored with the Silver Star Citation, Order of the Purple Heart Croix de Guerre, and the Victory Medal, 6 clasps, !or distin~ulsbed service In' the u. S. Army, Lieut. Colonel Jarrett M. Huddleston, 6tll Daviston Surgeon General and Commanding Officer of the 6th Medical Battalion, Is at present stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, headquarters of the Gth Division, 2nd Army. Colonel Huddleston has had a long and successful career in the Army His career dates !rom June 2. 1917, a year after he was graduated from George \Vash ington University. Two months after he entered the Army, Aug. 3, 1917 the Colonel was serving ln France as Assistant Surgeon. 1st U. S. Engineers 1st Division. He served in France until the Armistice and in Germany with' the American forces until 1921. Upon his return to the United States, the Colonel became an instructor at various Army schools. He served as Instructor at the Medical Field Service JOSEPH M . BARRETTE School. Infantry School, Graduate School of Aviation Medicine. Army Medical First Lieutenant, F. D. School, and Medical Field Service School. In 1934 he became Secretary of tile Assastant Finance Oflleer Army Medical School. He was plaet.>d In command o! the Provisional' Medical Battalion, 1st Provisional Infantry Division, m 1937. Since 1938 Colonel Huddleston has served successively as Division Surgeon of the Second. Fifth and Sixth Divisions. Colonel Huddleston's wife Is the former Helen M. McLain. Colonel and Mrs. Huddleston have three sons, Jarrett M., Jr., James M .. and Thomas M. DIVISION ENGINEER JARR£Tt' M. HUDDU:STON Author o£ one of the most popular children's shows on the radio. novelist and Lteutena.nt Colonel, Inf, short story writer, West Pointer and civil enl'!ineer, Major Paschal N. Strong, Jr .. Division Surgeon Commanding Officer of the 6th Engineer Battalion, has bad a varied career. Major Strong is the author or the radio show, "Jack Armstrong, U1e All American Boy." In addition, he has published eight books and approximately 200 short stories. DIVISION ANTI TANK OFFICER A native of Savannah. Georgia. Major Strong was graduated !rom U1e United States Mllltary Academy In 1922. Two years later he spent one year at COrnell University, Ithaca, New York, and obtained hts Civil Englneerlng degree. ln ad Lieutenant Colonel Arthur J. Russell entered the United States Army alter dtlion, he is a naduate or U1e Armv Ensrmeer School at Fort Humphrevs. Virginia. being graduated from the 2nd Officers' Training Camp In November, 1917. Since that lime he has served as Mllltary Inspector of the S. A. T. C. Major Strong served as Assistant Pro.Cessor of MJ!Jlary Science and Tactics at In North Carohna, South Carolina. Virginia, Georgia, and Florida, 1918-1919. West Virginia University !rom 1928 unlll 1932. He was AssiJ;tant Department and In the same capacity with the R. 0. T . C. In New York and New Jersey, 1920. Colonel Russell served for four years with the Third Intantry at Fort Engineer, Philippine Dept., Corregldor, P. I.. 1932-34 ; and Assistant Division En Snelling, Minn., and stx years as Professor o! Military Science and Tactics gineer, Ohio River Division (Rivers and Harbors), 1935-39. He joined the 6th at CretJn High School In St. Paul, Minn. Re was on duty In Hawaii on two Engineers at Fort Lawton, Washington, In 1939, and was appointed Commanding occasions !or a total of five year~ - 'He also served with the 2nd Division at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. and has been on duty with the. 6th lnfantrv Officer of the 6th Engineer Battalion In June, 1940. Division since May, 1~0. • Lieutenant Colonel Russell is married to the former Miss Katherine Ryan Major Strong is morried to the former Mtss Mary Heaphy. They have rout· of Whitehall, N. Y. They have two sons on active duty with the United children, Mary K., Patrlcla H., Paschal N. Ul, and Charles A. States Army at the present time, Capt. Dan C. Russell of the 53rd In!antry, stationed at For1. Ord, Cal .. and Arthur J. Russell, Jr., who ts a prlvnte 10 PASCHAL N. S1'RONC, JR. ARTH!IR J. RuSS~LL the United States Army Air Corps. Their daughter, Sister Mary Larine, Major, C.£ . Lieutenant Colonel, lnf. Is a nun residing Jn St. Paul, Minn. Division Enalneer Division Antitank Officer - 20- -21-