EXECUTIVE CALENDAR Wedneoday, December 12, 1945 TREATIES

Date of Calendar Treaty No. Subject Action of committee -report No. 1945 July 3 4 Ex. D (79th Cong.,lst s~ss.) ..... A convention between the Umted States of America and the Reported favorably with a Umted Kingdom of Great Britam and Northern Ireland, pnnted report (Ex. Rept. for the avoidance of double taxatiOn and the preventiOn of No. 6, 79th Cong~ lst fiscal evasion With respect to taxes on income, signed at sess.) W ashmgton on Apr. 16, 1945. 3 5 Ex. E (79th Cong.,1st sess.) ••.•• A conventwn between the Umted States of America and the Reported favorably With a United Kmgdom of Great Bntam and Northern Ireland, prmted report (Ex. Rept. for the avOidance of double taxatiOn and the prevention of No. 7, 79th Cong., 1st fiscal evaswn w1th respect to taxes on the estates of de- sess.). ceased persons, s1gned at Washington on Apr.16,1945.

NOMINATIONS

Date of Calendar Message Name of nominee Office Predecessor report No. No. ------SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM 1945 Dec. 11 3692 519 Jame'l M. Smith ...... Assistant Chief, Re- search and Statistics Division, National Headquarters, Selec- tive Service System, with compensation at the rate of $6,230 per annum. 11 3693 440 Frank D. Norton ______Administrative officer, District of Columbia headquarters, Selec- t1ve Service System, with compensation at the rate of $5,600 per annum. POSTMASTERS

MAINE

11 3694 524-16 Arthur A. Sprague ...... Liberty ... --.. --.----- Office became Presidential 11 3695 524-17 Ois C. Brackett ...... Rangeley ___ .. _...... _ H. H. ·Herrick, deceased.

PENNSYLVANIA

11 3696 524-41 Frank A. Chesaro .... _. _ .. Brackenridge. __ .... _.. L. F. Matthews, removed Unionville ... _____ . __ .. 11 3697 524-42 Homer C. Wheatman ...... Office became Presidential. 66222--45-No. 158--1 2

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IN THE ARMY

APPOINTMENT, BY 'l'RANS­ FER, IN THE REGULAR ARMY 1945 Dec. 11 3698 510 Lt. Col. Donald McKechnie To Quartermaster Corps_ Ashton. 11 3698 510 Lt. Col. Stewart Darden _____ do ______Hervey. 11 3698 510 Capt. Daniel Russell Taylor ______do ______11 3698 510 First Lt. George Cornell _____ do ______Abert. 11 3698 510 Maj. Ralph Arthur Koch___ To Finance Department_ 11 3698 510 Maj. Roy Silverman ______do ____ ------11 3698 510 Capt. Meyer Abraham _____ do ______Braude. 11 3698 510 First Lt. Charles Allen To Corps of Engineers __ _ Carroll. 11 3698 510 First Lt. Aleck Francis _____ do ______MacDonald. 11 3698 510 Second Lt. Philip Barrett To Field Artillery ______To on.

PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

(Those officers whose names are preceded by the sym­ bol (X) are subject to examinat10n required by law. All others have been examined and found qualified for promotion)

11 3699 525 X Charles Llewellyn Gor- Lieu tenant colonel, man. Quartermaster Corps, with rank from Jan. 3, 1946. 11 3699 525 XAlbert Carroll Morgan ___ Lieutenant colonel, Infantry, with rank from Jan. 3, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJohn LaValle Graves ____ Lreutenant colonel, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 4, 1946. 11 3699 525 XHerbert Wilham Kruger_ Lieutenant colonel, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XWilliam Earl Watters ______do ______11 3699 525 X Leo Henry Dawson______Lieutenant colonel, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Milton John Smith ______do ______11 3699 525 X Carl Budd Wahle ______Lieutenant colonel, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 3

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 X Lester Vocke ______Lieutenant colonel, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJohn Leon Dicks ______Lieutenant colonel, Infantry, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Herman William Fair- First lieutenant, Quar- brother. termaster Corps, w1th rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Thomas Edward Meyer __ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Thomas Jefferson Ran- First lieutenant, Caval- dolph. ry, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XLaRoy Sanders Graham __ First lieu tenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Francis Lavelle Ready ___ First lieutenant, Caval- ry, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X David Hottenstein ______First lieutenant, Judge Advocate General's Department, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Ray Brooks Floyd ______First heutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 XRay Eugene MarshalL ___ 11 3699 525 X Karl Clifford Frank _____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan, 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Clyde Anderson Bur- First heutenant, Caval- cham. ry, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 Randall James Hogan _____ First lieutenant, Ord- nance Department, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Nicholas Young ____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJames Fredenck Phillips_ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Douglas Valentine John- First lieutenant, Field son. Artillery, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 XFrederick Williams Wat- rous. 4

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 X Charles Elford Smith_--- First lieutenant, Ord­ nance Department, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Raymond Edward Cul- First lieutenant, Air bertson. Corps, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Maynard Harper Carter__ First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XLeGrande Albert Diller______do ______---- 11 3699 525 X Robert Parker Hollib- __ .. First lieutenant, Quar­ termaster Corp::;, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Isaac Davis White______First lieutenant, Cav­ alry, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Max Hosmer Gooler _____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, wtth rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJoseph Howard Harper______do ______11 3699 525 X Newton Farragut Me- First lieutenant, Adju- Curdey. tant General's De­ partment, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X John Julius Dubbelde, Jr _ First lieutenant,, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 Joe Ford Simmons ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Clarence Turner Hulett__ First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Daniel Powell Poteet____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 XGerson Kirkland Heiss ___ First lieutenant, Ord- nance Department, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Ransom George Am long .. _ First lieutenant, Quar­ termaster Corps, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Walter Howard DeLange_ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Robert Kelsey Haskell,-__ First lieutenant, Ord­ nance Department, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Ralph Adel Snavely_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from .Jan. 5, 1946. 5

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 X Claude Armenius Thorp __ First lieutenant, Cav- alry. 11 3699 525 X Aloysius Eugene O'Fla- First lieutenant, Infan- herty, Jr. try, with rank from Jan. 5, 1946. 11 3699 525 Dimitn Alexander Kellogg_ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Richard Traber Batson ______do ______11 3699 525 X Charles Calvert Benedict_ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Edward Lee Sheley, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 John Hugh Buckner ______11 3699 525 John Jones Upchurch 3d ____ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Allen Knowlton ____ First lieutenant, Caval- ry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946.: 11 3699 525 Lawrence Harold Bixby, First lieutenant, Field Jr. Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 De Witt Clinton Armstrong First lieutenant, Infan- 3d. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Keith Gordon LindelL ___ First lieutenant, ~ Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Robert Nelson Smith ____ 11 3699 525 George Anthony Rebh _____ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Howard Deane Elliott ______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Samuel Nairn Karrick, Jr. __ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Edward Jame:; Hardebeck_ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Frank Ambler Camm ______First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______Fred Brenning Waters, Jr __ 11 3699 525 _____ do ______11 3699 525 Edmond Lawrence Faust, Jr. 11 3699 525 Arthur Leslie Freer____ --_- ----.do.------6

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR APMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 James Rayman Dempsey ___ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Douglas King Blue_ ------First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Howard Franklin Wehrle First lieutenant, Infan- 3d. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Paul Roscoe Ellis ______First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3(}99 525 John McClure, Jr______11 3699 525 Loms Theodore Seith ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Ralph Fishel ______do ______11 3699 525 James Oliver Frankosky ______do ______11 3699 525 Thomas Daniel Harrison ______do ______11 3699 525 Edward Elmer Bennett ____ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Edward Joseph Bielecki______do ______11 3699 525 Walter Hugh Cook, Jr _____ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Creel MarshalL ___ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X William Johnson Talbott______do ______11 3699 525 Darrie Hewitt Richards ______do ______11 3699 525 Clarke Duncan Hain ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Albert Emmanuel SaarL ___ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Milton Ernst Stevens ______do ______11 3699 525 Cecil George Young, J r ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Richard Lewis Evans ______First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Love Starnes, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 Vern on Keith Sanders ______do ______11 3699 525 Robert Guthrie Hillman ______do ______7

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR APMY OF THE UNITED S1'ATFs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Charles William Lenfest____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Thomas Quinton Donald- First lieutenant, Cav- son 4th. alry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJack Jean Jones ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Mitchel GoldenthaL ______First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Lowell Boyd Fisher__ _ _ _ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Belleau Burlin_ _ _ __ First lieutenant. Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Carpenter Raaen, Jr______do ______------11 3699 525 George Kunkel Sykes______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Edward Michael Costello ______do ______11 3699 525 Emmett Robinson Rey- First lieutenant, Signal nolds. Corp8, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Charles Glenn Glasgow____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Randolph Richard- First lieutenant, Corps son. of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Franklin Prague Shaw, Jr__ First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Herbert Gordon Kolb______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XFrancis Hamilton Bon- _____ do ______ham. 11 3699 525 Ralph Mills Hofmann_____ First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Charles Stuart MacVeigh __ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XFrederick Mark Smith _____ do ______11 3699 525 Arthur Beardsley Grace, Jr .. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Charles Clifford Pinkerton, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 8

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED sry ATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Conrad Epping Koerper, First lieutenant, Field Jr. Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Frederick Sherwood Porter, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Edward Rice Ardery ______First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Milton Albert Behn ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Morse Wood ______First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Franklin White ______do ______11 3699 525 Roger Alexander Bertram._ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Ralph Lincoln Cadwallader_ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Thon1as Henry Beeson_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Emil Fiss______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Leslie Buckingham Hard- First lieutenant, Corps ing. of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Robert Myers. ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Rexford Herbert Dettre, Jr. First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Bernhardt Cobb ______do ______11 3699 525 Joseph Louie Hamilton.______do ______11 3699 525 Walter William Hogrefe ____ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Henry Frederick Grimm, Jr _ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 9

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Charles Asbury Holt 3d ____ Fir~t lieutenant, Air Corp&, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Seton Maloney, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 John Leroy Weber, Jr _____ ----d0------11 3699 525 Michel Andre George Rob- First lieutenant, Coast inson. Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Francis Xavier Kane___ _ Fir&t heutenant, Air Corps," ith rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Stephen Otto Benner______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Quentin James Go~s ______do ______11 3699 525 John George Moses, Jr _____ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Cleo Merton Bishop_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Erne~t Hen~eL ____ Fir~t lieutenant, Infan- tr~', with rank from ,Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Earl LeHoy Hehn, Jr ______Flr,t lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Thomas Everett Grie5s_ _ First lieutenant, Corps of Engineers, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Dan Morey Parker______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Wen dell Lowell Bevan, _____ do ---- __ ------Jr. 11 3699 525 James Alfred McKinney ______do ______- --- 11 3699 525 John Frank JohnRon______First heutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Foster Stephens______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Francis McDermott_ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Donald Henry Vlcek____ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Vernon Edward Trinter ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 66222--45--No. 158----2 10

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 XHiram Glenn Turner, Jr_ Fir~t lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Laurence Shortall, Jr _ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19. 1946. 11 3699 525 X Harold James Bestervelt. First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Charles Edward Hardy __ - - 11 3699 525 Frank Edward Boyd ____ . __ -·do ___ ------_____ do ______11 3699 525 Joseph Harrison Dover ____ 11 3699 525 John Jacob Shultz, Jr ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. Hl, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Arthur Kerig, Jr ____ . First lieutenaut, Air Corps, vl'ith rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Robert NickeL ______First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James McClain Huddleston_ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Edmund Barber Edwards __ First lieutenant, Air CorpR, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Miller Wilson ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery CorpH, with rank from .Tan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert 'Muldrow ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Ralph Joseph Truex ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. Hl, 1946. 11 3699 525 Stewart Canfield l\Ie) er____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Frederick Clayton Spann ______do ______11 3699 525 Thomas Isaac Cary ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Floyd Oralee Tobey, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 Frederick Martin King ______do ______11 3699 525 Edmund James Carberry __ First lieutenant, In- fan try, with rank from Jan.. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Reed Hahn ______First lieutenant, Cav- airy, with rank from Jan. 19 1946, 11

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PROMOTION~ I~ '!'HE REGU­ lAR .\R\lY OF'l'RIC UNI'l'rD STATEs- contmucd 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Ben Lee Baber______First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Henry Anson Barber 3d___ First lieutenant, In­ fantry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X George Spoor Weart_ __ _ _ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Paul Edward Andrepont_ _ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Lawrence Philip Bischoff, _____ do ______Jr. 11 3699 525 John Gray Wheelock 3d___ First lieutenant, Cav­ alry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Gregg Henry______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Lowell Lyndon ·Wilke", Jr _ First lieutenant, Si"nal Corps, w1th rank from Jan. 19, 1946 11 3699 525 Marion Hopkins May ______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Bernard Smith, .J r _ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 .52.5 McGlachlin Hatch ______cJo ______-- 11 3699 525 Va~co John Fenili______First lieutenant, Cav- alry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Rex DaYid Minckler______First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Francis Casimir Kajencki _ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Adrian St. ,John, Jr______First lieutenant, Cav­ alry, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X John Joseph Courtney. Jr. First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 .525 Leo Mose Blanchett, Jr ____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Merle Landry Carcv ______do ______--- 11 3699 .525 Alfred Luka~s Toth ______First lieutenant, In­ fantry, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 12

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PROMOTIONS IN 'l'HE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE "L'NI'l'ED S'l'A'I'Es-continuea 1945 Dec. 11 3699 -~25 Kirby Alexander Gean _____ :First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3f599 .525 Rusl'el McKee Herrington, Fir&t lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. __ do ______11 3699 525 XRobert Guy Kurtz ______-- ___ do ______525 Walter Richard Taliaferro ___ ---- - 11 3699 _____ do ______-- 11 3699 525 George 'Villiam Porter_ __ -- _____ do ____ 11 3699 .525 Clifford James Moore, .Jr ___ ------11 3699 .52.5 Edwin .James Willcox ______Fir:;t lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Richard .JoReph HyneR _____ Fimt lieutenant, Air Corps, wit.h rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 52.5 John Jacob Luther, Jr_ ____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X 'Villiam Frederick Pitts __ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 523 X Arthur Anson Marston ______do ______11 3699 525 Richard Howell Broach ____ 11 3699 525 Joseph William Benson ____ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3609 525 John Erwin Kuffner______11 3699 525 X Edward Potter Foote ____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Clifton Lewis Butler, .Jr ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X RodE'ric Thomafo Wriston_ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Donald Eugene Wilbourn __ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Hixon Shaffer ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Dana Lee Stewart______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Robert J\IichaeL ____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3099 525 XJamC's Edward Kel!eber __ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19 1946. 13

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATE~:>-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Roy Alexander Sanders ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Moses Joseph Gatewood, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Hugh Mease, Jr______First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Jay Gorman ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Alden Hine, Jr ______First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946 11 3699 525 XI-ester George Taylor, Jr_ First heutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Lee Boyer .TameR ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank f1:0m Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 .'525 William Hayes Fritz ______First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. ____ do ______11 3699 525 John Gregory Hoyt ______11 3600 525 Louis Locke Wilson, Jr ____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3690 525 Douglas Blakeshaw Nether- First lieutenant, Signal wood. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3609 525 .James Willis Ledbetter __ Fir~t lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Harold K1lbnrn Roach _____ First lieu tenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Henry John Ebrey, Jr _____ First lieutenant, Caval- ry, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Patrick Gerald WardelL--- F1rst lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James .Jusius Cobb ______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan 19, 1946 11 3699 525 Algin James Hugh(;'s ______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 14

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PROI\l01'IONS IN '!'HE REG U- LAR ARMY OF THE UNI'l'ED l>'rA'l'Eo-COn tilmed 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Robert Ernest Lacy _____ -- First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. Younger Arnold Pitts, Jr______do ____ ------11 3699 525 _____ do ______11 3699 525 Warren Joseph Lane ______11 3699 525 Harold Staats Walker, Jr_ _ First lieutenant, Iufan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 .525 X William Edmund Larned, First lieutenant, Cav- Jr. alry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Roy Lindsay Bowlin, Jr ____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Thomas \Yabh Flatley _____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Arvid Paul Croonquist, Jr__ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Charles Francis Alfano ___ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Robert Sprague Beight- First. lieutenant, lnfan- ler, Jr. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X James Emerson Bush, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Arthur Joseph Sebesta _____ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Joseph Bartholomew Con- First lieutenant, Infan- my, Jr. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Joseph Peeler Stabler ______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Jessup David Lowe ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Raymond Cecil Britting- _____ do ____ ~------ham, Jr. 11 3699 525 Jesse Benjamin Hollis, Jr __ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Oliver Williams DeGruchy, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Albert Earl Stoll, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 XJohn Sh1rley Wood, Jr__ Fir~t lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 15

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PROl\!O'TIONS IN THE 1\EGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-eontinued 1943 Dec. 11 3699 525 Clarence 1\Iaudc Daven- First lieutenant, l'oa::-t port, Jr. Artillery CorpB, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Roger Lonis Fib her ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946 11 3699 525 X Victor Arnold Franklin __ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946 11 3699 525 William Lamar Hardy _____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946 __ do __ 11 3699 525 Russell Jackson Smith __ ------11 3699 525 XRobert LeVerne Davis_ - First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from .Tan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 V 1rginio Lorenzo Antonioli_ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Donald Hepburn Bruner ___ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Riley MitchelL ______First lieutenant, In fan- try, with rank from .Tan. 19, 1946 11 3699 .525 Arthur Peart:.on Wade _____ First lieutenant. Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Leslie Doyle ______First lieutenant, Air Corps,'' ith rank from Jan. 19, 1946 . _____ do ______1l 3699 525 .John Crocker Catlin_ . _____ ------11 3699 525 Walter Edwin Nygard _____ First lientenant. Signal CorpR, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Thomas Bates Windsor_ ___ First lieutrnant, 1nfan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Robert Eugene BadE'n _____ 11 3699 525 George William Criss, Jr ___ FirRt lieutenant, Air Corps, ,,·ith rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Donald W an·en Thompson _____ do ______11 3699 525 XRiehard Turner Schlos- bersr, Jr. 11 3699 .525 Robert .James Rader______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, With rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 John Gilmore McNamara __ 11 3699 525 X Arthur Vincent Jackson_- First lieu tcnan t, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 16

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 George Bradley Lundberg_- First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Howard Anthony Linn _____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Robert Edward Harring- ton. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Edward Alexander Me- Gough 3d. 11 3699 525 Gerard Vincent Cosgrove ___ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Willard Baer______Fin;t lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Sidney Zecher ______First heutenant, Cav- alry, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X John Winthrop Arm- First lieutenant, Infan- strong. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Robert Logan Edwa rcis __ First, lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from J au. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Roy Ro~:o;;, Jr______Firt>t lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Fisher Frake;; ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Robert Morehead Cook __ Firbt lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Diebold Brady ____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Norman David Greenberg_ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Norman Daniel Cota, Jr __ Fir&t lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Frank Terry Ellis ______do ______11 3699 525 George Kameil Maertens ___ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Pete Daniel Pavick ______First lieutenant, CoaAt Artillery Corps, with rank fr0m Jan. 19, 1946. 17

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PROMOTIONS IN THE RFJGU­ LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES- continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 John Frederick Daye, Jr _ _ _ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 George Luck Danforth, Jr______do ______11 3699 525 Henry Joseph Mazur ______do. ______._ 11 3699 525 Harry Hall Pritchett, Jl' _ _ _ First lieutenant, Infan• try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Alfred Rip pin______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Edgar VanDuyn ______do ______11 3699 525 XEdward Michael Flana- First lieutenant, Field gan, Jr. Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Joseph Alexander Stuart, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Edward Roberts ______do ______11 3699 525 John Jacob Norris ______First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Altus Emory Prince.____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Denms Healy, Jr _____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, With rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Thomas Edward Ramsey-- _____ do ______------11 3699 525 XDaugherty Mason Smith_ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from .Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Thomas Robert Watson ____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Edwm Waters ______do ______11 3699 525 XJohn Thomas Russell, Jr. First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert .Tohn Walling _____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XCecil Wray Page, Jr _____ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 b25 Albert Lassen Lane, Jr_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Charles Alvin Wirt______First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Ja.o.. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Eugene Lewis.____ First lieutenant, Signal Dorps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 18

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs- continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Burton Francis Hood, Jr___ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Edward Henry Murray ____ 11 3699 525 John Everard Hatch, Jr____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 James Marshall Little _____ 11 3699 525 Myron Haines Dakin ______First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Herbert Suddath Lewis ____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Henry Hodgen Kirby, Jr___ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Kearie Lee Berry, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 Joseph Anthony Riccio ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XBarton Kyle Yount, Jr __ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 George Harvey Watson ____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X William Robert Stewart, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Herbert Eugene Kemp ____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Theodore Thomas Lutrey __ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Roland Anderson ___ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Charles Lester HeltzeL ______do ______11 3699 525 Robert Leonard Lawrence __ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Darwin Jack Kitch ______First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Ernest Darius Scott, J r ____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Jacob Whitman Klerk ______do ______11 3699 525 Lester Meltzer ______-----do ______ll William Johnston Hovde ______do ______3699 525 - - 19

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR. ARMY OF THE UNITED STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 James Hamlm Schofield, Jr _ F1rst lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Douaire Neale_____ F1rst lieutenant, Field Artillery, w1th rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Leopold Dworak______First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Charles Herbert Burr, Jr __ _ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 John Daniel McGowan _____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank fromJan.19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Daniel Moore.______First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Donald Franklin PowelL ______do ______11 3!199 525 Robert Victor Whitlow____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Barton James Mallory_____ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Donald Ernest Griffin_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Franklin Hackler, Jr. ___ .. do ______11 3699 525 John William Barnes______First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Thomas Wilson Brown ______do ______11 3699 525 X Hugh Fagan Jordan_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Kenneth Ecklund BuelL. First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Hiram Pietsch, Jr. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Robert Lee Bullard 3d. ______do ______11 3699 525 X William Martin Thomp- First lieutenant, Air son. Corps, ·with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Joseph Cook __ --_- _-- __ do .. ------11 3699 525 X Britt Stanaland May---- _____ do ______- 11 3699 525 Lyle Marvin Lappin ______do ______11 3699 525 George Romanta Kinney ______do ______11 3699 525 William Donald Kyle, Jr. ______do ______11 3699 525 Elvy Benton Roberts ______First lieutenant, In- fantry, with rank from Jan. 19 1946. 20 - Date of Calundar Me~sage Name o! nominee Office report No. No. Predecessor

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGtJ- LAB ABMY OF THE UNITE.D STATEs-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Edward Allen Doran_----- First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Robert Hugh Fautt, Jr---- First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Chester John Butcher _____ George Thomas Prior ______do ______11 3699 525 _____ do ______XJohn Milton Cutler______11 3699 525 _____ do ______John Rossignol Lovett_____ 11 3699 525 _____ do ______X Boone Seegers ____ --- ___ 11 3699 525 _____ do ______11 3699 525 Arthur Pershing Hurr _____ 11 3699 525 Sidney Conrad Peterman __ First lieutenant, In- fan try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Wesley James Curtis ____ 11 3699 525 ·Ernest Charles Raulin, Jr __ First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 David Harvey Barger _____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______11 3699 525 Henry Benton Sayler, Jr ______do ______11 3699 525 Carlos Maurice Talbott ____ 11 3699 525 Robert McNeely Peden____ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. _____ do ______3699 Everett Edward Lowry, Jr _ 11 525 _____ do ______11 3699 525 X Thomas Henderson Farns- worth. _____ do ______11 3699 525 X John Joseph Nazzaro ____ 11 3699 525 X James Creelman Huntley_ -First lieutenant, Signal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X Morton Campbell Car- First lieutenant, Air mack. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. H 3699 525 Joseph Edward Nett ______First lieutenant, Si~nal Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 William Frederick Dolby ___ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Elbert Pritchett Epperson __ First lieutenant, Infan- try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Everard Kidder Meade, Jr______do ______11 3699 525 Lucian Dalton Bogan, Jr______do ______11 3699 525 Marvin Jay- Berenzweig ______do ______11 3699 525 X Jack Fontaine Dulaney ______do ______do ______11 3699 525 Raymond Francis Ruyffel- aere. 21

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU­ LAR ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES-continued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 X Howard Everett Moore__ First lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 X William Harold Danna- First lieutenant, I,nfan- cher. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Victor Anthony Cherbak, First lieutenant, Air Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James S. Changaris______First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJonathan Waverly An- _____ do ______derson, Jr. 11 3699 525 William Haywood Hume___ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XThomas Arthur Mese- First heutenant, Infan- reau. try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Melvin Sidney Thaler_____ First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 XJohn Parsons Wheeler, Jr_ First lieutenant, Infan­ try, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Roy Robertson Wilson ______do ______11 3699 525 John Harvey Linton ______First lieutenant, Air Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Eugene August Wink, Jr______do ______11 3699 525 William Henry Tucker 3d ______do ______11 3699 525 Stanley Livingston James, First lieutenant, Signal Jr. Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 Belmonte Pasquale Cucolo_ F1rst lieutenant, Coast Artillery Corps, with rank from Jan. 19, 1946. 11 3699 525 James Anthony Aleveras ______do ______11 3699 525 Robert Tompkins Blake____ First lieutenant, Field Artillery, with rank from Jan. 21, 1946. 11 3699 525 Fletcher Emory Ammons__ Lieutenant colonel, Med­ ical Corps, with rank from Jan. 17, 1946, subject to examina­ tion required by law. 11 3699 525 Eugene Rhea Chapman____ Major, Medical Corps, with rank from Jan. 8, 1946, subject to ex­ amination required by law. 22

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PROMOTIONS IN THE REGU- LAR ABMY OF THE UNITED STATES-CO'ltinued 1945 Dec. 11 3699 525 Forest Vernon Bockey _____ Colonel, Dental Corps, with rank from Jan. 6, 1946. 11 3700 525 Kenneth Ross Hagen ____ -_ Major, Medical Corps, with rank from Dec. 20, 1945,subjectto ex- amination required by law. 11 3700 525 Robert Weston BoaL ______Major, Medical Corps, with rank from Dec. 20, 1945. 11 3700 525 Lewis William Kirkman ___ Major, Medical Corps, with rank from Dec. 23, 1945. 11 3700 525 Dean Schamber ______Major, Medical Corps, with rank from Dec. 30, 1945. 11 3700 525 Daniel Hedgcoxe Cahoon __ Captain, Medical Corps, with rank from Dec. 24, 1945. 11 3700 525 Douglas HalL ______Lieutenant colonel, Pharmacy Corps, with rank from Dec. 5, 1945. 11 3700 525 Maurice William Hylden ___ First lieutenant, Phar- macy Corps, with rank from Dec. 19, 1945. 11 3700 525 Luther Weltmer Evans ____ Major (chaplain), United States Army, with rank from Dec. 16, 1945.

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