Hall of Fame 2012 Induction Ceremony Tuesday, June 11 2013 Keystone Conference Center Building 17-104 Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, Pennsylvania Sequence of Events Maj. Octavius V. Catto (1839-1871) The great Civil War Era African-American leader and civil rights mar- tyr from Philadelphia, Octavius V. Catto was a professor at the Institute Welcome for Colored Youth, forerunner of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Catto recruited his own African-American students as Soldiers during Invocation the Civil War and led the successful campaign to desegregate the street- cars in Philadelphia in the 1860s. After the Civil War, Catto joined the Pledge of Allegiance Pennsylvania National Guard. Catto was promoted to Brigade Inspector General with the rank of Major, making him one of the highest ranking African-Americans in the military services at that time. During the elec- Introduction of 2013 Inductees tion campaign of 1871 there was an attempt by political opponents to prevent African-American citizens from voting. During this campaign, Induction Catto was activated for service to help quell the riots and prevent the murder of Black voters. In the course of his duties Catto was shot and killed near his home. The public funeral held in his honor by the City of Governor’s greeting Philadelphia was the largest since that of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. During the Civil War, the call went out for African-American troops, Presentation of Pennsylvania then called “Colored Troops.” Prominent citizens in Philadelphia, both Meritorious Service Medals Black and White, joined together to recruit and train them. Among them were Octavius Catto and Frederick Douglass. These men worked Remarks: Maj. Gen. Wesley E. Craig, together with the newly formed Union League of Philadelphia to help The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania fill the ranks of the Colored Troops training at Camp William Penn at La Mott, Cheltenham Township, and to secure and educate experienced white officers to lead in command positions in the Colored Troop Regi- 2013 Inductee Remarks ments. Eventually, 11 regiments were trained and mustered for service. Credit Benediction belongs to Catto and his friends. These units added greatly needed strength to the Union armies in the field; a number of these troops dis- Refreshments tinguished themselves in combat and several Soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery. In 2012, The Pennsylvania National Guard revived the Catto medal which had been lost to history. This is the only medal of its kind in the entire National Guard. The Medal recognizes exemplary members of the Pennsylvania National Guard for public service and community support. 1 Ms. Marsha Four Lt. Gen. David E. Grange, Jr., USA Ret. A tireless advocate for veterans especially those who are in need, Ms. Lieutenant General David Grange has served the Nation with distinc- Four¬ has been active since her time in uniform. A Vietnam Veteran tion since enlisting in 1943 as a parachute infantryman. He served in who served on active duty with the Army Nurse Corps, she entered the Europe, taking part in the Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, service on the Student Nurse Recruitment Program and began active Ardennes, and Central Europe campaigns as a member of the 517th duty in 1968. From 1969 to 1970 she served in Vietnam with the 18th Parachute Infantry Regiment. After World War II, he served in the 82d Surgical Hospital, located first at Camp Evans and then Quang Tri, the Airborne Division and in 1949 he attended Officer Candidate School. northern most hospital in South Vietnam. Honorably discharged as a General Grange’s many post World War II assignments include: Rang- First Lieutenant, she was awarded the Bronze Star. er Instructor; Advisor in the Republic of Vietnam (1st tour, 1963-64); Ms. Four has been actively involved in veterans’ issues on a local, re- Commander 2d Battalion, 506th Infantry (Vietnam, 2d tour, 1967-68); gional and national level for nearly 25 years. She was the initiator of the Commander, Division Support Command, 101st Airborne Division Philadelphia Stand Down for Homeless Veterans and served as its Execu- (Vietnam, 3d tour, 1970-71); Commander, 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne tive Director from 1993 until 1999. She retired as the Executive Direc- Division (Vietnam, 4th tour, 1970-71); Director, Ranger Department, tor of The Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service and Education Center, U.S. Army Infantry School; Commanding General, 2d Infantry Divi- a non-profit agency providing free, comprehensive services to regional sion, Korea (1978-79); Commanding General, US Army Infantry Cen- Veterans. As such, she took the developmental lead on establishing the ter, Fort Benning, Georgia (1979-81); and Commanding General, Sixth Mary E. Walker House, a nationally recognized transitional residence U.S. Army (1981-84). for homeless women Veterans. Her service to country and community General Grange retired in June 1984, after 41 years of Army service. continues to impact the lives of thousands upon thousands of Veterans General Grange’s awards and decorations include the Defense Distin- in need and their families guished Service Medal, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, three A life member of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Delaware Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, County Chapter 67, she has served on VVA’s National Board of Direc- the Soldier’s Medal, the Purple Heart and 38 other combat awards for tors since 1999, and is the long standing Chair of its National Women valor and meritorious service. In addition to the Combat Infantryman Veterans Committee, Vice Chair of its Homeless Veterans Committee Badge (Third Award), he also holds the Master Parachutist Badge with 3 and a member of its Health Care, Government Affairs and PTSD/Sub- combat jump stars, and the Ranger tab. General Grange is an inaugural stance Abuse Committees. Ms. Four has contributed to, written and member of the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame and the U.S. Army Of- delivered testimony to both the U.S. House and Senate Veterans Affairs ficer Candidate Hall of Fame. He was selected as 1984 Airborne Troop- Committees, the Pennsylvania Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs er of the Year by the Airborne Association, and received the Infantry’s and Emergency Preparedness in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and in home- “Doughboy Award” in 1994. The annual “LTG David E. Grange, Jr. less Veteran hearings for the City of Philadelphia. Ms. Four was appoint- Best Ranger Competition” was founded in his honor in 1984. ed to the Department of Veterans Affairs Secretarial Advisory Commit- Since his retirement General Grange has had a profound influence tee on Women Veterans from 1992 to 1994, and again from 2001 to on generations of senior leaders of the 28th Division as a senior mentor 2006. Veterans Administration Secretary Principi appointed Ms. Four as during numerous Warfighter exercises. His influence has led to success in Chair of this Committee for two terms from 2002 until August of 2006. training and the battlefield. In this position Ms. Four also served as a liaison/consultant to the VA Secretarial Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans 2 3 Maj. Gen. John F. Hartranft (1839-1889) Maj. Gen. Daniel B. Strickler, USA, Ret. (1897-1992) Brevet Major General John F. Hartranft served with great distinction in command at multiple levels in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. Major General Daniel B. Strickler was an extraordinary civic and He was awarded the Medal of Honor, our Nation’s highest award, for military leader. He joined the Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG) and gallantry in action at the Battle of Bull Run. deployed to the Mexican Border Campaign as a corporal in Company He organized and trained the legendary 51st Pennsylvania Infantry C, 4th Pennsylvania Infantry, PNG. He was commissioned in 1917, Regiment, a unit that took part in more than 20 campaigns and battles and fought in WWI as the Commanding Officer, Company B, 109th in East and West theatres of operations. He personally led the 51st in Machine Gun Battalion. He was wounded in action and cited for gal- their head-long assault over “Burnside’s Bridge in the Battle of Antietam lantry. He returned from World War I and attended and graduated from that stopped the Confederates in their tracks. As commander of the 3rd Cornell University with an Bachelor of Law (LLB). Division, IX Corps at Petersburg, he led the counterattack that defeat- General Strickler served as auditor for Lancaster County. He was a ed the last gasp attempt of the Army of Northern Virginia to break the member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Commissioner of siege. The Civil War ended less than a month later. Police for Lancaster; and County Solicitor for Lancaster in the inter-war General Hartranft left the Army at the conclusion of the Civil War but years. He also served in the United States Army Reserve (USAR) during continued his public service as Pennsylvania Auditor General (1867- this time, rose to the rank of Colonel and commanded the 313th Regi- 1873) and the Governor (1873-1879). He returned to military service ment (USAR). as a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard as commanding gen- When World War II broke out, he accepted a voluntary reduction to eral of the Pennsylvania Division (today’s 28th Division) in 1879, when Lieutenant Colonel to command the 1-112th Infantry, 28th Infantry an order from the Governor consolidated all forces of the Pennsylvania Division. He commanded in succession the 1-109th (May 1942-Sep- Army National Guard into one division. This gave Hartranft the recog- tember 1944), the 109th Regiment (September 1944-November 1944) nition of the “Father of the modern Pennsylvania National Guard.” and finally the 110th Regiment (December 1944-October 1945), during Hartranft served two terms as the 17th Governor of Pennsylvania.