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Color painting courtesy of the National Guard Bureau
The Story of FORT LEONARD WOOD
FORT LEONARD WOOD, the nation's largest en- gineer training center, covers 71,000 acres of the Mark Twain National Forest in the Missouri Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis. Activated in 1940, the Fort was named in honor of Major General Leonard Wood who won the Medal of Honor for action in the campaign against the Apache Indian Chieftain, Geronimo.
Only a handful of officials were on hand December 1940 to witness the ground breaking ceremonies. On that day, an unknown soldier of a huge construction Army turned the first shovelfull of dirt for the con-
struction of the nation's largest engineer training center, a post that has trained thousands of fighting men.
The mud was terrific-so bad as to give the budding camp nationwide publicity. But the excavators and the wielders of hammer, trowel and saw surged on in their work. Almost all workers lived off the post. In spite of all the difficulties the work proceeded at a furious pace and was virtually completed the middle of May.
With the completion of the $40,000,000 fort and the 22 mile railroad leading to it, trainees began coming in full speed.
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From the early part of 1941 until the post closed in 1946, Fort Leonard Wood trained some 300,000 fight- ing men. Such famous divisions as the 6th, 8th, 75th. 97th, and the 70th trained here during World War II.
During the years the fort lay dormant, only a handful of groundkeepers were on the premises.
The business of activating an Army post started all over again for Fort Leonard Wood in 1950, shortly after the American troops began fighting in Korea.
This time, Fort Leonard Wood supported the 6th Armored Division engaged in replacement training rath- er than a procession of divisions being trained for combat. On 16 March 1956 the 6th Armored Division was
inactivated and replaced with the United States Army Training Center, Engineer. The Secretary of the Army signed the order 21 March 1956 making Fort Leonard Wood a permanent installation.
The essence of Fort Leonard Wood is best described by the word "training." The fort gives recruit basic training, common and engineer specialist training and combat engineer training.
Among the specialized types of training soldiers can get at the fort are construction; machinery and earth moving equipment operation and maintenance; struc- tural steel and sheet metal working; plumbing; carpen- try; electrical installation and many other specialties.
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A Message to the Men . from the COMMANDING GENERAL
HEADQUARTERS FORT LEONARD WOOD Office of the Commanding General Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
Men who have taken their basic training together at Fort Leonard Wood have special ties which bind them in the brotherhood of the tried and ready soldiers of the United States Army. In these rugged Ozark foothills they have shared the summer heat or the wintry blast as they pursued the intensive course which the United States Army prescribes for its soldiers. In the unexcelled training facilities of this station they have acquired that basic "know how" of the soldier; to march, to shoot, to fight on the team.
As you move on to advanced individual training, or to an assign- ment with an active Army unit, the officers and men of your cadre are proud of you. You have proven yourselves in the trials and pressures of basic training. You have developed your physique, have acquired new military skills, have learned the importance of team play in an organization where your comrades depend upon you.
In the years ahead you will look back upon these weeks as some of the most significant in your lives. The new talents which you have acquired will assume increasing importance as you progress through life, whether you remain in the military service or return to your civilian community.
To all of you I extend my appreciation of your service and my best wishes for your continuing success in the years ahead.
Howardter HOWARD KER Major General, USA Commanding
Major General HOWARD KER Commanding General
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MAJOR GENERAL HOWARD KER was born in Staunton, Virginia, October 12, 1902. He graduated from the US Military Academy in 1924 and from Cornell University in 1927, receiv- ing the degree of Civil Engineer. He is also a graduate of the U. S. Army Engineer School, the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the Army War College.
Prior to World War II, he served with engineer units at Fort Humphreys, Virginia and at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He served on Reserve Officers Training Corps duty at the Uni- versity of Alabama from 1930 to 1934. From 1934 to 1937, while assigned to the Philadelphia Engineer District, he was in charge of the conversion of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal from a barge canal to a ship canal. From 1937 to 1941, he served at the White House as Engineer Officer in Charge of Buildings and Grounds.
In 1941 and 1942, he commanded the 86th Engineer Heavy Ponton Battalion at Fort Knox and Camp Joseph T. Robinson. From 1942 to 1944, he served as Chief, Department of Engi- neering and later as Executive Officer, the Engineer School. From November 1944 till September 1945, he commanded the 6th Engineer Special Brigade in the European Theater of Oper-
ations, participating in the Northern France, Rhineland and Ardennes Campaigns.
He returned to the Engineer School in 1945 as Chief of Operations and was appointed Assistant Commandant in 1946. He attended the Industrial College in 1947-1948. From 1948 to 1950, he served as Assistant Engineer of Maintenance of the Panama Canal. He became a member of the staff and faculty of the Army War College in July 1950, remaining there until July 1953, when he was assigned to the Far East Command, where he served first as Engineer, First Corps and later as Engineer, Eighth Army.
In June 1954, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Engineers for Troop Operations. He served additionally, from July 1956, as Acting Deputy Chief of Engineers for Military Operations.
In March 1957, he was assigned as Engineer, US Army Europe, his last assignment before assuming command of Fort Leonard Wood, July 18, 1960.
His decorations include the Legion of Merit with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Order of the British Empire (Great Britain), the Order of Military Merit (Brazil) and the Order of Merit (ULCHI) with Silver Star (Republic of Korea).
Brigadier General JAMES H. CASH Deputy Commanding General
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BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES H. CASH, born in Glencoe, Oklahoma, 16 March 1904, was appointed 2d Lieutenant, In- fantry upon completion of ROTC studies at Oklahoma State University.
In January 1936 he was ordered to active duty with the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Oklahoma district. June 1941 he was ordered to Headquarters, VIII Corps area at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he served until August 1942, when he was assigned as Inspector General of 11th Armored Division.
He served overseas during World War II, in England, France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, as the Inspector General of the XXII Corps.
General Cash was assigned to the Third Army in November 1945 as the Army Inspector General.
In January 1948 General Cash returned to the states and served in the Inspector General's office, Washington, D. C. General Cash left Washington to attend the Advanced Of-
ficers' Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. Upon gradua- tion, he was ordered to Fort Dix, New Jersey, and successively as Commanding Officer of the 47th Infantry, Deputy Post Commander, and Commanding Officer of the "Go Devil" Regi- ment (60th Infantry).
In 1951 General Cash returned to Germany with the V Corps. In June 1952, he became Commanding Officer of the 102d Infantry. He then became Chief of Staff of the 43d Di- vision, and later Chief of Staff of the 5th Division. In July 1954, the General returned to the states and was assigned as Executive to the G-3, Continental Army Command, Fort Mon- roe, Virginia. In June 1955 he was promoted to Deputy G-3.
In February 1956 he was assigned to KMAG, in Korea, as Senior Advisor to the 5th Korean Corps, and later as Senior Advisor to the Commanding General of the Korean Army Training Command. Upon leaving Korea, General Cash was assigned as Chief of the Army Section Military Assistance Advisory Group, Japan. In July 1959 he was assigned to his present duties.
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THERE ARE thirteen chapels and five chapel facilities on the post where services are conducted for Protestant, Jewish and Catholic personnel.
The religious services at the chapels approximate those of civilian churches and synagogues and provide many opportunities for participation of military personnel and dependents on the post. In addition to services held for Protestant, Jewish and Catholic personnel, special Greek Orthodox, Lutheran, Episcopal, Christian Science and Latter Day Saints services are conducted.
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2d Lt. Ralph G. Redmond Company Commander
2d Lt. Douglas Youngdahl Company Officer
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Walter A. Porterfield First Sergeant
Arlo L. Robb Field First Sergeant
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Lee R. Burns Platoon Sergeant
Noel E. Davis Platoon Sergeant
John W. Hudgins Platoon Sergeant
Cornelius Bessick Mess Sergeant
James Funk Supply Sergeant
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Gerald L. Abbott Joseph L. Abbott Boyd E. Abrams Lawrence D. Anderson Michael J. Andrix
William C. Arms Robert L. Barker John 0. Baublitz Donald L. Beatey Rudolph F. Belazi
Charley J. T. Bell James R. Benedict Jack D. Berner Adam E. Bigale Gordon W. Biggs
Allen W. Bitler Virgil L. Black Gordon A. Bolt John R. Book Daniel A. Boone
James G. Booth James W. Bourisaw, Jr. Frank J. Bowles, Jr. Robert J. Branback Jerry W. Brown
Bobby J. Bryant William C. Buetow, Jr. John C. Busker James R. Byrd Larry J. Cahill
Stephen F. Carlson Edward W. Carrico John P. Carrico Leslie L. Carter Johnnie J. Castleman
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Andrew G. Chamberlin Michael T. Chirchirillo Lauren C. Choutka James R. Christensen James S. Christison
Ronald D. Christy Robert A. Clavenna George E. Clayton Delma O. Clemons Bruce E. Coleman
Clyde K. Conway Robert P. Cooper Gerald N. Coose Donald G. Cox Donald Crutchfield
James W. Curley Eugene L. Deatherage Daniel R. Dec William L. Decker Dale V. Desnoyer
Charles E. Dewitt John M. Dixon Kenneth D. Dobson John T. Doyle Larry J. Dugan
Raymond F. Erker Earnest L. Felver C. L. Forcey Dennis S. Freeman Ralph A. Fullenkamp
Thomas W. Garrett William J. Gaudin Lindell R. Gibbs Rodney B. Gibbs Don S. Gin
Henry W. Godwin Willie G. Graham Gilbert L. Gray Simon J. Grzymski Harold L. Guard
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Miklos O. Hencz Howard A. Hess Harry W. Heusted David D. Hidy Arthur H. Higashide
Mamon Hollins, Jr. William P. Howell Jack L. Humes Raymond L. Irby Jerry D. Isaac
Michael G. Isaac Alvin Jackson Conrad W. Janke Frederick G. Johnson Jerry R. Johnson
Karl H. Johnson David W. Jones William Kelley Donald W. Kendall Richard J. Kerwin
Alexander N. Khamo Sherman D. Kimple Gerald W. Kivland William D. Klein William R. Kraft
Paul Lares William L. Leckbee Michael W. Leighton Harrison F. Lescalleet Nathan E. Lester
Charles R. Levine James H. Levison Larry 0. Lewis Brant A. Loichinger Robert L. Loonsfoot
Herman F. Lopossa Alphonso Lovett Alvin Lowry John J. Martin Lewis C. Maske
James E. Masson, II William L. McAlister Thomas R. McDaniel Peter J. McDevitt Harold B. McGuire
James L. Meilinger Lonnie G. Mentz George T. Miller Daniel J. Miscoli John Mocko, Jr.
Donald T. Moore Carlton R. Moyers Robert T. Mueller Jerry J. Muhich William H. Myers
John T. Norman Raymond F. Novak Gordon F. Nyquist William A. O'Connell Donald R. Parks
Victor K. Pasnick Daniel E. Passmore Wayne A. Patterson Larry G. Peery Donald A. Pellegrini
Merlin R. Persons Earl L. Pettis Joseph E. Piskur Lee A. Plummer Ronald G. Powell
James J. Putrich Ronald E. Ranger Wayne L. Reagan William H. Reed George J. Reker
Neil A. Repp Maurice S. Ronnels Herman A. Ronschin Allan L. Rhoades Johnny L. Rhoades
Ronald D. Rich Albert F. Roberts Ronald E. Ross James D. Rost John Ruyle, Jr.
Robert J. Salbego Claude P. Sarti Leroy A. Scherrills Charles F. Schmidt Arlen D. Scott
Phillip S. Scott Leonard R. Setser Robert E. Sheeler Delos A. Simmons Charles M. Sisler
Joe B. Slatton Frank Smith, III Gordon R. Smith Paul A. Smith Robert A. Stevens
Harold A. Stone Richard C. Studer Hayne R. Sudheimer Michael L. Sutton Ronald D. Swiney
James R. Thomas Clarence E. Thrower David L. Toepper John Tondello, Jr. Johnny B. Troupe, II
Charles 0. Turner R. L. Van Berschot Ronald E. Van Derryt J. O. Van Haverbeke Elmer Vail, Jr.
Otto T. Veth Edward A. Vincent Clifford R. Wallace N. S. Washington Ward C. Wasmuth
Larry M. Wehrmann Teddie L. Welton James R. Whitaker Robert C. White Ronald R. Wilkens
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