Dad died a few years after my brother was killed, and I think Erwins death had something to do with it. At the University of Tennessee, military training was compulsory. Stripping off his clothes, he made his way along the slippery and dangerous footing, where a misstep meant death in the river beneath, and the slightest noise meant death from an insurgent bullet. After what seemed like an eternity, and no explosion, Ballard reached underneath him to grasp the grenade, rolled over, and in the same motion threw the grenade away. Money Minute, What's next for experimental AI projects in the C4ISR sphere, Turkey claims its forces killed ISIS chief in Syria, Army identifies 3 soldiers killed in Alaska helicopter crash, US conducts first evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war, Army grounds helicopter fleet for force-wide safety stand down. He was selected and promoted to that grade and he has the honor of becoming the First Command Sergeant Major in the Kansas National Guard. Asaph Allen Jr., served as a captain in the 9th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. While several succeeding summers were spent in assisting his father on the farm, he taught school during the winter months for four seasons, all his teaching being done in Cherokee County. He served as Regimental Executive Officer as the unit prepared for the upcoming war. During Operation Desert Shield in 1990, Goetz was diagnosed with cancer. hbbd```b``A$9 9l6I`]0 $6 a_ ^ The Colonel is still ahead With assistance from friends, he was able to attend Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg. He took her body to Indiana for burial, and on his way back to California stopped at Topeka, apparently in good health. Fox died on March 6, 1938 and is buried in Sunset Park Cemetary (block 1, lot 150) in Manhattan, Kansas. He introduced and secured the passage of the 1907 Pure Food and Drug Act. His father was coal merchant at Brownsville, and both parents were active, useful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was sworn in as the third Kansas Governor on January 9, 1865 and was reelected for a second term two years later. Recalled to active duty again in 1949, Col. Dunkley served as a member of the Army General Staff during the Korean Conflict. In early 1942, Lentz was sent to Fort Mason, California to activitate the 736th Military Police Battalion for port security at the Port of Embarkation in San Francisco. He canvassed door-to-door before the election and was a definate part of the success of the election. Since he had served in both the Air and Army National Guard, Gardner had a unique career. He served with the 1st Regiment during the Mexican Border War and with the 137th Infantry during World War I. Following the war, Fry served with the occupation forces in Germany until 1946. COL William E. Searcy was born on 2 October 1935 in Cresco, Iowa. The killing of his son, aged nine, by a street car in Topeka caused him intense grief, and soon after his retirement from the position of G.A.R. During his military career, Fry remained active in community service. He was raised in Minnesota where he completed his preparatory education in 1909. Morse, Jr. of the 50th Aero Squadron Headquarters recommended both men for Distinguished Service Medals. He served for eight years as a member with five of those years as chairman of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs, plus membership on numerous other boards, councils and commissions. He has also served as a delegate to different state, and Congressional conventions. Link served as the Sergeant Major with the 3rd Battalion 137th Infantry until August 1969 at which time the Army added the rank of Command Sergeant Major. He remained in Oklahoma for two years and took a prominent stand in the affairs of that remarkable territory. Upon return to state status, CSM Elliott was again appointed as the 69th Brigade Command Sergeant Major. It was while at Ft. Carson, Colorado with the 69the Infantry Brigade that he was levied to go to the Republic of Vietnam, where he served with the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) as a Squad Leader and as a Platoon Leader in Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry as a Staff Sergeant, the latter a position normally held by a Lieutenant. The largest deployment of an Army National Guard armored brigade combat team recently concluded and an even bigger Guard armor deployment is coming soon as the Army leans on the reserve side of its units and makes total force a reality. It had a membership of 200. The expected outcome from this exercise [Iron Union] is to increase our tactical proficiency together, to learn tactics, techniques, and procedures from both organizations, said Lt. Col. Bryan Bonnema, battalion commander for 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. The 154th served in Alaska, Aleutian Islands, he was transferred to the Battalion Staff as S-2 and worked with the ADAK Intelligence Operation. He was a cabinetmaker by trade, a vocation he followed in his younger days, but most of his active life was spent in farming near Vincennes, where he died in 1877. Moving to Topeka, he was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of Kansas in 1911 with the rank of colonel, which he held for nine years except during World War I, where he served in the Office of the Provost Marshal General in Washington. In addition to his military career, SGM Trost was deeply involved in Community Affairs. The Associated Press carried the story all over the United States; the Colonel and Topeka were on the front page. After graduation from Meriden High School he entered Washburn College and participated in the Students Army Training Corps. 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Gov. On leaving school he immigrated to Kansas, coming in the same company with Colonel John A. Martin and others, and located at Atchinson. In February 1999 he was appointed Commander of the Kansas Army National Guard. He died October 6, 1889, in Atchinson. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, and their families are honored during a deployment ceremony at 07.13.22 | SPC Zachary Danaher | 11thECAB. During this time he served additional duties as Tactical officer, Weapons and Map Reading Instructor at the Kansas Military Academy. Promotions followed and at the close of the war he was colonel of the. In the early days of World War II he served as an instructor pilot and in August of 1944 transferred to the European Theater of Operations. He died from this illness on 21 July 1944. Lt. Col. Christopher Jurney served as the operations officer for the 155th ABCT during the deployment. He served with distinction for three years in Europe during World War II and for two years in Korea during the Korean Conflict with the 2nd Infantry Division. He received numerous awards in the civil education sector including University Distinguished Professor Emeritus by the Kansas Baord of Regents in 1978. By the end of War, Col. Hughes was old enough to be familiar with the trappings of war. In another Wichita history book, Bear Grease Builders and Bandits by Beccy Tanner (1991), eyewitnesses described the pairs heroics: Goettler skidded his plane, he made turns, he side-slipped a little occasionally, he climbed and then dived. He also fought for better trained leaders and teachers that would remain even after the State Administration changed. During his time at Nickell Barracks, he also served as an instructor for many of the Officer Candidate School classes. Doctor Huffman was married at Columbus, Kansas, in 1893, to Miss Minnie Cowley, a daughter of W. R. and Florence (Smith) Cowley. Both Air Guard Bases during his time were undergoing changes in mission and equipment, which required many facility upgrades. When the 496th deactivated in 1967, George transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, State Area Command (STARC) as administrative noncommissioned officer-in-charge. Command Sergeant Major Jana Harrison has the distinction of being the first female Command Sergeant Major in the Kansas Army National Guard. General Finley is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Spsilon Sigma Phi, the National Guard Association of the United States, the National Guard Association of Kansas, the American Legion, the Lions Club, Pioneer Country, Inc., and the 7th Infantry Division Association. Information taken from the Williamsburg Star on April 4, 1902, page 3. Kelsey then engaged as a traveling furniture salesman, following this occupation successfully until 1898, when he purchased an old line insurance agency at Atchison. He began his military career by enlisting in Headquarters Detachment of the Kansas Army National Guard on 3 October 1940 where he was assigned to the Kansas Selective Service Headquarters. From 1905 to 1909 he served as Adjutant General of the State in the administration of Governor E.W. This command required that he put together 5 Artillery Battalions from 3 states into a well functioning team that could support the Divisions varied missions. Captain Webb was selected by name by the National Guard Bureau on several occasions to assist in rewriting Personnel Regulations and to assist in the update of officer master personnel records prior to arranging their movement to the Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver, Colorado. What few things I have left in my room may be sent by express to my brother, George W. Campbell, Rushville, Ind., and he is the proper person to notify of my death. Hoisington was also an active civic leader in the state. In late 1943, he was shipped to Camp Ellis, Illinois to await his next duty assignment. He personally found help, and the unit was saved from starvation and freezing to death. A. Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steven D. Evans devoted more than three decades of outstanding and dedicated service to his nation, the state of Kansas and the Kansas Army National Guard. He certainly supplied a wealth of material. He served in that position until 15 December 1970 at which time he elected to retire from the Kansas National Guard. Newby continued a distinguished career with the Guard for the next 20 years. CW4 Cornelius Vandermotten was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 16 June 1933. In addition, he devoted a great amount time and attention to assist veterans of the World War in securing benefits which they were entitled that required considerable knowledge, letter writing, affidavit making and form completition of which the average ex-service man was not familiar. Lieutenant Bleckley with his pilot, First Lieutenant Harold E. Goettler, Air Service, left the airdome late in the afternoon on their second trip to drop supplies to a battalion of the 77th Division, which had been cut off by the enemy in the Argonne Forest. In 1851, at a general term of the Supreme Court of the Eighth Judicial District, he was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice with his old preceptor, who took him in as a partner, continuing this partnership until 1857, when he struck out for Kansas, and settled in Quindaro, then a promising point on the Missouri River. He was the commanding officer for all the Air Corps schools in Kansas City, he commanded Camp Williams, which trained arctic rescue teams and arctic weather station crews, and he also served as an Air Inspector for the West Coast Wing Air Transport Command. Upon activation of the Command and Control Headquarters for Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka he was named Commanding Officer and promoted to Colonel. He enjoyed his work. He was a republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Martins family moved to the Fort Scott Area, and at the age of 19, he enlisted in F Company, 1st Kansas Infantry Regiment, Kansas National Guard. The Colonel replied he had so many kinfolks it took a long time to bid them goodbye. In September, 1981, he was appointed as the deputy Commander of the 69th Infantry Brigade. During a deployment to Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2003, Stevens served as Command Sergeant Major for Joint Military Affairs as part of the 35th Infantry Divisions peacekeeping mission. This position was created June 1983 and Bunting was the first person to hold the office. Occupation: salesman, tin, iron, and copper manufacturing. Colonel Elder attended Leoti Grade School (Wichita County), Wichita County High School, Clarks Business School in Topeka and Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. She saw her sons grave and came home with peace of mind. At that time, the Kosovo Force (KFOR) quickly grew to nearly 50,000 troops from all 19 NATO nations and 15 other countries, He held this position until his retirement in December 1990. From then onhe was the Topeka agent of the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of Minneapolis. During the afternoon hours, Co M was moving to join the remainder of the 3d Btln in Quang Tri Province. A month later, August 5, 1917, his unit was drafted by the President of the United States to report for active duty in World War I. Among his other accomplishments as a guardsman, he was a charter member of the National Guard Association of Kansas and twice served as its president. Rev. His service in the 4th Armored Division took him through Normandy, Northern France, Southern France, Rhineland and the Ardennes Battle Campaigns. During this time he coached and mentored countless young men teaching them the skills of his trade. He was asked on numerous occasions by the NGB to assist with various projects because of his knowledge and skills in the personnel area. This challenge meant dealing with three different Adjutant Generals in the various states and gaining the support of all units and personalities involved. Col. Weltmer first entered the Kansas National Guard on April 1, 1904 as a private in F Company, 1st Regiment, Kansas National Guard in Hiawatha. Wherever he drove, people would call out Hello, Colonel; and he would reply, Fine; hows your family, Frank. He was much beloved by all who knew him. On 10 October 1956, he enlisted in Company B, 226th Engineer Battalion, Harper, Kansas as a Charter Member of this newly formed Engineer Battalion. He was a member of the American Radio Relay League, the Kaw Valley Radio Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, and Military Order of World Wars. Preserving the heritage and history of the Kansas National Guard. Colonel Fall began his military career on June 6, 1937 when he enlisted in Company G, 137th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division. He enlisted in September of 1861 in Co. C. Early in June 1866, while living in Leavenworth, he made friends with a young Boston man named Howard Kimball who was a salesman in Drakes Bookstore in Leavenworth. During his career he served in numerous Leadership and Command positions as all levels. Soon after graduation he enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard with the 242nd Engineers, which in 1965 became the 169th Engineer Company, Bridge Platoon. He has also been involved in the Seasons of Sharing Holiday Program in San Antonio by coordinating, collecting and delivering gifts to the less fortunate children of the community. Among his many awards and decorations are the Meritorious Service Medal; Air Force Commendation Medal; Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon; Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Ribbon; Kansas National Guard Meritorious Service Ribbon, and the Kansas National Guard Longevity Service Ribbon. He has since taken command of the 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment with the Mississippi National Guard. A photograph of that band in full dress uniform hung on the wall of his office for years. In 1893, he was made minister to Bolivia by President Cleveland, which he held for four years. It is reported in the Lutheran Observer of Dec. 16, 1892, that, He was with Col. Crawford at the balle of Mine Creek, and was but a few feet away when General Marmaduke (afterward Governor of Missouri) surrendered. In the follwoing years he served in a variety of positions and ranks including lieutenant, captain, and superintendent of refugees at Fort Smith. He had many runaways and small chick houses in his back yard. Since retirement, he has continued to serve fellow Veterans by transporting them and others to the VA Hospitals, donating untold hours and miles in his service. Lyman Allen Recently, he served as the president of the Brown County Chapter of Quail Forever, which provides youth hunting education, clay shooting and fishing derby opportunities. Next, he was shipped to Newport News, Virginia and assigned to the USS Gideon Wells, a Liberty Ship and sailed to Excabier, Africa, a Submarine Base. A true American Patriot. He was a born showman; he loved to ride on horseback at the head of a parade. He was active in the 137th Regimental affairs, serving as the Honorary Operations Officer for the Regiment. Signaling the end of a 21-year era, the Department of Defense has told the military services to sharply restrict the award of the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal beginning Sept. 11, according to a memo obtained by Military Times. The two became friends and Billard, in search of a new adventure, bought his first airplane from Longren and made his first flight on 7 April 1912. He was assigned as Deputy Commander, State Area Command (STARC), Kansas Army National Guard, effective September 30, 1982. Kennedy has been active in many organizations including serving as President of the Topeka Chapter of the AUSA, President of the NGAKS, President of the Topeka Chapter of the MOWW and State Commander of MOWW, Commander of Capitol Post #1 of the American Legion, Chairman, Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs, and Chairman, Military Academy Nomination Committee for Senator Sam Brownback. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and held the office of commandant of the post at Atchinson, and was twice a member of the Grand Council of Administration of the United States. He was the second man to enlist according to Col. Bruce Griffith, unit commander, who organized the unit for World War I. By staying the hand of vengeance He was released from active duty on January 23, 1946 with the rank of Major. In 1951, he became a Brigadier General assigned to Headquarters, 35th Infantry Division, and retired in February of 1958. On July 23, 1861 Allen was appointed Adjutant General. Starting in 1901, COL Allens heath became very poor again. As a part-time Guardsman and fulltime school administrator, he was a champion of the citizen-soldier. He came into the Kansas Air National Guard in 1965 with the 190th Tactical Reconnaissance Group in Hutchinson and ultimately became noncommissioned officer-in-charge (NCOIC) of the disaster preparedness section. Dr. Campbell of No. He attended Basic Combat Training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. Following active duty service he was assigned as the Battalion Communications Sergeant and promoted to Master Sergeant. He received an award for Best Editorial of the Year in Oklahoma Press Association competition. He died May 19, 1908 and is buried in Topeka Cemetery Section 61 Lot 1. He serves as an Executive Council Member with the American Legion of Great Bend and participates in the senior Citizen Food Distribution Program and Meals on Wheels. As a young child he had an adventurous spirit and desired to see America, the country he had read about. Following his service, Weltmer served with the Aviation Signal Corps at Waco, Texas. He graduated from the Air War College in 1999. On 12 May 1950, General DeGraw reentered the National Guard as Battery Commander, Headquarters Battery of the 135th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, Kansas Army National Guard, in Hays, Kansas. He served as the commander, 247th Signal Operations Company, the Signal Officer, 264th Antiaircraft Artillery Group, and was commander of the 444th Signal Aviation Battalion in the Aleutian Islands in 1945. During this period of service in Europe he was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, the Good Conduct Medal. He served as an infantry officer in Vietnam with assignments as Adjutant, 1st Battalion 508th Infantry; Assistant Brigade Plans and Operations Officer with the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division; and Executive Officer, 1st Battalion 505th Infantry, being promoted to Major and returning to duty with the 69th Infantry Brigade during December 1969. Through 18 September 2018, the U.S. Army 's III Armored Corps was responsible for Combined . Anderson was Postmaster for four years and when that job was relinquished, he accepted employment with the Rock Island at Topeka as general agent and as assistant general passanger agent for the lines west of the Missouri River.
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