He has also been instrumental in partnering with the museum of the Kansas National Guard by securing and displaying aviation art. As a young child he had an adventurous spirit and desired to see America, the country he had read about. He was also awarded the Kansas Medal of Excellence, NGAKS and NGAUS Distinguished Service Medals and the Honorable and Ancient Orders of St Barbara and the Col Jim Gamble Award. Colonel Boyd retired in 1963 after more than 30 years of military service. In 1971, General Tritsch was assigned to command his home battalion, the 2nd Battalion 130th Field Artillery. COL Rayl enlisted in the USAR in January 1964 and was commissioned in the United States Army on March 1, 1965. This was a piece of advanced legislation which placed Kansas among the forefront of the states that were safeguarding the health of the people by securing the purity of foods and drugs. Two years later, he purchased the coal yard and operated it for 12 years. He has been called a true patriot and a model citizen-soldier by his superiors and subordinates. 2. The Colonel was an individualist if there ever was one. In 1962 he was selected as the second African American to attend and graduate from the Kansas Officer Candidate School and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 18 June 1962. 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. In April, 1981, Sommers was assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Kansas Army National Guard as the assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 and also served as the Assistant Chief of Staff G-2. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on 16 September 1983. He has led a life of more that ordinary activity, and his well-earned reputation will descend as a rich legacy and heritage to his children. In 1966, he was appointed staff administrative specialist for the 496th , making him responsible for all administrative and supply technicians (ASTs) in the two battalions and eight separate units in the 496th. Manchester, above, was deployed in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Throughout his career in the 154th and 130th Field Artillery, he was noted for his calm, caring leadership and personal commitment to the Guard. Since his enlistment came at the wars end, Sergeant Bausch would spend the first 22 years of his military service in the peacetime National Guard. He held numerous staff assignments, including the director of Facilities Engineering for the State Area Command for nearly eight years. Are walking blood banks coming to a field hospital near you? He refused it, saying that the U.S. Government had paid him during this time. At the end of the war, Martin was promoted to major general and became the Commanding General of the 35th Division, a post he held until his retirement on January 31, 1935. He began his military career by enlisting in 1955 with Company A, 174th Military Police Battalion, in Leavenworth. He joined the Kansas National Guard as a private in 1909, and was commissioned a few days later as a first lieutenant. He is a significant contributor to the Museum of the Kansas National Guard. In the 1920s, his units were activated on several occassions to counter violence associated with strikes. He has been involved in the honor guard of Brown County. SGM Trost is also a charter member of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of Kansas. PDF Fact Sheet - United States Army None of the four men who volunteered for the extremely dangerous mission and saved the unit, including Pliley, received the medal. When the 137th Infantry Regiment was mobilized on December 23, 1940, Bausch became First Sergeant of the Antitank Company, a unit formed from the old Topeka Howitzer Company. His courage and cool head averted bloodshed. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1953. His concern for the individual soldier was quickly noted as Quality of Life was one of his top priorities for all units and training and activities. He and his unit were shipped to the Philippines and participated in the Pacification Campaign to bring order to the islands. He was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame, 2 November 2003. On August 9, 1930, he was promoted to First Sergeant in Troop E, 114th Cavalry. After his release from Active Duty, he reverted to his Technician position as the Personnel Superintendent. On 9 September 1947, he received a direct commission to Second Lieutenant, serving as Assistant Finance Officer. The long, continuous career of his bank is remarkable when one considers the many trying time through which it was forced to pass in the early days of Kansas and is evidence of his wise and cautious management. On the breaking out of the war, he enlisted as a private in Co. B. He is a Deacon and Trustee for his church in Great Bend, Kansas. His military career began when he enlisted in the United States Air Force on 14 February 1948 where he served as a Photographer until 7 November 1949. CW4 Cornelius Vandermotten was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 16 June 1933. Oh, he was so proud of him, but he just never could resign himself to the fact he wasnt ever coming home.. (Cindi King/U.S. In 1963 he became the Personnel Warrant Officer in the unit. In the spring of 1863, settled in Lawrence, and opened a law office, entered into partnership with Hon. 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. Southwest Asia Service Medal (SWASM) (Operations Desert Shield . He commanded the 127TH Field Artillery Group from 1962 until 1967. Col. Weltmer gave a total of 43 years of his life to military service. As rumors and tension mounted about the invasioin of Sicily, his ship was completely unloaded and with him aboard, sailed to Hoboken, New Jersey. Colonel Hughes had a deep-seated love of city, county, state and nation. He was initially assigned as Platoon Leader with Company C, 2nd Battle Group, 137th Infantry. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award wit two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Award with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the National Defense Service Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Air Force Longevity Ribbon with seven Oak Leaf Clusters, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Air Force NCO Professional Military Education Ribbon, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Badge, the Air Force Training Ribbon and the Kansas Air National Guard Service Medal. He studied shorthand and became a court reporter, doing his first work in the courts of Independence, Kansas, where he moved in 1872. I then concluded I would go home to Rushville and try to rebuild my life. He served on the Headquarters staff as the Director of Security and was the State Aviation Officer during his last assignment in the KSNG. He was admitted to the bar in Iowa, but he had never practiced law. Anderson, besides serving as Jackson County surveyor and Topeka Mayor, was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1879 to 1883 and of the State Senate in 1899 and 1900. COL Robert Lyn Smith retired from the Kansas Army National Guard with more than 39 years of enlisted and commissioned service. United States campaign, expeditionary, and service medals, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia, "2 101st soldiers first to be awarded medal", "AWARDS UPDATE > The Official United States Marine Corps Public Website > Marines.mil - MARADMINS", "AWARDS UPDATE > The Official United States Marine Corps Public Website > Messages Display", "Streamers of the Marine Corps Battle Colors | Marine Corps University", "Executive Order Establishing Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal", "The New Anti-ISIS Medal: A Bit Too Crusadery? In spite of this, he postponed his treatment and asked to be excused from his SEA duties to serve as first sergeant of the newly-created 1701st Air Refueling Wing, Provisional, in Saudi Arabia. He is a graduate of the U. S. Army Command and General Staff College and the Tactical Commanders Development Course, both at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Pliley was one of four men who were able to sneek through enemy lines and travel 73 miles on foot to Ft. Wallace, Kan., to arrange a rescue. PDF CSM Jon Derek Noyes - United States Army In his conversation, Colonel Hughes used many unique expressions; his vocabulary was extensive. He was Editor and Publisher of Shawnee, Oklahoma New-Star from 1977 to 1982 and then Editor and Publisher of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Daily Ardmoriete from 1982 to 1986. My friends all regarded me as a man of unsound mind because I held the view that my wife was with me in spirit always. He was later assigned as Assistant G-1 (Personnel) then as the State Maintenance Officer and Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics. 35th Infantry Division from July 2017. His devotion to improving the training center led to a huge build up of ranges and facilities, which were used many times by units of the active Army, Marines, and Air Force, as well as Reserve and National Guard units from Kansas, Missouri, Colorado and North Dakota. He was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of fame on 4 November 2007. Though he continued to fill the position as sergeant major, George received the promotion commensurate with his duties in 1965. He was responsible for the rapid mobilization of the 184th Tactical Fighter Group during the Pueblo Crisis of 1968. These arent just words, but reasons why we work alongside so many militaries around the world. When the Santa Fe became involved in a controversy with the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad over right-of-way through the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Anderson was placed in charge of the Santa Fe forces. He was assigned an overseas tour in Italy and Austria from July 1952 until December of that year. My usefulness in this world is at an end. Without his vision and desire to make NBTC an outstanding training site it is doubtful whether the Kansas Regional Training Center would have ever developed. During his career, he served as president of both the National Guard Association of Kansas and the STARBASE Board of Directors; as chairman of the Kansas Army National Guard Council; as a member of the Board of Directors of the Museum of the Kansas National Guard, the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame Board, and the Kansas Military Advisory Board; and as the 5th Army representative on the National Guard Bureau Quality Advisory Council. COL Paul A. Cannady was born in 1895 and graduated from Yates Center High School in 1912. And this by the wooden pegs 93, Grand Army of the Republic, of Atchison. Maj Gen Edward R. Fry, the Adjutant General of Kansas from 1973 to 1980, was a veteran of more than 38 years of active and reserve service. Goetz also belongs to the Air Force Sergeants Association and the Air Force Sergeants Diamond Club. MSG Anderson was instrumental in starting an annual luncheon for military retirees held at the Sabetha VFW Post. On May, 1974, he became the personnnel superintendent of Headquarters, Kansas Air National Guard, until his retirement in May 1988 as a full-time employee and a Guardsman. I have never been able to devote myself to business since my wife died, and after Bliss [his son] was killed I lost all interest in life, but lived for the sake of living. The Spartan Sentinel is a monthly publication that covers the missions, events and activities of Task Force Spartan. Nelson Cobb, which continued till Mr. Cobb moved to Kansas City, in the fall of 1867. The National Guard facility at Burlington is dedicated in memory of his service to the State of Kansas as the Ferguson Memorial Armory. In World War II he landed on Omaha Beach with the 635th Tank Destroyer Battalion he had organized and trained, and later successfully held one sector against the Germans final drive in the Battle of the Bulge. That cooperation is a prime example of how interoperability during military operations led to the deepening of relationships between the U.S. and partner nations such as the UAE, and why bilateral training exercises such as Iron Union are so important. 5 of Atchinson. He resigned as Governor on November 4, 1868 to take command of the 19th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry Regiment which was to join the 7th U.S. Cavalry in the Custer-Sheridan winter Campaign of 1868-69. Upon his return, he received a direct commission in the Finance Corps on November 15, 1949 while with the United States Army Reserve. He was born at Arma, Kansas on 20 September 1931. He also established a national level board for more significant medals. After Basic Training, he was sent to Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, serving first in the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment and later in the 15th Field Hospital. COL Ballard is the only current Kansas Guardsman to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor. However, her contributions to this organization exceed that distinction. Capt. Charles Robinson, Adjutant General, to fill vacancy, and had the position of Private Secretary to Gov. On October 6, 1918, his plane was shot down by German machine-gun fire while attempting to deliver supplies to the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division. During the Korean War, the 127th Fighter Squadron was activitated and served with NATO forces in France with Fry in the position of Director of Operations.In the mid-1950s, Fry moved to the position of Deputy Chief of Staff (Air), Kansas Air National Guard, where he worked to obtain a second Air National Guard unit for the state. The ties and girders had been removed from the bridge and a small forticifaction at the end of the bridge commanded the approach so effectually that any attempt to carry it would be suicide. Reference (d) changed the criteria for the IRCM from 30 consecutive or 60 non-consecutive days within the Area of Eligibility (AOE) to 30 days, either consecutive or non-consecutive. Earlier, in 1866, he had been State Agent to Washington to secure the states claim for military expenditures and in 1883 he was Departmental Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Throughout his career, MSG Anderson was looked upon as a key leader, trainer, mentor and recruiter for the command. In 1964, Hart won a recruiting contest and a free trip to Washington, D.C. when he recruited 39 new soldiers. He took part in the battles of New Market, second Winchester, and on August 2, 1862, the engagement at Orange Court House, where he was wounded [shot in the left arm] and disabled for duty. Maintenance window scheduled to begin at February 14th 2200 est. A high school interest in photography affected in military assignments. In May 1963 he assumed command of Company C, 226th Engineer Battalion and served as Commander until July 1965. He was given pilot training and received his pilots wings and commission on March 12, 1944. He had previously received a citation for gallantry in action while serving as a Corporal with Company E, 20th Kansas Volunteer Regiment. 0 Task Force Spartan is a U.S. Army organization built on partnerships, especially enduring ones with militaries in the Middle East and Southwest Asia where TF Spartan supports Operation Spartan Shield, the mission to strengthen our defense relationships and build partner capacity in these areas. A photograph of that band in full dress uniform hung on the wall of his office for years. His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Japan Occupation Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Second Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Reserve Components achievement Medal with 4th Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Army Commendation Medal and the Kansas national Guard Service Medal with 10 and 20 year devices. He is a Life Member of the National Guard Associations of Kansas and the United States, serving three terms on the Board of Directors and volunteers for the Museum of the Kansas National Guard. John Roberts was skilled in the manufacture of engines and machinery, having learned this trade in his fathers factory in Ohio. He was assigned to the 130th for the next three years serving as S-4, S-3, and Executive Officer. I know that Pliley was a tremendously prominent figure at that timeHe is one of the gentlest, most unselfish and least calculating of men, simple-minded and frank, a man of great intelligence and common sense. I was there in 2014. Thomas J. Anderson He was instrumental in organizing the books division of the Fort Leavenworth schools, which publishes military textbooks for U.S. Army officers. He was a fine speaker and lecturer and was the possessor of a modest fortune, when a accident occurred that ruined his life. After heavy fighting, Japan was driven off the islands. During the Civil War, Judge Hughes property was occupied first by the troops of one side and then by the troops of the other. From the time of his military retirement in 1970, he was the Kansas State Director of Selective Service and served in that capacity in Federal Civil Service until his retirement in June 2001.
