Longren believed him to be a natural pilot. In his conversation, Colonel Hughes used many unique expressions; his vocabulary was extensive. I was there in 2014. A graduate of Washburn University of Topeka, he was named a Distinguished Service Award recipient in 1978 and in 1982 he was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame. Stephen Morris was born in Pennsylvania in 1763, subsequently settled in the Catskill Mountains in New York, and afterward removed to Allegany County, where he died in 1860. He was active in his local PTO. The curriculum he developed was adopted and expanded for use at the State NCO Academy in Salina, Kansas. He continued to support the unit, the Kansas army National Guard and the National Guard Association of Kansas. . The information about him is from the article below, printed in an unnamed Chicago newspaper. He started, organized, nurtured and maintenance such entities as the Credit Union, the family Support Newsletter, the Welcome Home Pageant for the 190th after Desert Shield/Storm, computer training programs, physical fitness programs and facilities and Air Guard membership in the Adjutant Generals Ceremonial Platoon. Col. OConnell returned to the Kansas National Guard in January 1953, was transferred to the Inactive Reserve in August 1953, and retired as a colonel on February 16, 1971. The next year, Lentz was sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas to activitateand command the 508th Military Police Battalion and deployed with them to England in December of 1943. In September, 1981, he was appointed as the deputy Commander of the 69th Infantry Brigade. Colonel Sarras long and faithful service embodies the best of the true Citizen Soldier. His entire childhood was spent in the Capital City. In 1864, he was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket. He loved food and was a tremendous eater in his earlier years. During World War II, Gen. Breidenthal served in the Pacific Theater as an officer of the 1st Cavalry Division and was on the staff of General MacArthurs headquarters. Master Sgt. Civil War Campaign MedalCol. He was released from active duty in 1976 and began a short period of time working for the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Beginning in 1993, two years following his retirment, CSM Elliott spent continuing time leading the volunteer effort to construct the Kansas National Guard Museum and continued as Museum Curator and President of the Museum Board of Directors to preserve the Kansas National Guard heritage. Goetz was United Way coordinator for the Postal Service for five years and assisted the Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon in Wichita for ten years. Dudley was born Bath, New York on March 19, 1835, was educated at Oberlin College in Ohio. Guilty, as charged, was the verdict Ferguson got up to within 20 feet of the insurgent fortifactions and then returned. As a civilian, Newby served as a special agent for the intelligence division of the Internal Revenue Service from 1948 until 1973. Two weeks ago on the evening of his departure for the west he got on another tear and was thrown into jail. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on Octeber 20, 1943 and serving as the 35th Division Ordanance Officer when the division was sent to Europe in June of 1944. He saw arduous service and participated in many of the fiercest battles of the Western armies, including Thompkins Station, Franklin (1863), Triune, Guys Gap, Shelbyville, War Trace, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Franklin (1864) and Nashville. His first important business venture was as a contractor for the construction of a short line of railroad in his native state, on which he realized a profit of $20,000. His career culminated as the Assistant Division Commander (Maneuver), Headquarters, 35th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Commander, 184th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Monticello, Mississippi and OPERATION SPARTAN SHIELD, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait: Dec 16: Oct 17: Director, Joint Staff - (MS)/ Land Component Commander, Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ), Jackson, Mississippi . During his 38 years of preaching in Kansas his only compensation was a pair of boots. Under Evans leadership, additional band members were recruited that shared his vision of a quality organization. After deputizing a young man to act in his place, he and a company of Volunteers marched to Fort Leavenworth, where he was enrolled and sworn into the United States service on the 16th day of July, 1861. After Abe Lincoln became president in 1861 it was soon proved that Robert B. Mitchell was a patriot above party jealousy, for at the first call for troops there was a meeting held on the public square at Mansfield May 14 and a company of the brave men of the county organized who made him their captain. Maj Meyer was activated and served at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea in 1968 with the 354th Combat Support Group. In September of 1950, his unit was ordered to active duty in Korea and Japan during the Korean War. He served as a Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain with the 4th Armored Division through 18 September 1945. He was a key member of the team that developed, organized and launched the Non-Commissioned Officers School for the State of Kansas. He returned to the Guard in 1921, and was assigned Adjutant to the 2nd Battalion of the 130th Field Artillery in Hiawatha. Pliley was one of the most effective scouts and one of the best cavalry officers of the day, but he is very modest, and never would push himself forward or toot his own horn. Dad played baseball and my brother used to go out and play catch with him. Van became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America in 1959. For 12 consecutive days he went without real sleep, until his daughter was finally declared convalescent. He was cited by the commanding general of the 35th Division for his bravery, coolness in the face of extreme danger, ability to command and for his conduct on the morning of September 26, 1918, in reforming and leading forward a line composed of scattered units of infantry and machinegun organizations near Cheppy, France, and by his example, inspiring and enabling them to complete their advance into Cheppy. In February, 1968, during the Pueblo Crisis, he was called to Active Duty with the 184th Tactical Fighter Group as First Sergeant of the Supply Squadron, deployed to Kusan Air Force Base, Korea. He was asked on numerous occasions by the NGB to assist with various projects because of his knowledge and skills in the personnel area. When the Civil War broke out, Peter and his three brothers enlisted as privates. Hock. His additional civilian positions held included Superintendent of the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory, and Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue. In 1891 he resigned from the Santa Fe and became the Topeka agent of the Pomeroy Coal Company of Atchison. During his career, he was instrumental in the successful conversion of his unit form the F-51, to the F-84, to the F-80, to the F-86, to the F-100 to the F-105 and ultimately, to the F-4D aircraft. Lt. Col. Webb enlisted in the 127th Fighter Group, Kansas Air National Guard, at McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas on 23 August 1956. Upon reorganization of the Kansas Army National Guard in 1963, he was assigned as Civil Affairs Officer and later as S3, 69th Infantry Brigade (Sep). The Second Kansas regiment were for the first time under fire, and only a few days after the great Bull Run disaster to the Union army in the east, and their heroism at Wilson Creek is a bright page in the history of the Federal army. He was recalled to active duty, as a Captain, in January 1968, in reaction to the Pueblo Incident and served at Kunsan AB, Korea until his release from active duty in 1969. The June 24 memo, signed by the DoD's undersecretary for personnel and readiness, Gilbert Cisneros, also limits award of the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal to just troops who serve on the. Becoming over-age-in-grade for combat branches in 1941, he was detailed as Base Quartermaster, Merced (California) Army Air Base. He continued to serve in this capacity until his retirement on 28 May 1986. After three years enlisted service, he attended OCS Class #1 in Topeka and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on 19 July 1957. The novelty of flight was a new adventure for many. She was an exceptional NCO, a proven combat leader, and an avid trainer who found strength and value in every soldier. The amethyst ring, which was originally given to my wife by me as a birthday present, I want to Celia to wear and hold her uncle tenderly in that dear heart, and to Mary I send my sweetest and tenderest love, and to all the rest of the relatives, both the Campbell and Bliss families, I send my best love, especially to my sister Mary. During this assignment in concert with the Chief of Staff of the Army National Guard (Colonel Dick Eckert) he developed the concept, designed and gained legislative approval of the National Guard vehicle license plates. He is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas. Upon activation of the Command and Control Headquarters for Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka he was named Commanding Officer and promoted to Colonel. ]AD;38g2z;j~Kx>d:(6A'66pbibaALr7y>E?\3l rWZ; e"9%49Y\: AR_s4t5S:`m.:G$B@:uv(UtZt,.;I+ With assistance from friends, he was able to attend Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg. In 1984, he became the conductor of the band and in 1984 he became the bandmaster and commander of the 42nd, followed by the 35th Division Band for 17 more years. 12, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias; the Modern Woodman of America; and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Soldiers from the Oklahoma Army National Guard prepare for a one-year deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield and 01.08.19 | Courtesy Publication | TFSpartan. On 15 June 1918, he flew an aircraft to the small village in France by the name of St Leon. He was truly a great National guardsman, Kansas and American. The Colonel took eight or nine spoonfuls of sugar in his coffee. He completed 44 years of military service to State and Nation with retirtement in February 1971, ranging from the rank of private to that of colonel. Tina Kotek, hands out the Governors Challenge Coins to each Soldier of Bravo Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry, spend time talking and catching up with each other Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry are presented with American Flags that were flown over Oregon Army National Guard members assigned to Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, were welcomed home during an official 01.30.23 | CPT Travis Mueller | PNGJFHPAO. Following assignments included Assistant Comptroller, Operations and Training Officer and State Recruiting and Retention Officer with Headquarters, Kansas Army National Guard in Topeka. Born just a week before the outbreak of the Civil War, his birthplace, Columbia, was in middle Tennessee, a region bitterly divided in its sentiments. 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. Lt. Col. Weller returned to the states and was seperated from active service on January 31, 1946. He also had membership on the State Military Board (1895-1921) where he made an important contribution in upgrading and bringing about reforms in the Kansas National Guard, was for many years Secretary of the National Guard Association of the United States, a member of the General Recruiting Service, and commanded troops during the coal miners strike in southeast Kansas. He was ordered to active duty with the 127th Field Artillery on 23 September 1940. 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. He served on the Southwest Boys Club Organization Committee and volunteered to assist with YMCA sports activities. He began his military career by enlisting in Battery C, 154th Field Artillery at Horton as Fire Direction Computer on 12 June 1950, the year he graduated from Horton High School. In 1862, at the age of twenty six, he escaped and found his way to a Union Army Regiment heading for Kansas. Fry was promoted to Brigadier General in February 1960 and assumed the duties of the Assistant Adjutant General (Air). Refer to DoD Manual 1348.33, Volume 2, for additional guidance. In December, 1874, he was appointed register in the United States land office at Larned, Pawnee County. Brigadier General Leo P. Tritsch has been a leader in the military, the nation, his community and his family. 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division until November 2017. Her father, John Quay, was a Pennsylvania farmer. In civilian life, Colonel Baker worked for the United States Postal Service and was Service Officer with the Wichita Police Department. The regiment joined the Army of the James and was engaged in the battles of Deep Bottom and Chapin Farm. In 1901, he was elected as clerk of Bourbon County District Court and developed an interest in law. He remained in Oklahoma for two years and took a prominent stand in the affairs of that remarkable territory. He moved with his family in 1853 to the Kansas territory (Highland, Kansas) where his father, a Methodist minister, worked in the misson field. A veteran of the Mexican Border Campaign, CPT Smith was wounded by a German bayonet while leading his combat infantry command during the hand-to-hand and trench warfare of World War I. Ballard, who is a Special Assistant to The Adjutant General, has recently been asked to establish a new training program for the certification of all medics in the Kansas Guard. In February 1976 the Engineer Battalion was reorganized into the 1-635th Armor. The new . Gen. Browne was well known also in the field of newspaper work as the editor and publisher of the Horton Headlight. His other assignments included supervisor of vehicle maintenance and a second tour as NCOIC of disaster preparedness. In 1970, working with the Wichita Chamber of Commerce he was able to establish the Citizen-Soldier Award which is presented annually to the most outstanding enlisted person in a Kansas Guard or Reserve unit. He grew-up working on the family farm and going to school until he was forced to take jobs in a fish canning factory and a construction company to help the family after his fathers health deteriorated. Taken from The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom, Volume VII, page 330-331, printed in 1904. Following this purchase and the planning of the Nickell Memorial Armory, Boyd was directed to develop an Officer Candidate School. He had served a total of three years and two months. Because of these actions, pro-slavery forces plundered his house and destroyed his goods. He was 72 years old. After the forced resignation of Adjutant General. Captain Strukel volunteered for active duty during the Vietnam War with the activated 69th Infantry Brigade (Sep) and was initally stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado where he served in several assignments to include Assistant Secretary to the General Staff, 5th Infantry Division and Protocol Officer for the Divison and Fort Carson until his assignment to Vietnam in November 1968. Davis Winkie is a senior reporter covering the Army, specializing in accountability reporting, personnel issues and military justice. On 1 September 1942 he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Army of the United States after having completed the Engineer Officer Candidate School. One year later, in 1867, he was elected a Shawnee County Treasurer. The following three tables identify those awards that are campaign and expeditionary medals. Brig. The remaining personnel would be assigned to other bases around the United States. He was promoted to Major on 4 March 1952, serving as S2 of the 137th Infantry Regiment. 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. Her father, though a resident of Columbus, Kansas, was general attorney for the Long-Bell Lumber Company, of Kansas City, Missouri. 3rd . Upon his return to Wichita, he was instrumental in the reactivation of the 127th Fighter Squadron, Kansas National Guard, which is known today as the 184th Bomb Wing. He was authorized his Overseas ribbon, Both GWOT's as well. By 1984 he was selected to be the Command Sergeant Major of the 1st Battalion 635th Armor. After heavy fighting, Japan was driven off the islands. Operation Enduring Freedom, which continues in East Africa. When the guerillas knocked roughly at his door and demanded admittance, threatening to kill all the inmates if resistance was offered, but making the usual promise that no one should be hurt if the door was opened and prompt surrender made. He was severely wounded on Sunday afternoon at Chickamauga, and during his convalescence was on detached duty at Nashville, Tenn., in charge of the commissary and quartermaster stores of the refugee barracks, which was under the control of Gov. Carrie Nation once censored him severely for smoking cigarettes. He stood out from the crowd. adjutant general he went to Los Angeles, Cal., where he undertook to practice law. 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. 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. He played an important role as a section sergeant to help build unit personnel strength. On 31 July 1972, he assumed the duties as the full-time Operations, Training, and Readiness Specialist with the 3rd Battalion, 137th Infantry Battalion. In February, 1979, he was transferred to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Kansas Army National Guard, as Asst. He reported that any assault was inpracticable and the project was abandoned. He wrote the Official Military History of Kansas Regiments during the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion.. He enlisted in the Kansas Air National Guard in 1970 after graduation and began Basic Training in September of that year. 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. 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. His awards include: The Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 3 Hourglass Devices, NCO Professional Development Ribbon with the Numeral 4, Army Service Ribbon, the KSNG Emergency Duty Service Ribbon with 1 Sunflower Device, KSNG Service Medal with three Sunflowers, and the Citizen Soldier Award for Outstanding Achievement for 1965. He was the Tan An Airfield Commander until November 1969 when he was released from active duty. He retired in 1998. endstream endobj 441 0 obj <>/Metadata 8 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/Pages 438 0 R/StructTreeRoot 12 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 442 0 obj <>/Font<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 443 0 obj <>stream During this time, he completed Armor Officer Advanced Course and Command and General Staff College. The Colonels actions received editorial plaudits from every corner of the United States. The Huffmans originated in Germany, but members of the family came to Pennsylvania in colonial times. Major General Jack Strukel Jr. began his military service by enlisting in the U.S. Air Force in 1953. He was released from active duty on 21 October 1945. In 1857 he again resumed his real estate and brokerage business which he continued until 1862, when he was appointed Adjutant General of Kansas, the first political office he every held. He died at his farm in Williamsburg about 5 p.m. on March 29, 1902, leaving a widow and three children. Those relations have only increased since then, and together, the U.S., UAE, along with other coalition members worked together to end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991. He remained with the unit when it moved to Topeka. Evans continues to dedicate a tremendous amount of time to civic and community organizations. He was always end man and his costume nearly always the same boyish one. Contrary to modern movie makers, the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Regiment was the first African American unit to engage the Confederates in the American Civil War. June 23, 1861 March 22, 1862. Brigadier General Edgar L. DeGraw was born on March 4, 1922 in Nanuet, New York. His inspired leadership while Adjutant General of Kansas resulted in the construction of 58 new Army National Guard Armories throughout Kansas. He was enlisted in Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 60th Field Artillery Brigade by another Hall of Famer, Howard S. Searle, in 1923. Gun fighters from Dodge City, under command of Sheriff Bat Masterson, were hired and hurriedly shipped to the line of contest. Martin died on May 8, 1953 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, at the age of 82. The Army, for example, determined in March 2004 that all active duty troops who served after Sept. 11, 2001, merited the award because theyd all served in some way in support of GWOT, according to the Human Resources Command website. In succeeding years he served as commander of the 105th Public Information Detachment, the 174th Supply and Service Battalion, and the Troop Command brigade. He remained on active duty until March 1956 having served in communications officers positions in the 2nd and 64th Field Artillery Battalions and the 25th Division Artillery. That action is described in the Burlington Daily Republican on February 21, 1923. Retired Command Sgt. He was promoted to brigider general January 1, 1947, while commanding the Kansas State Guard group which consisted of eight battalions. He returned to the Guard in 1939 and was activated along with the remainder of the 35th Infantry Division in December 1940. 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. Regular Army Colonel of Infantry. He was active in the 137th Regimental affairs, serving as the Honorary Operations Officer for the Regiment. On 26 June 1979, he was assigned as the Director, State Area Command and appointed as Brigadier General, subsequently becoming the Assistant Adjutant General, Kansas Army National Guard. His military career began when he enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard in 1963 in the 891st Engineer Battalion, Manhattan, Kansas. The unit never went wanting for fast and accurate supplies under Chief Carbon, even in the toughest transitions. Colonel OConnell was awarded the Silver Star Medal, the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart Medal and the French Croix DeGuerre with Gold Star. He started his regular banking business in 1869. His classic story was of the waitress, who, after putting in four spoonfuls, threw down the spoon and said; Shovel it yourself. He did a lot of those shenanigans like using so much sugar, and later salting his drinking water, solely for effect, so some said.
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