Description This campaign was from 30 January to 1 April 1968. On 29 January 1968 the Allies began the Tet-lunar new year expecting the usual 36-hour peaceful holiday truce. Because of the threat of a large-scaleThis campaign was from 30 January to 1 April 1968. On 29 January 1968 the Allies began the Tet-lunar new year expecting the usual 36-hour peaceful holiday truce. Because of the threat of a large-scale attack and communist buildup around Khe Sanh, the cease fire order was issued in all areas over which the Allies were responsible with the exception of the I CTZ, south of the Demilitarized Zone.
Determined enemy assaults began in the northern and Central provinces before daylight on 30 January and in Saigon and the Mekong Delta regions that night. Some 84,000 VC and North Vietnamese attacked or fired upon 36 of 44 provincial capitals, 5 of 6 autonomous cities, 64 of 242 district capitals and 50 hamlets. In addition, the enemy raided a number of military installations including almost every airfield. The actual fighting lasted three days; however Saigon and Hue were under more intense and sustained attack.
The attack in Saigon began with a sapper assault against the U.S. Embassy. Other assaults were directed against the Presidential Palace, the compound of the Vietnamese Joint General Staff, and nearby Ton San Nhut air base.
At Hue, eight enemy battalions infiltrated the city and fought the three U.S. Marine Corps, three U.S. Army and eleven South Vietnamese battalions defending it. The fight to expel the enemy lasted a month. American and South Vietnamese units lost over 500 killed, while VC and North Vietnamese battle deaths may have been somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000.
Heavy fighting also occurred in two remote regions: around the Special Forces camp at Dak To in the central highlands and around the U.S. Marines Corps base at Khe Sanh. In both areas, the allies defeated attempts to dislodge them. Finally, with the arrival of more U.S. Army troops under the new XXIV Corps headquarters to reinforce the marines in the northern province, Khe Sanh was abandoned.
Tet proved a major military defeat for the communists. It had failed to spawn either an uprising or appreciable support among the South Vietnamese. On the other hand, the U.S. public became discouraged and support for the war was seriously eroded. U.S. strength in South Vietnam totaled more than 500,000 by early 1968. In addition, there were 61,000 other allied troops and 600,000 South Vietnamese.
The Tet Offensive also dealt a visibly severe setback to the pacification program, as a result of the intense fighting needed to root out VC elements that clung to fortified positions inside the towns. For example, in the densely populated delta there had been approximately 14,000 refugees in January; after Tet some 170,000 were homeless. The requirement to assist these persons seriously inhibited national recovery efforts.... More
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ADRIAN BOJESCUL, SGT. 1 ST. CLASS, 2 ND ARMORED DIVISION, PLATOON SERGEANT, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, BROTHER-IN-LAW. SILVIUS BOJESCUL, STAFF SERGEANT, 7 TH ARMY. BROTHER-IN-LAW.
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RETIRING, AFTER COMBINED FEDERAL (U.S. ARMY), 30.6 YEARS, AND IOWA NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE, 5.4 YEARS, TOTALING 36 YEARS. PLUS 3 YEARS INACTIVE RETIRED RESERVE IN THE VIII CORPS. PLUS 1.5 YEARS, CIVIL SERVICE, RED STONE ARMY DEPOT, TOTALING OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE.
Worst Moment
LOOKING FOR WORK TO SUPPLEMENT HIS RETIREMENT. DUE TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS WERE EXTREMELY LOW.
Chain of Command VIII Corps
UNITED STATES RETIRED RESERVES
DOYE O. SIVILS, 1 ST LT. AGC ASST AG.
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OUTINGS WITH MILITARY FAMILIES & FRIENDS. RETIRED STAFF SERGEANT E-05, 01 APRIL 1962. TRANSFERRED TO THE RETIRED RESERVE, 8 CORPS, 01 APRIL 1962 TO 01 APRIL 1965. COMPLETION OF 3 YEARS INACTIVE RETIREMENT RESERVE, DISCHARGED - SSG. E-6,ON, 01 SEPTEMBER 1965.
Best Friends
SERGEANT 1 ST CLASS ADRIAN BOJESCUL. BROTHER-IN LAW.
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RETIRING AFTER 36 YEARS OF SERVICE. IOWA NATIONAL GUARD 5 YEARS & 4 MONTHS PLUS 30 YEARS 8 MONTHS = TOTAL SERVICE 36 YEARS, PLUS 3 YEARS RETIRED RESERVE. TOTAL 39 YEARS.
Worst Moment
FINDING WORK TO SUPPLEMENT MY RETIREMENT. MOVING TO SAN ANTONIO TEXAS. HARD WORK AND SICK SON.
Chain of Command
DOYE O. SIVILS, 1 ST. LT. AGC ASST AG.
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FISHING, WITH FAMILY ENJOYING ARMY LIFE WITH FRIENDS & RELATIVES.
Description This campaign period was from 15 March 1962 to 7 March 1965. During this period, direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict increased steadily as U.S. trained Vietnamese pilots moved VietnameseThis campaign period was from 15 March 1962 to 7 March 1965. During this period, direct U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict increased steadily as U.S. trained Vietnamese pilots moved Vietnamese helicopter units into and out of combat. Ultimately the United States hoped that a strong Vietnamese government would result in improved internal security and national defense. The number of U.S. advisors in the field rose from 746 in January 1962 to over 3,400 by June; the entire U.S. commitment by the end of the year was 11,000, which included 29 U.S. Army Special Forces detachments. These advisory and support elements operated under the Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, a position established 8 February 1962. The object of American military assistance was to counter the threat to the government of the Republic of Vietnam posed by the insurgency of an estimated 30,000 regular communist Viet Cong and civilian sympathizers among the population. Despite what appeared to be considerable successes in consolidating the population in a series of defended strategic hamlets, and in establishing local defense forces, the U.S. equipped Army of the Republic of Vietnam repeatedly demonstrated an unwillingness to close with the enemy. A corrupt government and bitterly contending Vietnamese political factions further hampered a coherent prosecution of the war with American advisors, who nevertheless continued their efforts well into the period of large scale commitments of U.S. Army forces to the conflict. ... More
People You Remember MANY, SSG SIEREN WAS STATIONED FROM 1955 THRU 1958 AT FORT CHAFEE ARKANSAS,SENIOR STAFF SERGEANT, 4MANY, SSG SIEREN WAS STATIONED FROM 1955 THRU 1958 AT FORT CHAFEE ARKANSAS,SENIOR STAFF SERGEANT, 4 TH ARMY,.ON ALERT TO PCS OVERSEAS, THEN FROM 1958 THRU 1962 SSG SIEREN NEXT DUTY STATIONED, AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS, 3 RD CORPS, 2ND ,ARMORED DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, 502 ND, ADMINISTRATIVE Co's., ASSSISTANT TO THE COMPANY'S 1ST. SERGEANT.. ASSIGNING IN-COMMING AND OUTGOING TROOPS, THEIR DUFFLE BAGS AND MEDICIAL RECORDS AND ORDERS ALSO, ASSIGNMENTS TO AND FROM ANYWERE IN THE UNITED STATES OR OUT OF COUNTRY. ON ALERT TO DEPLOY TO SOUTH EAST ASIA, VIETNAM. ASSOGNED TO THE RETIRED RESERVE FROM 01 APRIL 1962 THRU 01 SEPTEMBER 1965 RETIRED RESERVE, 8 TH ARMY CORPS. ON ALERT TO BE CALLED TO BE ACTIVATED AND DEPLOYED TO SOUTH- EAST ASIA, VIETNAM, IF NEEDED. SSG SIEREN, HAD A VARITY OF MOS'S, THAT COULD BE VITAL, IN SOUTH EAST ASIA, VIETNAM, (POLICE ACTION), WAR. AWARDED NDSM WITH BRONE STAR. (2 ND AWARD), FOR SERVICE DURING THIS WAR, (POLICE ACTION)..... More
Memories FOR THREE YEARS SIX MONTHS DURING THE THREE YEARS, SIX MONTHS IN RETIRED RESERVDS. AWAITING A RECAL FOR THREE YEARS SIX MONTHS DURING THE THREE YEARS, SIX MONTHS IN RETIRED RESERVDS. AWAITING A RECALL TO ACTIVE DUTY.... More
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SFC ADRIAN BOJESCUL, PLATOON SERGEANT, FORT HOOD, TEXAS.
Best Moment
WINDING UP ALMOST 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE AND 5.4 MONTHS NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY SERVICE.
Worst Moment
HEAT AND HUDIMITY.
Chain of Command
3 RD CORPS
2nd Armored Division
2 ND BRIGADE
ARMORED CAVALRY
502nd Administration Company
ASSSISTANT TO THE COMPANY'S FIRST SERGEANT.
Other Memories RETROFITING THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING TO COMPLY WITH THE DIRECTIVES FROM DOD.
TRACKING SOILDERS TO AND FROM FORT HOOD, TEXAS TO OTHER DUTY STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES POSTS AND AROUND THE WORLD, TO VIETNAM ANDTHEIR POSISSIONS PROCESSING THEM IN AND OUT.
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SFC ADRIAN BOJESCUL, U.S. ARMY, INFANTRY. BROTHER-IN-LAW.
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LAST DUDY STATION; ASSISTANT TOTHE COMPANY'S 1 ST SERGEANT, VIETNAM ERA VETERAN, AWARDED NDSM 2 ND AWARD. ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, LETTER OF APPRECIATION, 01 APRIL 1962 RETIRED. .
Worst Moment
ENDING LONG CAREER, GETTING USE TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
Chain of Command
3 RD CORPS
2nd Armored Division
2 ND BATTALION 502nd Administration Company
Best Friends BROTHER IN LAW, SFC. PLATOON SERGEANT, ADRIAN BOJESCUL, 1 ST. CAVALRY DIVISION, FORT HOOD TEXAS. BROTHER-IN-LAW STATIONED TOGETHER. GOING FISHING AT BELTANE LAKE.
SPECIALIST SILVOUS BOJESCUL US. ARMY, 7 TH ARMY,STATIONED IN GERMANY..
Best Moment RETIRING 01 APRIL 1962. WINDING DOWN A LONG MILITARY CAREER. BEGAN 1922; 113 TH CAVALRY TROOP "E". AND RETIRING WITH THE 3 RD CORPS, 2 ND ARMORED DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, 502 ADMINISTRATION COMPANY. ARMORED CAVALRY.
Worst Moment
TRYING TO ADJUST TO CIVILIAN LIFE AND RELATATED TO CIVILAN PROBLEMS, LIVING CONDITIONS, RENT ETC..
Chain of Command FORT HOOD, TEXAS
3 CORPS
2 ND ARMORED DIVISION
2 ND BRIGADE
502 ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY,
ARMORED CAVALRY.
Other Memories AWARDED ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE, FROM 1959 -1965. COMPLETED (31.4) YEARS OF ARMY FEDERAL SERVICE, YEARS, WITH (3) YEARS RETIRED RESERVES AND NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE (5.4 YEARS), (1.6) YEARS REDSTONE ARMY DEPOT, CIVIL SERVICE TOTAL OF (41),YEARS OF SERVICE.
. AWARDED ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVIOUS FROM, MARCH 30, 1959 THRU 30 MARCH 1962. ALSO, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, WITH ONE, (1), BRONZE STAR, FROM 01 SEPTEMBER 1961, FOR SERVICE DURING THE VIETNAM, POLICE ACTION, (WAR), MILITARY ADVISERS, FROM 1955 - 1962 AND COMBAT TROOPS THRU END OF THE WAR MARCH 1975..
Criteria The Army Commendation Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguish themselves by heroism, outstanding achievement,... The Army Commendation Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who, while serving in any capacity with the Army, distinguish themselves by heroism, outstanding achievement, or meritorious service. MoreHide
Comments UPON COMPLETION OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE, SERGEANT (E-5) WILLIAM JOHN SIEREN, RA 20 705 117, 502D ADMINISTRATION COMPANY, CULMINATES HIS MILITARY CAREER WITH DISTINCTION IN HIS... UPON COMPLETION OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE, SERGEANT (E-5) WILLIAM JOHN SIEREN, RA 20 705 117, 502D ADMINISTRATION COMPANY, CULMINATES HIS MILITARY CAREER WITH DISTINCTION IN HIS FINAL ASSIGNMENT AS ASSISTANT TO THE FIRST SERGEANT, 502D ADMINISTRATION COMPANY, 2ND ARMORED CAVALRY DIVISION, FROM30 AUGUST TO 31 MARCH 1962. IN THIS POSITION SERGEANT SIEREN PERFORMED EACH OF HIS ASSIGNED DUTIES IN AN OUTSTANDING MANNER.HIS DUTIES THROUGH HIS ABILITIES AND EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SERGEANT SIEREN CONTRIBUTED TO EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE 502D ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY. EXHIBITING DEPENDABILITY, DIPLOMACY, AND IMITATIVE, SERGEANT SIEREN ASSURES THE PROMPT PROCESSING OF TRANSIENT PERSONNEL REPORTING TO THE 502 D ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY PRIOR TO FURTHER ASSIGNMENT. HIS EFFORTS ARE REFLECTED IN THE EFFECTIVE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION THAT TRANSIENT AND PERMANENT PARTY PERSONNEL RECEIVED DURING THEIR ASSIGNMENT TO THE COMPANY. SERGEANT SIEREN'S OVERALL EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE OF DUTY HAS EARNED HIM THE ADMIRATION AND RESPECT OF HIS SUPERVISORS AND SUBORDINATES. THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE, LOYALTY, AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DISPLAYED BY SERGEANT SIEREN"S REFLECTS THE HIGHEST CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND THE MILITARY SERVICE. EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS. 30-MARCH-1959 THRU 01-APRIL-1962. MoreHide
Criteria Awarded to any member or former member of the Louisiana National Guard who served honorably for a period of at least eighteen months (consecutively) during the Cold War era, May 8, 1945 to December 25... Awarded to any member or former member of the Louisiana National Guard who served honorably for a period of at least eighteen months (consecutively) during the Cold War era, May 8, 1945 to December 25, 1991. This award was established on July 1, 1999 for those volunteers who served honorably during the Cold War era to uphold the country\'s freedom in the face of a large and menacing enemy. MoreHide
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AWARDED FOR SERVICE DURING THE COLD WAR FROM 1941 THRU 1991. (RETROACTIVE).
Description The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American bThe Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation, elements of which were televised, was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Fidel Castro in July 1962 and construction of a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer.
The 1962 midterm elections were under way in the United States and the White House had denied charges that it was ignoring dangerous Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida. These missile preparations were confirmed when an Air Force U-2 spy plane produced clear photographic evidence of medium-range (SS-4) and intermediate-range (R-14) ballistic missile facilities. The United States established a military blockade to prevent further missiles from entering Cuba. It announced that they would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba and demanded that the weapons already in Cuba be dismantled and returned to the USSR.
After a long period of tense negotiations, an agreement was reached between President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification, in exchange for a U.S. public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba again without direct provocation. Secretly, the United States also agreed that it would dismantle all U.S.-built Jupiter MRBMs, which were deployed in Turkey and Italy against the Soviet Union but were not known to the public.
When all offensive missiles and Ilyushin Il-28 light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba, the blockade was formally ended on November 20, 1962. The negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union pointed out the necessity of a quick, clear, and direct communication line between Washington and Moscow. As a result, the Moscow–Washington hotline was established. A series of agreements sharply reduced U.S.–Soviet tensions during the following years.... More
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis or the Missile Scare, was aDescription
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation, elements of which were televised, was the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war.
In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961, and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba's request to place nuclear missiles in Cuba to deter future harassment of Cuba. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Fidel Castro in July 1962 and construction of a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer.
The 1962 midterm elections were under way in the United States and the White House had denied charges that it was ignoring dangerous Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida. These missile preparations were confirmed when an Air Force U-2 spy plane produced clear photographic evidence of medium-range (SS-4) and intermediate-range (R-14) ballistic missile facilities. The United States established a military blockade to prevent further missiles from entering Cuba. It announced that they would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba and demanded that the weapons already in Cuba be dismantled and returned to the USSR.
After a long period of tense negotiations, an agreement was reached between President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification, in exchange for a U.S. public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba again without direct provocation. Secretly, the United States also agreed that it would dismantle all U.S.-built Jupiter MRBMs, which were deployed in Turkey and Italy against the Soviet Union but were not known to the public.
When all offensive missiles and Ilyushin Il-28 light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba, the blockade was formally ended on November 20, 1962.... More
Memories STATIONED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS, ON FULL ALERT, POTENTIAL WAR WITH RUSSIA, DUE TO MISSILES ON CUBA SOISTATIONED AT FORT HOOD, TEXAS, ON FULL ALERT, POTENTIAL WAR WITH RUSSIA, DUE TO MISSILES ON CUBA SOIL. BROTHER=IN-LAW ALSO ON ALERT DURING THIS TIME.
SFC. ADRIAN BOJESCUL 1 BRIGADE 50 TH DIVISION, INFANTRY. FORT HOOD, TEXAS.... More
Description Operation White Star (also known as Project White Star) was the code name for a United States military advisory mission to Laos during the first years of the Second Indochina War, which would eventualOperation White Star (also known as Project White Star) was the code name for a United States military advisory mission to Laos during the first years of the Second Indochina War, which would eventually become known in the United States as the Vietnam War. The purpose was to train the Royal Laotian Army as well as indigenous Hmong, and Yao tribesmen to fight the Pathet Lao communist insurgency. This was later extended to include combat against the North Vietnamese Army, which was increasingly using Laos as a staging, transit and resupply area for its operations in South Vietnam.
White Star began in 1959 as "Operation Hotfoot" with the deployment of 107 United States Army Special Forces soldiers (Green Berets) of the 77th Special Forces Group —later named the 7th SFG in May 1960—under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons. Because Laos was ostensibly a neutral party to the conflict between the United States and North Vietnam, the soldiers did not wear United States Army uniforms.
In 1961, however, the United States lent full and open support to the Vientiane government and the program was renamed "Operation White Star" with U.S. soldiers openly wearing their uniforms. Operation White Star formally ended in July 1962 when Laotian neutrality was officially established. Counterinsurgency efforts were then managed covertly by the Central Intelligence Agency.... More
People You Remember MANY, BROTER-IN-LAW, SFC ADRIAN BOJESCUL, PCS'ED TO KOREA, 1 ST CAVALRY DIVISION, INFANTRY.
BROTHER-MANY, BROTER-IN-LAW, SFC ADRIAN BOJESCUL, PCS'ED TO KOREA, 1 ST CAVALRY DIVISION, INFANTRY.
BROTHER-IN-LAW, SILVOUS BOJESCUL, U.S.ARMY, STATIONED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
SENIOR STAFF SERGANT WILLIAM JIHN SIEREN-AWARDED 2 ND NDSM, W-BRONZE STAR, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL FOR METERIOUS SERVICE, LETTER OF APPRECIATION. (COMMENDATION).... More
Memories PRE[ARING SOIDERS FOR TRANSFER TO AND FROM STATESIDE AND TRANSFER TO AND FROM VIETNAM. FROM, 3 RD COPRE[ARING SOIDERS FOR TRANSFER TO AND FROM STATESIDE AND TRANSFER TO AND FROM VIETNAM. FROM, 3 RD CORPS, 2 ND ARMORED DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, 502 ND ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANY.... More
Criteria The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service... The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service during the current War on Terrorism. In addition, all members of the National Guard and Reserve who were part of the Selected Reserve in good standing between August 2, 1990, to November 30, 1995, are eligible for the National Defense Service Medal. In the case of Navy personnel, Midshipment attending the Naval Academy during the qualifying periods are eligible for this award, and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen ae only eligible if they participated in a summer cruise that was in an area which qualified for a campaign medal. MoreHide
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SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1920 -1962. AWARDED NDSM- WITH 1 BRONZE STAR; FOR SERVICE DURING SOUTHEAST ASIA - THE VIETNAM WAR .1960-1961. WHILE THE VIETNAM WAR WAS IN EFFECT. 1958-1975.
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FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 7 TH ARMY, INFANTRY DIVISION, 647 th ENGINEERING BRIGADE, 47 ENGINEERING BATTALION, 471, QUARTERMASTER BATTALION, ASSIGNED AS THE LEAD SUPERVISORY (MESS SERGEANT), SUPERVISORY STAFF SERGEANT FROM 1954-1956, FOR THAT BATTALION. COMPLETED A COURSE FOR THAT BATTALION, ALSO, FOR MESS SERGEANT DUTIES, IN 1952. THEN PCS'ed TO HIS NEXT DUTY STATION, FORT CHAFFEE, ARKANSAW, 1954-1957.
Best Moment
GETTING CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, REENLIST FOR LAST 6 YEARS, 09 FEBRUARY 1956, REENLISTED WALTERS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS.
Worst Moment
SMALL LIVING QUARTERS, HAD TO DO ALL THE REPAIR WORK OURSELVES, MARY & ME. PER MY DAD..THEN GETTING READY IN TWO YEARS FOR NEXT TRANSFER TO 4 TH ARMY, FORT CHAFEE, ARKANSAS.
Chain of Command
Lt.Donald M. Fraser, Major CE (USAF).
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MY DAD SAID WHEN WE MOVED TO TEXAS.
Best Friends
Nephew, Corporal Francis Sieren, stationed with me there, Fort Riley Kansas, Corporal Francis Sieren. Everyone thought he was my son. I was his Uncle, but treated him like a son. Good times. (per my dad.)
Best Moment
Having Family, Nephew there. Having family stationed together. (per my dad). My second child was born, also my nephew had a daughter born there too.
Worst Moment
Transferring again, as my nephew stayed there. (Per My Dad) transferring again, on the move, my nephew, CORPORAL FRANCIS SIEREN stayed there, AT FORT RILEY, KANSASS.
Chain of Command SEVENTH (7), ARMY, FORTY-SEVENTH
(647), ENGINEERING, REGIMENT,
47 TH ENGINEERING BATTALION. FORT RILEY, KANSAS.
OCTOBER 1952 THRU NOVEMBER 1954. PCSed TO CALIFORNIA. Q M., SCHOOL
TRAINING, COMPLETED ASSIGNED COURSES.
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MESS SERGEANT, COOKING FOR WHOLE COMPANY & COMMANDER, WITHOUT A HITCH. WAS COMPLEMENTED BY BASE COMMANDER SEVERAL TIMES FOR HIS EFFICIENCY, AND CHARACTER IN PERFORMING THE DUTIES HE WAS ASSIGNED. FROM COMPLETION OF MEALS FOR THE 647 ENGINEERING, 47 TH ENGINEERING BATTALION, 7 TH ARMY, AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. ALSO, HIS DIVISION, 7 TH ARMY, WAS ON STANDBY FOR DEPLOYMENT TO KOREA. DURING THE POLICE ACTION, 1952 THRU 1953. AWARDED A NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, 1 ST. AWARD FOR SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT, (WAR), 1950-1954.
Best Friends
MANY, ESPECIALLY MY NEPHEW, CORPORAL, FRANSIS SIEREN.
Best Moment
MESS SERGEANT, COOKING FOR WHOLE COMPANY & COMMANDER, WITHOUT A HITCH. WAS COMPLEMENTED BY BASE COMMANDER SEVERAL TIMES FOR HIS EFFICIENCY, AND CHARACTER IN PERFORMING THE DUTIES HE WAS ASSIGNED. FROM COMPLETION OF MEALS FOR THE 647 ENGINEERING, 47 TH ENGINEERING BATTALION, 7 TH ARMY, AT FORT RILEY, KANSAS. ALSO, HIS DIVISION, 7 TH ARMY, WAS ON STANDBY FOR DEPLOYMENT TO KOREA. DURING THE POLICE ACTION, 1950 THRU 1953. AWARDED A NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL, 1 ST. AWARD FOR SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT, (WAR), 1950-1953.
Worst Moment
BEING ACTIVATED FOR DEPLOYMENT TO KOREA FOR COMBAT DUTY WITH 7 INFANTRY, THEN DUE TO PEACE TALKS, ACTIVATATION, CANSELED.
Chain of Command
7 TH INFANTRY DIVISION 647th Area Support Group
47 TH ENGINEERING BATTALION
Other Memories
LOOKING FOREWARD TO BIRTH OF SECOND CHILD, EVELYN MATHILIDA SIEREN, MARCH 23, 1954.
Criteria The Army Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members of the Army who distinguish themselves by exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity during a specified period of conti... The Army Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members of the Army who distinguish themselves by exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity during a specified period of continuous enlisted active service (normally three years in peacetime). MoreHide
Criteria The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service... The National Defense Service Medal is awarded for honorable active service as a member of the Armed Forces during the Korean War, Vietnam War, the war against Iraq in the Persian Gulf, and for service during the current War on Terrorism. In addition, all members of the National Guard and Reserve who were part of the Selected Reserve in good standing between August 2, 1990, to November 30, 1995, are eligible for the National Defense Service Medal. In the case of Navy personnel, Midshipment attending the Naval Academy during the qualifying periods are eligible for this award, and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen ae only eligible if they participated in a summer cruise that was in an area which qualified for a campaign medal. MoreHide
Comments U.S. ARMY SERVICE 16-SEPT.- 1953
FOR SERVICE DURING; THE KOREAN WAR. WITH THE 7 TH ARMY, 647 ENGINEERING REGIMENT, 47 THE ENGINEERING BATTALION, FROM FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 1952 THRU 1954.1 ST AWARD., ... U.S. ARMY SERVICE 16-SEPT.- 1953
FOR SERVICE DURING; THE KOREAN WAR. WITH THE 7 TH ARMY, 647 ENGINEERING REGIMENT, 47 THE ENGINEERING BATTALION, FROM FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 1952 THRU 1954.1 ST AWARD., MoreHide
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MANY STATIONED THERE. BROTHER-IN-LAW, ADRIAN BOJESCUL JOINED THE ARMY IN 1952 AT LOS CRUSES, NEW MEXICO, TO RETURN TO HIS MILITARY CAREER. USAISA, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, ARTILLERY CHEIF.
Best Moment
ARRIVING AT WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO, ANOTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCE. 2 ND HEAVY ARTILLERY.
AWARDED 3 RD., GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH 2 ND CLASP, 12 TH RECOMMENDATIONS, SETBEMBER 1952.
Worst Moment
GETTING ILL. TRANSFORED TO DENVER COLORADO, FMAC. FOR EXAMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, FOR TREATMENT PLAN. THEN RETURN TO WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO, TO HIS ARMY CAREER,
Chain of Command
US Army Information Systems Engineer Command (USAISEC)
WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO
2ND VERY HEAVY ARTILLERY SUPPORT GROUP HQ COMPANY 8452D AAU SWC.
Best Friends
MANY, EXPECTING MY BROTHER-IN-LAW FROM GERMANY.
Best Moment
ARRIVED FROM LONG & OVERDUE SHIP CRUSE FROM EUROPE. GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO THE USA, AGAIN IN FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY.
22 MAY 1950, BROOKLAND, NEW YORK.
Worst Moment
MOVING AGAIN TO WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO, VERY HEAVY ARTILLERY.
Chain of Command 7 TH ARMY
HHC, Southeastern Signal School (Staff) Fort Monmouth, NJ
Best Friends
MY NEW BROTHER-IN-LAW. , ADRIAN, & FAMILY.
Best Moment
LEAVING EUROPE WITH FAMILY BACK TO THE USA.TO NEW DUTY STATION, 94 TSU-SIG SIG CENTER FORT MONMOUTH NEW JERSEY, USA. 10-MAY-1950.
Worst Moment
HIGH SEAS.
Chain of Command
LT. CO. JOHN C. GOLDEN
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+LONG SEA TRAVEL, BY TROOP SHIP TO BROOKLYN NEW YORK, WITH MY WIFE MARIE, & DAUGHTER VIOLA. WILL BE SENDING FOR BROTHER-IN-LAW AND PARENTS IN LAW IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Best Friends
Sergeant 4 th grade, met his future wifw, Marie Helen Bojescul and her brothers and parents in Germany. In between assignments, they became inseperatable and were eventually married on 06 January 1948 October 19, 1948 a baby daughter, Viola Lena was born.
Sergeant 4 th grade was promoted to Corporal and was awarded in 1947 the following medals; American Camgaigne, Good Conduct, Eastern African, Theator, WWII, Occupatation, (Germany/Austria), WWII Victoria Medals. M-1 and 1911-45 Expert Qualified - 1949. Two more promotions from Corrporal to Sergeant 3 th grade, As the tour was winding downn, Sergeant third grade Sieren was transfered, via, TROOP-SHIP, and his family, from Bremmerhaven Germany to NEW YORK, USA, ON THE 08, OF MAY 1950. Also, Sergeant Sieren received a letter from President Truman thanking him for his service during the efforts during World War ll, dated may 08, 1950. Sergeant 3 rd grade Sieren was again promoted temporally to Staff Sergeant, being permanent on the fall of 1952.
Best Moment
ARIVING BACK IN THE USA AFTER 7 LONG DAYS AT SEA, WITH A NEW FAMILY TO START A NEW LIFE TOGETHER AT FORT MOMOUTH, NEW JERSY, 34 TH DIVISION, SIGNIAL.UNIT.
Worst Moment
CHOPY SEAS, LONG LONG SEA VOYAGE WITH WIFE AND BABY. loosing a stuffed douffle-bag with uniforms, wear assorted items, also, not to be found, turned in a claim for lost duffle bag and contence. A lot of other GI's had their duffle-bags lost or left at the docks in Germany. Never to have retreived them again.
Chain of Command
FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 14 MARCH 1945, TECHNICAL 5 TH. GRADE, W.J. SIEREN, LEFT THE US.A, BY TROOP-SHIP BOUND FOR EUROPE, TO AND THRU LE HAVEN, FRANCE THEN TO AND THRU BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY, VIENNA, SALZBURG AND FINALLY, CAMP McCAULEY, LINZ, AUSTRIA, WITH THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE, (RIFLE), COMPANY, "D", AS THE ADVANCED DIVISION ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN OCCIPATION FORCES EUROPEAN FOREWARD COMMAND, MILITARY POLICE, FROM 26 MARCH 1945 THRU 08 MAY 1950.
THEN SERGEANT 3 RD GRADE, W. J. SIEREN, WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 25 TH TRANSPORTATION CORPS FROM, IN ROUTE FROM BREVANHAVEN GERMANY TO BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, USA. WITH HIS NEW WIFE, MARIE, (MARY) H. AND THEIR 1 YEAR AND THREE MONTH OLD DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA, AFTER SERVING IN FOREIGN SERVICE, APPROXIMATELY 5 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS YEARS IN EUROPE. WITH THE 7 TH ARMY, USAREUR, SWORD OF FREEDOM UNIT, 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMIENT, EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION FORCES, FOREWARD; EUROPE, COMMAND. MILITARY POLICE, RIFLE Co., D.
Other Memories
As a Constibolary Service, providing security and Police Protection, order, arrests, control and other services as deamed neccessary using service to the entire Country Side of Austria. THE "US. ARMY EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION COMMAND, EUROPE", WAS DESIGNATED TO THE "350 TH INFANTRY "REGIMENT, TO POLICE AND SUPERVISE AND TO REDUCE THE, INSURGENTS, NAZI'S SYMPATHISERS, AND ROOT OUT ANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE NAZIE PARTY, INSURGEANTS, AS WELL AS OTHER LAW BREAKERS THAT WERE STILL IN OPERATION, AFTER THE SURRENDER OF GERMANY IN LATE AUGUST, 1945 THRU THE OCCUPATATION 1955..
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ASSOGNED AS A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER, WITH THE USAREUR, EUROPEAN COMMAND, SWORD OF FREEDOM, 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE, (RIFLE), COMPANY, "D", FROM 26 MARCH 1946 TO MAY 08 1950. TECHNICAL 5 TH GR. PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT 4 TH., GRADE, CORPORAL, THEN HE WAS PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL SERGEANT, 3 RD GRADE. MEDALS AWARDED; AMERICAN DEFENSE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER AFRICAN MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH 1 BRASS CLASP, WW II OCCUPATATION MEDAL, GERMANY BAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL. SIX HASH MARKS, FOR SERVICE, SPECIFIED DURING, "COMBAT" , (3 YEARS), 8 SERVICE MARKS FOR SERVICES, ONE FOR EVERY THREE YEATS. RIFLE, M-1 AND PISTOL, 1911-45 EXPERT QUALIFIED.
On 24 November 1950, EUCOM activated Seventh Army with Headquarters at Stuttgart to take over from USAREUR the Command and ground service forces. Other USAREUR functions reverted to EUCOM. USAREUR continued, however, to function without troops, so as to satisfy certain legal requirements, such as those associated with courtmartial responsibilities.
Best Moment HQ U.S. Army, Europe DUI
(Source: The Origin of Headquarters USAREUR, HQ USAREUR Public Affairs Office)
THE ORIGIN OF HEADQUARTERS USAREUR
Chart 1
On 8 May 1945 (VE Day) Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) and its closely associated Communications Zone headquarters were located in Paris. The same officers generally served on both headquarters staffs. ETOUSA, the highest headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe, determined the policies to be implemented by its subordinate commands. (See Chart 1)
Effective 1 July 1945, Headquarters ETOUSA was redesignated as Headquarters, United States Forces, European Theater (USFET) , and one month later the communications zone organization lost its wartime title when ii was redesignated as Theater Services Forces, European Theater (TSFET), a counterpart of Army Services Forces in the United States. USFET headquarters was located in Frankfurt, Germany, as were the most important TSFET functional centers.
Chart 2
TSFET was discontinued on 28 February 1946, its functions being transferred to Continental and Base Sections, which had been activated as major commands of TSFET on 10 December 1945 and 15 January 1946, respectively. Concurrent with the discontinuance of TSFET, the Continental and Base Commands were designated as major commands of USFET. (See Chart 2)
Chart 3
On 15 March 1947, USFET was redesignated as European Command (EUCOM), a joint-service command whose Army element was designated as U.S. Ground and Service Forces. On 15 November, the U.S. Ground and Service forces was redesignated as United States Army, Europe (USAREUR), a non-operational paper organization created to furnish a ground and service commander with the command apparatus required to provide administrative and logistic support. USAREUR's general and special staff duties were performed by the offices and personnel of the general and special staff divisions of EUCOM headquarters. (See Chart 3)
In the spring of 1948, Headquarters EUCOM moved from Frankfurt to Heidelberg so as to provide space in Frankfurt for the agencies created as a result of the merger of the British and U.S. occupation zones. To make room for Headquarters EUCOM in Heidelberg, the Constabulary headquarters moved to Stuttgart. Both moves ware completed in early 1949.
By the end of 1949, the Berlin Blockade had officially ended (12 May); General Huebner had replaced General Clay as the Commander in Chief, EUCOM (15 May); U.S. Forces, Austria, had become an independent command under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (23 May); the Headquarters, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) had moved from Berlin to Frankfurt (12 August); General Handy had assumed duties as Commander in Chief, EUCOM and as Commander in Chief, USAREUR (2 September); and Mr. J.J. McCloy had became the U.S. Military Governor and the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG) (12 September).
On 24 November 1950, EUCOM activated Seventh Army with headquarters at Stuttgart to take over from USAREUR the command and ground service forces. Other USAREUR functions reverted to EUCOM. USAREUR continued, however, to function without troops, so as to satisfy certain legal requirements, such as those associated with courtmartial responsibilities.
Chart 4
On 1 August 1952, a new unified command, United States European Command (USEUCOM) with headquarters in Frankfurt was established. On the same date, Headquarters EUCOM in Heidelberg was redesignated Headquaters USAREUR. Thereby, USAREUR became, for the first time since its establishment an operating headquarters in its own right. USAREUR absorbed most of the former EUCOM staff and assumed most of the functions previously performed by EUCOM. USEUCOM assumed command of all U.S. forces in Europe, excluding, those in Berlin, Trieste, and Austria. USAREUR became the administrative headquarters for all Arrmy forces in the same area, excluding Trieste and Austria, both of which performed this function independently. The Commander in Chief, USEUCOM, delegated to the Commander in Chief, USAREUR, responsibility for continuing to administer the military aspects of the US presence in Germany and, in this role, to continue to operate as a single point of contact for dealing with the German authorities and with the Office for the US High Commissioner for Germany. The Commander in Chief, USAREUR, also assumed command of the newly created Central Army group (CENTAG), as one of NATO's tactical headquarters under which were placed the US Seventh Army and French forces. (See Chart 4)
On 10 October 1952, Headquarters, USEUCOM began to move from Frankfurt, Germany, to the vicinity of Paris, France. On 1 December, the Communications Zone, with headquarters in Orleans, France, became a USAREUR major subordinate command.
In October 1955, the last of US troops withdrew from Austria and the US Army Southern European Task Force (USASETAF) with headquarters in Vicenza, Italy, was established as a subordinate command of USEUCOM. On 1 January 1956, USASETAF was made a USAREUR subordinate command.
On 1 December 1966, USAREUR and Seventh Army headquarters merged at Heidelberg, the USAREUR headquarters being redesignated Headquarters, United States Army, Europe and Seventh Army.
TECHNICAL SERGEANT SIEREN MET AND MARRIED HIS WIFE, MARIE HELEN BOJESCUL AND HAVING THEIR LITTLE DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA, ON OCTOBER 19, 1948. ALSO THEIR BROTHER-IN-LAWS, ADY AND SIGI. LATER TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN 1952 AND 1956 RESPECTIFICATLY. SOON TO FOLLOW THEIR IN-LAWS HIS IN-LAWS.
Worst Moment
ALL THE WAR TOREN EIROPE, FIGHTING, ENSURGENTS, FIGHTERS, POLICING IN A FOREIGN LAND.. NON - -UNIFORMED SYMPATHIZERS, CONTINUING THE FIGHT. NAZIE SYMPAHIZERS ALONG WITH EX-GERMAN SOLDIERS STILL CONTINUING TO FIGHT LEAEVING THE BELIWERED POLICE SOILDERS ON CONSTAINT GUARD AT EACH AND EVERY TURN.
Chain of Command
SENVETH ARMY
EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION FORCES COMMAND, EUROPE.
350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT;
SWORD OF FREEDOM UNIT'
68 TH MILITARY POLICE, RIFLE COMPANY, "D",.
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA,
CAMP McCAULEY,
LINZ, AUSTRIA.
Other Memories
SERGEANT THIRD GRADE, WILLIAM JOHN SIEREN, DEPARTED EUROPE, ASSIGNED TO THE 25 TH TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT, ON 08 MAY 1950 FROM BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY WHILE SERVING WITH THE
USAREUR, SEVENTH ARMY, 7 TH., ARMY EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES COMMAND, EUROPE,
350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT;
SWORD OF FREEDOM UNIT'
68 TH MILITARY POLICE, RIFLE COMPANY, "D",.
SALZBURG, AUSTRIA,
CAMP McCAULEY,
LINZ, AUSTRIA.FOR SERVICE, PRE, DURING AND POST WORLD WAR II. WITH HIS NEW WIFE, MARIE (MARY), HELEN AND THEIR BABY DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA, ARRIVING ON THE 22 ND OF MAY 1950, AT BROOKLYN NEW YORK, USA. CONTINUING WITH HIS SERVICE, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE SIGNAL CORPS, STATIONED, FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY., ON OR ABOUT MAY 30 TH 1950..
Best Friends
THE 34 INF DIVISION WAS DISBANDED IN 1946 AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES WERE TRANSFERED TO THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION FORCES, COMMAND, EUROPE. 7 TH ARMY, TO INCLUDE THE 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, EUROPEAN COMMAND, CENTRAL AUSTRIA. THREE WERE ESTABLISHED IN AUSTRIA; NORTHERN, VIENNA/AUSTRIA, CENTRAL/AUSTRIA, SOUTHERN - AUSTRIA. SPECIFICALLY THE CENTERAL FORCES WERE ESTABILISHED FOR CENTERAL AUSTRIA, SALZBURG AND LINZ, FOR THE 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, AND ESPECIALLY THE 4 TH COMPANY, "D" WAS THE MILITARY POLICE C0's RESPONSIBILITY FOR FOR LINZ AND SALZBURG AUSTRIA.
Stationed from March 26, 1946 with the European Occupatation Forces Command, Europe, with the 350 th Infantry Regiment as a Police Supervisor, last grade Sergeant 3 rd Grade, DURING 1946 THRU 08 May 1950, WHEN HIS TOUR SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETATED. SERGEANT THIRD GRADE SIEREN ETS TO BREEMERHAVEEN GERMANY TO MEARGE WITH THE 25 TH TRANSPORTABLE DETACHMENT/UNIT TO DISEMBARK, VIA WITH THE TRANSPORT SHIP TO BROOKLYN NEW YORK, ON THE 08 OF MAY 1950 AND ARRIVE APPROXIMATELY, 1 WEEK LATER AT NEW YORK, ACCROSS ELLIS ISLAND, NEW YORK, THE 22 OF MAY 1950, WITH HIS NEW WIFE, MARIE HELEN AND THEIR NEW BAY DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA TO AMERICA. ACCROSS THE CHOPPY SEAS, IT TOOK ABOUT 7-8 DAYS TO ARRIVE IN THE U.S. UNFORTINUTALLY, HIS DOUFFLEBAG WAS LOST WITH MOST OF HIS POSSISSIONS.
Best Moment
AMONG OTHERS, RECEIVED A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT TRUMAN THANKING THE SOILDERS FOR THEIR SACRAFICE AND THEIR SERVICE, DATED MAY 08, 1950.
GOING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES WITH MY WIFE AND BABY DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA.
Worst Moment
THE LONG VOYAGE WITH SICK PEOPLE AND CRAMPED QUATERS. SOMEONE STEELING MY DOUFFLEBAG WITH MY GEAR AND TRYING TO TURN IN A CLAIM.
Chain of Command
EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION FORCES, COMMAND.EUROPE,
7 TH ARMY
350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENTH
(USAREURO) - SWORD OF FREEDOM UNIT
350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT
524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
68 TH MILITARY POLICE, RIFLE COMPANY, "D"
LAST DUTY STATION;
CAMP McCAULEY, LINZ, AUSTRIA.
Other Memories
DEPARTED BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY, A LONG, SEA VOYAGE TO BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, WITH A NEW WIFE, MARIE,(MARY), AND BABY DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA SIEREN, ASSIGNED TO THE TRANSPORTATION UNIT. THE VOVAGE THE JOURNEY TOOK ONE WEEK, (I). ARRIVED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK MAY 15 TH, 1950.
Best Friends
ARRIVED IN LEHAVEN, FRANCE, APRIL 3, 1945 AFTER LEAVING BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, VIA TROOP-SHIP, 26 MARCH 1945. UNITS AND DUTIES NOT AVAILABLE, RECORDS LOST AND NO COPIES. HOWEVER, FROM FRANCE, HE WENT THRU GERMANY, BREMERHAVEN, GERMANY THRU VIENNA, TO SALZBURG AND FINALLY LINZ AUSTRIA,
IN 1945 THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS RETURNED TO THE U.S. AMERICA FOR OTHER DUTIES AND THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES WERE ASSUMED UNDER THE 7 TH ARMY, U. S. ARMY, EUROPE, (USAREUR), THE "EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES COMMAND, U. S. EUROPE COMMAND, ("SWORD OF FREEDOM"), ATTACHED TO THE UNIT CREST THAT WERE WREN FOR THE 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, (SWORD OF FREEDOM), EUROPE, CENTRAL COMMAND. IN CHARGE OF POLICING AND CONTROL OF AUSTRIA, SPECIFICALLY SALZBURG AND LINZ WAS THE 68 TH INFANTRY MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, (RIFLE), "D", SERGEANT 4 TH GRADE W. J. SIEREN WAS STATIONED CARING OUT HIS DUTIES AS A EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES, MILITARY POLICE, INCLUDED; POLICING AND ENFORCING GENERAL LAW DUTIES, INSURING GENERAL DUTIES, SAFETY SECURITY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AS WELL AS CITIZENS OF AUSTRIA. TO FIND COMBAT AND ROOT OUT NAZI AND OTHER ENEMY PERSONNEL, SYMPATHIZER, INSURGENTS, ADDITIONALLY, ANY OTHER GERMAN CRIMINALS FROM THE 3 RD REICH.
ATTACHED TO THE 350 INFANTRY REGIMENT, EUROPEAN OCCUPATION COMMAND, EUROPE, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, "D" THE UNIT CREST"SWORD OF FREEDOM", WERE ASSIGNED TO PROTECT, ARREST, SECURE AND DEFEND THE COUNTRY OF AUSTRIA AGAINST, ANY THREATS, NAZI'S OR SYMPATHIZERS. .TO, INCARCERATE ANY POTENTIALITY INSURGENTS, OR THREATS TO THE PEOPLE OR THE OCCUPATION FORCES. HIS DEPLOYMENT ENDED ON THE 08 OF MAY 1950 WHEN SERGEANT 3 RD GRADE SIEREN AND HIS FAMILY EMBARKED ON A TROOP SHIP FROM BEREMERHAVEN, GERMANY TO BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WITH HIS WIFE, MARIA, (MARY) AND BABY DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA.THEIR NEW CHILD.
Best Moment
MEETING HIS WIFE, MARIA HELENA BOJESCUL - SIEREN AND HAVING THEIR BABY DAUGHTER, VIOLA LENA. 19 OCTOBER 1948. ADJUSTING TO FATHERHOOD AND MEETING THE IN-LAWS HIS IN-LAWS, PARENTS, 2 BROTHER-IN-LAWS WOULD SOON FOLLOW.
Worst Moment
THE DISTRUCTION OF SO MANY COUNTRIES, TREASURES AND SADNESS OF THE PEOPLE. THE LOOK OF EMPTYNESS ON THE PEOPLE.
Chain of Command
On 8 May1945 (VE Day) Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) and its closely associated Communications Zone headquarters were located in Paris. The same officers generally served on both headquarters staffs. ETOUSA, the highest headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe, determined the policies to be implemented by its subordinate commands. (See Chart 1)
Effective 1 July 1945, Headquarters ETOUSA was redesignated as Headquarters, United States Forces, European Theater (USFET) , and one month later the communications zone organization lost its wartime title when ii was redesignated as Theater Services Forces, European Theater (TSFET), a counterpart of Army Services Forces in the United States. USFET headquarters was located in Frankfurt, Germany, as were the most important TSFET functional centers.
TSFET was discontinued on 28 February 1946, its functions being transferred to Continental and Base Sections, which had been activated as major commands of TSFET on 10 December 1945 and 15 January 1946, respectively. Concurrent with the discontinuance of TSFET, the Continental and Base Commands were designated as major commands of USFET.
On 15 March 1947, USFET was redesignated as European Command (EUCOM), a joint-service command whose Army element was designated as U.S. Ground and Service Forces. On 15 November, the U.S. Ground and Service forces was redesignated as United States Army, Europe (USAREUR), a non-operational paper organization created to furnish a ground and service commander with the command apparatus required to provide administrative and logistic support. USAREUR's general and special staff duties were performed by the offices and personnel of the general and special staff divisions of EUCOM headquarters. (See Chart 3)
In the spring of 1948, Headquarters EUCOM moved from Frankfurt to Heidelberg so as to provide space in Frankfurt for the agencies created as a result of the merger of the British and U.S. occupation zones. To make room for Headquarters EUCOM in Heidelberg, the Constabulary headquarters moved to Stuttgart. Both moves ware completed in early 1949.
By the end of 1949, the Berlin Blockade had officially ended (12 May); General Huebner had replaced General Clay as the Commander in Chief, EUCOM (15 May); U.S. Forces, Austria, had become an independent command under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (23 May); the Headquarters, Office of Military Government for Germany (U.S.) had moved from Berlin to Frankfurt (12 August); General Handy had assumed duties as Commander in Chief, EUCOM and as Commander in Chief, USAREUR (2 September); and Mr. J.J. McCloy had became the U.S. Military Governor and the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG) (12 September).
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On 24 November 1950, EUCOM activated Seventh Army with headquarters at Stuttgart to take over from USAREUR the command and ground service forces. Other USAREUR functions reverted to EUCOM. USAREUR continued, however, to function without troops, so as to satisfy certain legal requirements, such as those associated with courtmartial responsibilities.
Chart 4
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On 1 August 1952, a new unified command, United States European Command (USEUCOM) with headquarters in Frankfurt was established. On the same date, Headquarters EUCOM in Heidelberg was redesignated Headquaters USAREUR. Thereby, USAREUR became, for the first time since its establishment an operating headquarters in its own right. USAREUR absorbed most of the former EUCOM staff and assumed most of the functions previously performed by EUCOM. USEUCOM assumed command of all U.S. forces in Europe, excluding, those in Berlin, Trieste, and Austria. USAREUR became the administrative headquarters for all Arrmy forces in the same area, excluding Trieste and Austria, both of which performed this function independently. The Commander in Chief, USEUCOM, delegated to the Commander in Chief, USAREUR, responsibility for continuing to administer the military aspects of the US presence in Germany and, in this role, to continue to operate as a single point of contact for dealing with the German authorities and with the Office for the US High Commissioner for Germany. The Commander in Chief, USAREUR, also assumed command of the newly created Central Army group (CENTAG), as one of NATO's tactical headquarters under which were placed the US Seventh Army and French forces. (See Chart 4)
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On 10 October 1952, Headquarters, USEUCOM began to move from Frankfurt, Germany, to the vicinity of Paris, France. On 1 December, the Communications Zone, with headquarters in Orleans, France, became a USAREUR major subordinate command.
In October 1955, the last of US troops withdrew from Austria and the US Army Southern European Task Force (USASETAF) with headquarters in Vicenza, Italy, was established as a subordinate command of USEUCOM. On 1 January 1956, USASETAF was made a USAREUR subordinate command.
On 1 December 1966, USAREUR and Seventh Army headquarters merged at Heidelberg, the USAREUR headquarters being redesignated Headquarters, United States Army, Europe and Seventh Army.
USAREURO; UNITED STATES ARMY EUROPE- (SWORD OF FREEDOM) SWORD OF FREEDOM UNIT,
350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 305 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE (RIFLE), COMPANY, D.Â
Other Memories
LONG, LONG DEPLOYMENT.
EARNED; SIX, (6), HASH MARKS, FOR 3 YEARS IN A COMBAT ZONE OR 3 YEARS. TOTAL OVERSEAS 5 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS.IN EUROPE 4 PROMOTIONS, FROM TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE, TECHNICAL 4 TH GRADE, TO CORPORAL, TO SERGEANT 4 GRADE AND TO SERGEANT 3 GRADE .AWARDED; AM. DEFENSE MEDAL, (IRELAND, 1939-1942), AM. CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AM FOREIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN - AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST-THEATER MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE CLASP, MEDAL, WW II OCCUPATION MEDAL WITH GERMANY/BAR, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, (OVERSEAS SERVICES RIBBON), CARBINE-M-I EXPERT QUALIFIED-1922 AND 1911-45- EXPERT QUALIFIED., 01-FEBRUARY-1949. STREAMER 1945 CENTRAL AUSTRIA.
June to September 1950. Communist efforts to divide the South Koreans against themselves having failed, the North Koreans decided to attempt their subjugation by military force. At 0400, Sund
June to September 1950. Communist efforts to divide the South Koreans against themselves having failed, the North Koreans decided to attempt their subjugation by military force. At 0400, Sunday, 25 June 1950 (Korean Time), North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into the Republic and launched their main effort toward the South Korean capital city of Seoul, down the P'och'on-Uijongbu and Yonch'on-Uijongbu corridors. Strong attacks were also directed through Kaesong toward Munsan on the right, and toward Ch'unch'on on the left. On the west coast the Ongjin Peninsula was quickly captured. On the east coast a land column and a small seaborne detachment met near Kangnung.
By 28 June Seoul had fallen, the North Koreans had closed up along the Han River to a point about 20 miles east of Seoul, and had advanced as far as Samchok on the meat coast. By 4 July enemy forces were along the line Suwon-Wonju-Samchok. In withdrawing, the Republic of Korea ("ROK") forces had suffered such serious losses that their attempts to regroup and retain order were almost futile.
On 25 June 1950 the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling "for immediate cessation of hostilities" and "upon the authorities of North Korea to withdraw forthwith their armed forces to the thirty-eighth parallel." When the North Koreans failed to accede to these demands, the Security Council passed a second resolution recommending "that the Members of the United Nations furnish such assistance to the Republic of Korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and restore the international peace and security in the area."
President Truman announced on 27 June 1950 the t he had ordered American air and naval forces to give cover and support to the South Korean troops (UN Defensive-27 June to 15 September 1950). On the 28th he authorized the Commander in Chief Far East to use certain supporting ground units in Korea, and authorized the U.S. Air Force to conduct missions on specific targets in North Korea. On the 30th the President further authorized the C. in C. Far East to use all forces available to him to repel the invasion, and ordered a naval blockade of the entire coast of Korea.
A Security Council resolution of 7 July 1950 recommended the establishment of a unified command in Korea and requested the United States to designate a commander of these forces. On 8 July President Truman announced the appointment of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command (CINCUNC). On 14 July President Rhee placed all ROK security forces under the United Nations commander, an act which consolidated the anti-Communist forces under the United Nations Commend for the purpose of repelling the Communist aggression.
The U.S. forces at MacArthur's disposal included the four divisions in Japan-the 1st Cavalry Division and the 7th, 24th, and 25th Infantry Divisions-and the 29th Regimental Combat Team in Okinawa. The divisions were lacking a third of their infantry and artillery units and almost all their armor units. Existing units were far under strength. Weapons and equipment were war-worn relics of World War II, and ammunition reserves amounted to only a 45-day supply. None of the divisions had reached full combat efficiency, since intensive training had been largely neglected because of occupation duties.
Initial U.S. strategy, dictated by the speed of the North Korean drive and the state of American unpreparedness, was one of trading space for time. On 2 July 1950 Task Force Smith, composed of two rifle companies and a few supporting units of the 24th Division, was flown from Japan to Pusan and moved by train and truck to defensive positions near Osan, 30 miles south of Seoul. Its mission was to fight a delaying action to gain time for the movement of more troops from Japan. On 5 July this small force was attacked by a North Korean division supported by 30 tanks and compelled to withdraw, after a stubborn defense, with heavy losses of men and equipment.
By this time the remaining elements of the 24th Division had reached Korea and were in defensive positions along the Kum River, north of Taejon and 60 miles south of Osan. ROK elements held positions to the east, some 50 miles above Taegu. By 15 July the 25th Division had arrived in Korea and was positioned east of the 24th Division. The 1st Cavalry Division arrived and closed in the P'chang-dong area on 18-19 July. Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, Commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, had been placed in command of all U.S. ground troops in Korea on 13 July, and, at the request of President Rhee, of the South Korean Army as well. As the ground troops of other U.N. members reached Korea, they also were placed under Walker's command.
North Korean forces crossed the Kum River and captured Taejon, an important communications center, on 20 July. U.S. and ROK troops continued to withdraw steadily to the southeast under constant North Korean pressure. During the withdrawal our Army's 3.5-inch rocket launcher was used (for the first time on a battlefield) with highly successful results against North Korean tanks. It was in this period that the 24th Division commander, Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, was reported missing when North Korean tanks broke through the forward unite of his division. It was learned later that he had been captured about 35 miles south of Taejon on 25 August.
The final days of July 1950 witnessed a series of hard-fought battles all along the 200-mile front of the United Nations perimeter. The northern front, a line running inland from Yongdok through Andong, Yech'on, Hamch'ong, and Hwanggan to Kumch'on, was defended at critical points by ROK troops and the U.S. 25th Division. The 1st Cavalry Division was battling on the west flank to keep the Yongdong-Kumch'on-Taegu rail line open. To block the southwestern approaches to Pusan, which the enemy was threatening, the 29th RCT advanced to Chinju, but was ambushed by a North Korean division and suffered heavy losses. Enemy pressure continued from Yosu and Chinju in the southwest to Kwan-ni on the Taejon-Taegu railroad, thence northeast through Yech'on to Yongdok on the Sea of Japan.
By the beginning of August the U.S. and ROK forces had withdrawn behind the Naktong River, a position which the U.N. Command was determined to hold. The area held in southeastern Korea resembled a rectangle, the southwestern side of which was guarded by the 24th and 25th Divisions to prevent a breakthrough to Masan. The 1st Cavalry Division was deployed on the western front to guard the Taegu railroad approaches. The northern front was defended by ROK divisions from a point south of Hamch'ang to a point just south of Yongdok on the east coast.
Early in August General Walker declared the strategy of trading space for time to be at an end, and ordered a final stand along this 140-mile perimeter around the port of Pusan, which had become a well-stocked Eighth Army supply base and the hub of a rail and road net leading to the battle front. By now the enemy's lengthened supply lines were under constant air attack, enemy naval opposition had been wiped out, and the blockade of the Korean coast had been clamped tight.
During the next month and a half, fourteen North Korean divisions dissipated their strength in piecemeal attacks against the Pusan perimeter. Walker, by rapidly shuttling his forces to meet the greatest threats, inflicted heavy casualties on the North Koreans and prevented serious penetrations. The enemy, determined to annihilate the Eighth Army and take Taegu and Pusan, massed for a two-pronged attack across the Naktong, one prong from the west and the other from the southwest. The principal actions were fought along the river from Waegwan south through Song-dong and Ch'irhyon-ni to the junction of the Naktong and Nam Rivers, and southwest toward Haman and Chinju.
While U.S. troops were fighting along the banks of the Naktong, other battles took place in the southwest. A veteran North Korean division, which had been concentrated for an assault upon Susan and Pusan, was hit by Task Force Kean. Named for the 25th Division Commander, the Task Force was composed of the 5th RCT, the 35th RCT of the 25th Division, the 1st Marine Brigade, and a ROK battalion. It opened a strong counteroffensive on 7 August 1950 to secure the left funk of the perimeter and prevent the enemy from driving on Pusan. Overcoming initial heavy resistance, it defeated the North Koreans and by 11 August commanded the high ground to the east of Chinju.
On the eastern flank of the perimeter the town of Yongdok was lost by ROK units, some of which then had to be evacuated by sea. On 12 August the port of P'chang-dong was attacked by enemy forces led by tanks which mounted screaming sirens. This force poured through a break in the R0K lines and linked up with North Korean advance agents in the port. These agents, disguised as innocent-looking refugees, carried mortars, machineguns, and other weapons in oxcarts, on A-frames and on their persons. While a force of North Koreans took P'chang-dong, the adjoining airstrip, of great importance to the U.N. forces as a base for tactical aircraft. On 13 August the danger was so pressing that all aircraft were evacuated. Within the next five days, however, ROK troops and a small U.S. task force recaptured P'chang-dong and returned it to U.N. control.
During this time a much larger force of North Koreans breached the U.N. positions at some paints in the Naktong River sector, but failed in their attempt to capture the rail junctions at Taegu. To hold a line near the river, Walker rearranged the defensive positions of the 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions, the 1st Cavalry Division, and the 1st Marine Brigade, deploying them in a manner which assigned combat zones of 15-30 miles to each division.
The enemy, continuing his efforts to crack the perimeter, massed several divisions above Waegwan to assault Taegu from the north. Despite a bombing raid in which U.N. air forces dropped 850 tons of bombs on the suspected enemy concentration area, the North Koreans launched a powerful attack which carried through the ROK positions and threatened Taegu. Stalwart defense and swift countermeasures in this area on 19 August saved Taegu from almost certain capture, parried the enemy 's three-pronged thrust at the city, and stopped the momentum of the North Korean offensive.
Shortly before midnight on 31 August enemy forces again attacked the Naktong River Line, this time in tremendous force. Disregarding very heavy casualties from U.N. air force bombing and strafing, they mounted a strong offensive against the entire Pusan beachhead from Haman in the south to P'chang-dong in the northern sector. The port of P'chang-dong was captured on 6 September, but again the Communists failed to capture the airfield. Waegwan and the "walled city" of Kasan were lost as the U.N. defenders fell back for a last ditch stand at Taegu. Between 4 and 11 September the enemy made important gains along the Naktong in some of the heaviest fighting of the war; but U.N. forces blunted the drive on Taegu and began to show slow progress of their own against very strong enemy resistance.
On the southern front the North Korean offensive, which opened with a massive artillery barrage near Haman, struck the 25th Division with tanks and waves of infantry, imperiling its forward positions. However, although the enemy had made impressive gains along the U.N. perimeter and General Walker still had to shuttle his units from one critical area to another, a strong beachhead remained in the hands of the U.N. Command.
By mid-August the offensive capability of the Eighth Army had been augmented by the arrival of the U.S. 2d Division, the 1st Marine Brigade, four battalions of medium tanks from the United States, and the 5th RCT from Hawaii. Before the month was out, five ROK divisions were restored to some semblance of order, and Great Britain committed the 27th Brigade from Hong Kong. With the arrival of these reinforcements an attempt could now be made to end the U.N. withdrawal and to begin a U.N. offensive in southeastern Korea.
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People You Remember ATTACHED TO THE 7 TH ARMY, SERGEANT THIRD GRADE, W.J. SIEREN WAS STATIONED AT FORT MOMOUTH NEW JERSYATTACHED TO THE 7 TH ARMY, SERGEANT THIRD GRADE, W.J. SIEREN WAS STATIONED AT FORT MOMOUTH NEW JERSY, SIGNAL CORPS.WAS ON STANBY FOR SERVICE IN KOREA. AWARDED A NATIONAL DEFENSED SERVICE MEDAL FOR SERVICE DURING DURING KOREA,'S POLICE ACTION 1952. ALSO, STATIONED FORT RILEY, KANSAS, 7 TH ARMY, 647 TH ENGENNERING SUPPORT BRIGADE, 47 TH ENGENEERING BATTALION. ON ALERT TO DEPLOY TO KOREA, WITH THE 7 TH ARMY. ... More
Criteria The Army Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members of the Army who distinguish themselves by exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity during a specified period of conti... The Army Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members of the Army who distinguish themselves by exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity during a specified period of continuous enlisted active service (normally three years in peacetime). MoreHide
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GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE CLASP AWARDED IN 1947, LINZ AUSTRIA. 524 TH MP BATTALION, 68 TH MP COMPANY-D.
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HIS FELLOW MILITARY POLICE BROTHER'S IN "D" COMPANY. MY DAD MET & MARRIED MY MOTHER, SALZBURG AUSTRIA. MY DAD MET AND MARRIED MY MOTHER, AND HAD THEIR FIRST DAUGHTER IN AUSTRIA, 19 OCTOBER 1948.
BRING SECURITY AND PEACE TO THE PEOPLE OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA FROM THE WAR TOREN DIFFICULITIES OF TOTAL DISTRUCTION.
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ARRIVING IN FRANCE, WORKING THEMSELVES THRU FRANCE, GERMANY AND FINALLY THRU ALL THE RESISTANCE THRU AUSTRIA, WITH THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION,
DURING THE OCCUPATATION OF EUROPE, SERGEANT FOURTH GRADE, W. J. SIEREN, MERGED WITH THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION FORCES, 7 TH ARMY, (EUROPEAN COMMAND), SWORD OF FREEDOM, (USAREUR), 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT 305 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE, COMPANY "D". SALZBURG AND FINALLY, LINZ AUSTRIA..
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ALL THE DEATH & DESTRUCTION.
Chain of Command
EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES IN (FRANCE, GERMANY/AUSTRIA),with the 34 INFANTRY DIVISION. 2 ND BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION.
FROM 26 MARCH 1946 THRU 08 MAY 1950, ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATATION FORCES EUROPE. 7 TH ARMY, SWORD OF FREEDOM, 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 305 TH INFANTRY BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, "D". CAMP McCAULEY, LINZ AND SALZBURG. AUSTRIA. BREMERHAVEN GERMANY AND LE HAVRE, FRANCE.
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SEEN WAR TORN COUNTRY, AND GERMAN PEOPLE & VICTIMS. PER MY DAD. SERGEANT FOURTH GRADE, 34 TH INFANTRY, DIVISION. 2 ND BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION,MERGED WITH THE FROM 26 MARCH 1946 THRU 08 MAY 1950, ASSIGNED TO THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES EUROPE. 7 TH ARMY, SWORD OF FREEDOM, 350 TH MILITARY POLICE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 305 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, "D". CAMP McCAULEY, LINZ AND SALZBURG. AUSTRIA. MEDALS AND RIBBONS: AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL (GERMANY/ AUSTRIA), GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL WITH ONE BRONZE CLASP, OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS (6), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.HE WAS ALSO, EXPERT QUALIFIED, WITH THE M-1 RIFLE AND M-1911, PISTOL. FROM 1942 THRU 1950; SEVERAL PROMOTIONS AND LAST PROMOTED TO SERGEANT THIRD GRADE, 1949.
Criteria The American Campaign Medal was awarded for For thirty days service outside the Continental United States but within the American Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946; or,... The American Campaign Medal was awarded for For thirty days service outside the Continental United States but within the American Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946; or, an aggregate service of one year within the Continental United States during the same period under the following circumstances: On permanent assignment outside the continental limits of the United States; or, On permanent assignment as a member of a crew of a vessel sailing ocean waters for a period of 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service outside the continental limits of the United States in a passenger status or on temporary duty for 30 consecutive days or 60 non consecutive days; or, For service in active combat against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat; or, For service within the continental limits of the United States for an aggregate period of one year. MoreHide
Criteria The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, ... The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal was awarded for for qualifying service within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946, under any of the following conditions: On permanent assignment within the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater; or, For service in a passenger status or on temporary duty status for 30 consecutive days or 60 non-consecutive days; or, For service in active combat in the European-African-Middle Eastern Theater of Operations against the enemy and awarded a combat decoration or furnished a certificate by the commanding general of a corps, higher unit, or independent force that the individual actually participated in combat. MoreHide
Comments SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1945 THRU 1950 ASSIGNED TO THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY "D". AS PART O... SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1945 THRU 1950 ASSIGNED TO THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY "D". AS PART OF THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES, AT LE HAVEN FRANCE, BREMERHAVEN GERMANY LINZ AND SALZBURG AUSTRIA. 1945 THRU 1950. MoreHide
Criteria The Army of Occupation Medal is a military award of the United States military which was established by the United States War Department on 5 April 1946. The medal was created in the aftermath of the ... The Army of Occupation Medal is a military award of the United States military which was established by the United States War Department on 5 April 1946. The medal was created in the aftermath of the Second World War to recognize those who had performed occupation service in either Germany, Italy, Austria, or Japan. MoreHide
Comments SERVED IN U.S. ARMY, (EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES), SERVICE IN EUROPE; 1945 THRU 1950; GERMANY/AUSTRIA, AS SERGEANT THIRD GRADE, SERGEANT FOURTH GRADE, CORPORAL, 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, ... SERVED IN U.S. ARMY, (EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES), SERVICE IN EUROPE; 1945 THRU 1950; GERMANY/AUSTRIA, AS SERGEANT THIRD GRADE, SERGEANT FOURTH GRADE, CORPORAL, 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE, RIFLE COMPANY, "D". CAMP McCAULEY LINZ AND SALZBURG AUSTRIA. & LE HAVRE FRANCE AND BREMERHAVEN GERMANY.
DEVICE GERMANY, (OCCUPATION SERVICE IN EUROPE, AUSTRIA). 1945 THRU 1950). AWARDED SPRING 1946. MoreHide
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BEGINNING ON 01 JANUARY 1943 TO 25 MARCH 1945, TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE SIEREN UNITS, HIS ASSINED STATIONS AND HIS DUTIES WERE NOT READADELY AVAILABLE, DUE TO BEING MARKED "RESTRICTED", "NOT AVAILABLE", FOR SECURITY REASONS. TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE SIEREN'S WAS ASSIGNED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. (USA) .HOWEVER, HIS UNITS STATESIDE OR OVERSEAS WERE RESTRICTED.
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FROM HIS TRAVELS THROPUGHOUT THE US AND ABROAD, BEING TOP SECREAT, HE WAS VERY SECREATIVE.
Worst Moment
BEING SECREATIVE ABOUT HIS ACTIONS, NO CONFIDEANT.
Chain of Command
STATE DEPARTMENT,
SECRETARY OF WAR
PRESIDENT OF THE US.
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THE MEN OF THE 524 TH MP BATTALION. 68 TH MP COMPANY. "D".
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ARRIVING IN IRELAND, WITH THE 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2 ND BRIGADE, 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE, RIFLE COMPANY, ON 30 OF FEBRUARY 1942 FOR 7 MONTHS 27 DAYS FOR EXTENSIVE TRAINING FOR EUROPEAN WORLD WAR II. TRAINED IN ALL ASPECTS, AMFIBIOUS TRAINIONG, LANDING COMBAT IN URBAIN ENVIRONMENT, ETC. TO ROUT OUT ALL GERMAN SYMPHASYTHERISERS, NASIZES, INSURGEANTS AND GENERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT..
Worst Moment
LEAVING ALL THOSE BEAUTIFUL IRISH WOMAN.
Chain of Command
HQ SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, R.H. KELLEY, LT. COLONEL, INFANTRY, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, COMMAND. HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND. AND 4 TH INFANTRY TRAINNING, 01 MAY 1945. COMPANY "D" 168 TH INFANTRY (R). APO 174, c/o PW, New York, New York Country/State United States
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TRAINING FOR URBAN FIGHTING IN IRELAND AND LEARNING TO INFILTRATE TOWNS & OCCUPY SAME. HOW TO DRAIN THE ENEMY'S SUPPLY LINE AND DOOR, BUILDING SEARCHES TO REDUCE ANY SNIPER FIRE OR ANY UNPROTECTED FIREFIGHT. CLEARING & MAINTAINING TOWN CONTROL.
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MANY OF THE MP UNIT IN WHICH I WAS ASSIGNED.
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PREPARING FOR THE DEFENSE OF CHINA, TO FIGHT THE JAPANESE.
Worst Moment
ALL THE TRAVELING BY SEA, THE DISTRUCTION BY THE JAPINESE.
Chain of Command United States Defense Attache Office, Peking, China
34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 2 ND BRIGADE,
168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 ST BATTALION,MILITARY POLICE
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AFTER COMPLETATING MILITARY POLICE TRAINING, ADVANCE, IN NORTHERING IRELAND, OUR BATTALION WAS IN STRUCTED TO PCS
ed TO CHINA "DEFENSE OF CHINA".
Description The European-Mediterranean-Middle East Theater was a major theater of operations during the Second World War (between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946). The vast size of Europe, Mediterranean and MThe European-Mediterranean-Middle East Theater was a major theater of operations during the Second World War (between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946). The vast size of Europe, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre saw interconnected naval, land, and air campaigns fought for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The fighting in this theatre lasted from 10 June 1940, when Italy entered the war on the side of Germany, until 2 May 1945 when all Axis forces in Italy surrendered. However, fighting would continue in Greece – where British troops had been dispatched to aid the Greek government – during the early stages of the Greek Civil War.
The British referred to this theatre as the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre (so called due to the location of the fighting and the name of the headquarters that controlled the initial fighting: Middle East Command) while the Americans called the theatre of operations the Mediterranean Theatre of War. The German official history of the fighting is dubbed 'The Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1942'. Regardless of the size of the theatre, the various campaigns were not seen as neatly separated areas of operations but part of one vast theatre of war.
Fascist Italy aimed to carve out a new Roman Empire, while British forces aimed initially to retain the status quo. Italy launched various attacks around the Mediterranean, which were largely unsuccessful. With the introduction of German forces, Yugoslavia and Greece were overrun. Allied and Axis forces engaged in back and forth fighting across North Africa, with Axis interference in the Middle East causing fighting to spread there. With confidence high from early gains, German forces planned elaborate attacks to be launched to capture the Middle East and then to possibly attack the southern border of the Soviet Union. However, following three years of fighting, Axis forces were defeated in North Africa and their interference in the Middle East was halted. Allied forces then commenced an invasion of Southern Europe, resulting in the Italians switching sides and deposing Mussolini. A prolonged battle for Italy took place, and as the strategic situation changed in southeast Europe, British troops returned to Greece.
The theatre of war, the longest during the Second World War, resulted in the destruction of the Italian Empire and altered the strategic position of Germany resulting in numerous German divisions being deployed to Africa and Italy and total losses (including those captured upon final surrender) being over half a million. Italian losses, in the theatre, amount to around to 177,000 men with a further several hundred thousand captured during the process of the various campaigns. British losses amount to over 300,000 men killed, wounded, or captured, and total American losses in the region amounted to 130,000.... More
People You Remember TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE, WILLIAM JOHN SIEREN, TRAINED AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN, RIFLE, CO, ITH THE 34 INTECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE, WILLIAM JOHN SIEREN, TRAINED AS A MILITARY POLICEMAN, RIFLE, CO, ITH THE 34 INFANTRY DIIVIISION, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENTH, AT CAMP CLAIBORNE, LA. FROM 07 FEBRUARY 1941 THRU 26 DECEMBER 1941, THEN PCS TO OHAMA NEBRASKA, 07 TH SERVICE COMMAND, EN-ROUTE TO BROOKLYND, NEW YORK, VIA TROOP SHIP TO NORTHERN IRELAND FOR AMFIBIOUS TRAINING, URBAN COMBAT TRAINING,ARRIVING ON 30 TH OF APRIL 1942 FOR APPROXMATELY 07 MONTHS 27 DAYS TO 26 DECEMBER 1942. THEN ASSIGNMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING BEFORE DEPLOYMENTS.WERE MADE. ADDITIONALLY, ASSIGNED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT, U.S A. TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE SIEREN' S UNITS AND OR DEPLOYMENTS AND JOBS WERE MARKED S/R. NOT BEING DEVOLVELGED, DUE TO BEING CLASSIFIED .FOR SECURITY REASONS..... More
Memories PRE TRAINING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND WITH THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENTH, 1 SPRE TRAINING FROM NORTHERN IRELAND WITH THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENTH, 1 ST., BATTALION, THEY CONTINUING TO GAIN INTEL, URBAN COMBAT, SEA DUTY ETC. EXPERIENCE AS HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR DEPLOYMENTS OVERSEAS, STATESIDE WHEREVER THE DUTIES WERE NEEDED.... More
Description The European-Mediterranean-Middle East Theater was a major theater of operations during the Second World War (between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946). The vast size of Europe, Mediterranean and MThe European-Mediterranean-Middle East Theater was a major theater of operations during the Second World War (between December 7, 1941, and March 2, 1946). The vast size of Europe, Mediterranean and Middle East theatre saw interconnected naval, land, and air campaigns fought for control of the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. The fighting in this theatre lasted from 10 June 1940, when Italy entered the war on the side of Germany, until 2 May 1945 when all Axis forces in Italy surrendered. However, fighting would continue in Greece – where British troops had been dispatched to aid the Greek government – during the early stages of the Greek Civil War.
The British referred to this theatre as the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre (so called due to the location of the fighting and the name of the headquarters that controlled the initial fighting: Middle East Command) while the Americans called the theatre of operations the Mediterranean Theatre of War. The German official history of the fighting is dubbed 'The Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1942'. Regardless of the size of the theatre, the various campaigns were not seen as neatly separated areas of operations but part of one vast theatre of war.
Fascist Italy aimed to carve out a new Roman Empire, while British forces aimed initially to retain the status quo. Italy launched various attacks around the Mediterranean, which were largely unsuccessful. With the introduction of German forces, Yugoslavia and Greece were overrun. Allied and Axis forces engaged in back and forth fighting across North Africa, with Axis interference in the Middle East causing fighting to spread there. With confidence high from early gains, German forces planned elaborate attacks to be launched to capture the Middle East and then to possibly attack the southern border of the Soviet Union. However, following three years of fighting, Axis forces were defeated in North Africa and their interference in the Middle East was halted. Allied forces then commenced an invasion of Southern Europe, resulting in the Italians switching sides and deposing Mussolini. A prolonged battle for Italy took place, and as the strategic situation changed in southeast Europe, British troops returned to Greece.
The theatre of war, the longest during the Second World War, resulted in the destruction of the Italian Empire and altered the strategic position of Germany resulting in numerous German divisions being deployed to Africa and Italy and total losses (including those captured upon final surrender) being over half a million. Italian losses, in the theatre, amount to around to 177,000 men with a further several hundred thousand captured during the process of the various campaigns. British losses amount to over 300,000 men killed, wounded, or captured, and total American losses in the region amounted to 130,000.... More
Description (China Defensive Campaign 4 July 1942 to 4 May 1945) The China Theater of Operations more resembled the Soviet-German war on the Eastern Front than the war in the Pacific or the war in Western Europe.(China Defensive Campaign 4 July 1942 to 4 May 1945) The China Theater of Operations more resembled the Soviet-German war on the Eastern Front than the war in the Pacific or the war in Western Europe. On the Asian continent, as on the Eastern Front, an Allied partner, China, carried the brunt of the fighting. China had been at war with Japan since 1937 and continued the fight until the Japanese surrender in 1945. The United States advised and supported China's ground war, while basing only a few of its own units in China for operations against Japanese forces in the region and Japan itself. The primary American goal was to keep the Chinese actively in the Allied war camp, thereby tying down Japanese forces that otherwise might be deployed against the Allies fighting in the Pacific.
The United States confronted two fundamental challenges in the China theater. The first challenge was political. Despite facing a common foe in Japan, Chinese society was polarized. Some Chinese were supporters of the Nationalist Kuomintang government; some supported one of the numerous former warlords nominally loyal to the Nationalists; and some supported the Communists, who were engaged in a guerrilla war against the military and political forces of the Nationalists. Continuing tensions, which sometimes broke out into pitched battles, precluded development of a truly unified Chinese war effort against the Japanese.
The second challenge in the China theater was logistical. Fighting a two-front war of its own, simultaneously having to supply other Allies, and facing enormous distances involved in moving anything from the United States to China, the U.S. military could not sustain the logistics effort required to build a modern Chinese army. Without sufficient arms, ammunition, and equipment, let alone doctrine and leadership training, the Chinese Nationalist Army was incapable of driving out the Japanese invaders. A "Europe-first" U.S. policy automatically lowered the priority of China for U.S.-manufactured arms behind the needs of U.S. forces, of other European Allies, and of the Soviet Union. The China theater was also the most remote from the United States. American supplies and equipment had to endure long sea passages to India for transshipment to China, primarily by airlift. But transports bringing supplies to China had to fly over the Himalayas the so-called Hump, whose treacherous air currents and rugged
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mountains claimed the lives of many American air crews. Despite a backbreaking effort, only a fraction of the supplies necessary to successfully wage a war ever reached southern China.
Regardless of these handicaps, the United States and Nationalist China succeeded in forging a coalition that withstood the tests of time. Indeed, Chinese leader Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the Allied Supreme Commander, China Theater, accepted, though reluctantly, U.S. Army generals as his chiefs of staff. This command relationship also endured differences in national war aims and cultures, as well as personalities, until the end of the war. The original policies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall succeeded, China stayed in the war and prevented sizable numbers of Japanese troops from deploying to the Pacific.... More
People You Remember
Many friends, other soilders and peers.
Memories
Combat History (wars, police actions, operations, expeditions and hostile interventions)
China De
Combat History (wars, police actions, operations, expeditions and hostile interventions)
China Defence Campain;
Training in Amfibious, Mountain and Urban combat training and Military Police techniques which were completed Military Police Training at Camp Clayborne, La. from 30 April 1041 thru 26 December 1941 PCS to 7 th Service Servace Comman, Ohama, Nebraska, for continued training for operations, expeditions and hostile interventions)
Then, PCS to Northern Ireland with the 34 Infantry Division, 168 th Infantry Regiment, 1 st. Battalion.
from 10 February thru 26 December 1942. Technical 5 th Gr.Sieren was on route to CHINA DEFENSE CAMPAIN, for the Defence of China Against the Japinease Empirial Government Forces.... More
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HQ SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, R.H. KELLEY, LT. COLONEL, INFANTRY, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, COMMAND. HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND.
COMPANY "D" 168 TH INFANTRY (R).
APO 174, c/o PW, New York, New York Country/State
United States.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR EUROPEAN FORCES COMMAND.
ETA; NORTHERN IRELAND, FOR URBAN WARFARE.
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ADVANCED TRAIN9NG WILL BE FOR 10 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. RETURNING TO THE STATES HE WILL THEN BE ASSIGNED TO THE UNITED STATES, STATE DEPARTMENT; DIVISIONS, REGIMENTS, UNITS AND DEPLOYMENTS, STATESIDE OR OVERSEAS, IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, CHINA, EUROPE, NOT LISTED; DUE TO BEING ASSIGNED, AS S/R. FOR SECURITY REASONS, ONLY, NOT READILY AVAILABLE OR RECORDS.MARKED; CLASSIFIED. NOT FOR GENERAL REVIEW..
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LONG SEA DUTY, VOYAGES, TO OTHER POINTS, TRAINING OR TO HOSTIAL TERRITORY.
THE TOUR WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT. THE MOVEMENT EVERY MONTH AND FOR DUTY HONOR AND COUNTRY.
Chain of Command
HQ SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND, OMAHA, NEBRASKA,
R.H. KELLEY, LT. COLONEL, INFANTRY, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, COMMAND. HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND.
AND 4 TH INFANTRY TRAINING, 01 MAY 1945. FIRST BATTALION,
168 TH INFANTRY (R). RIFLE COMPANY, "D".
APO 174, c/o PW, New York, New York Country/State
United States
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USANI, F IRELAND WAS THE COMMAND IN NORTHERN IRELAND THAT 3 REGIMENTS WERE GOING. ON FEBRUARY 1, 1942 THE 133 rd, THE 135 th, THE 168 th, THE 133 135 AND THE 168 th, crossed unto the Northern shores of Ireland TO BEGAN THEIR THAINING AS THE NEW TRIANNGLE OF THE 34 INFANTRY DIVISION. FROM 30 FEBRUARY THRU 26 DECEMBER 1942, CONTINENTAL SERVICE 1 YEAR, 7 MONYHS AND 27 DAYS. FOREIGN SERVICE", O YRS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. WAS THE AMOUNT OF "FOREIGN SERVICE CREDITED.
PROMOTED TO PFC, PRIVATE FIRST CLASS, 1943. ETS TO IRELAND, FEBRUARY 30, 1942, AWARDED AMERICAN DEFENCE SERVICE MEDAL FOR FOREIGN SERVICE.THEN, ETS TO STATE THE USA, DEPARTMENT FROM 1943-1945, DUTIES, STATIONS, OVERSEAS AND COUNTRIES, EITHER CHINA OR EUROPE WERE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO DESIGNATED; HIGH SECURITY REASONS.
Description The war in the Central Pacific (7 December 1941 to 6 December 1943) began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six months later an AAF task force took part in the Battle of MidThe war in the Central Pacific (7 December 1941 to 6 December 1943) began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Six months later an AAF task force took part in the Battle of Midway, in which a great Japanese fleet was defeated. But another year and a half elapsed before American forces began an offensive against Japanese positions in the Central Pacific. It was then, on 20 November 1943, that landings were made in the Gilberts, on Makin and Tarawa, with the Marines at the latter place becoming engaged in one of the bloodiest battles of the war.... More
People You Remember PROMOTED TO TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE TRANSFERED TO ACTIVE DUTY ARMY, FROM CAMP DODGE, IOWA, 1940, MILITAPROMOTED TO TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE TRANSFERED TO ACTIVE DUTY ARMY, FROM CAMP DODGE, IOWA, 1940, MILITARY POLICE, PCS'ED TO CAMP CLAIBORNE LA., 10 FEBRUARY 1940 THRU 26 DECEMBER 1940 WITH THE 34 INFANTRY DIVISION, 168 INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 ST MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, RIFLE COMPANY, PCS 'D TO FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA THEN, FOR MILITARY POLICE TRAINING, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO CAMP CLAIBORNE, LA. FROM 10 FEBRUARY 1941 THRU 26 DECEMBER 1941, FOR ADDITIONAL MILITARY POLICE TRAINING, TO INCLUDE THE COMPLETING OF THE 5 COMPONENTS, EARNING 5 CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETIONS, FOR THESE COURSES, ON 26 DEC. 1941. THEN HE EMBARKED, THRU SEVENTH SERVICES COMMAND, OMAHA NEBRASKA, TO, IN 1942 VIA TRANSPORT SHIP TO NORTHERN IRELAND, THRU NEW YORK, VIA SHIP TRANSPORT WITH THE 34 TH DIVISION, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 ST BATTALION, FOR ADDITIONAL ADVANCED COMBAT TRAINING, BEACH LANDING, FOR SERVICE IN EUROPE, WITH THE USAREUR, 350 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MP., BATTALION, 68 TH M.P. RIFLE, Co. "D", HE COMPLETED ALL FOUR COMPONENTS OF MILITARY POLICE TRAINING RECEIVING CERTIFICATES OF COMPLEATION, ON, 26 DECEMBER 1940. PCS 'ED TO CAMP SNELLING, OHAMA NEBRASKA, FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING. THEN, ABOARD TROOP SHIP VIA; NEW YORK BOUND TO NORTHERN IRELAND, FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING AS THE 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT OF THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVIISION. FROM FEBRUARY 1941 THRU 26 DECEMBER 1941, RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES, SOME 10 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS LATER. 10 MO 27 DAYS.... More
Memories BEAUTIFUL WATERS AND COUNTRY SIDE, WHO NEW HOW THIS WHOULD CHANGE,. 7 DECEM ER, 1941, PEARL HARBOR, BEAUTIFUL WATERS AND COUNTRY SIDE, WHO NEW HOW THIS WHOULD CHANGE,. 7 DECEM ER, 1941, PEARL HARBOR, A DAY THAT WOULD WOULD TO BE REMEMBERED.
AWARDED AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL- AWARDED FOR SERVICE IN FOREIGN LAND.... More
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STATUS; Left The United States, (Louisiana), for Ireland 30 April 1942. Advanced Urban Training for Combat in Urban Territory. Advanced Military Urban Fighting Training.complete Foreign Service-7 months 27 days. ETS-26 December 1942.
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TRAINING IN IRELAND. SEVEN (7),MONTHS, TWENTY-ONE, (21), DAYS. Left The United States, (Louisiana), for Ireland 30 April 1942. Advanced Urban Training for Combat in Urban Territory. Advanced Military Urban Fighting Training.complete Foreign Service-7 months 27 days. ETS-26 December 1942.
Worst Moment
SHIP TRANSPORT TO AND FROM USA. ACCROSS CHOPY SEAS.
Chain of Command
168 INFANTRY REGIMENT, B.H. KELLY, LT. COLONEL, INFANTRY, CHIEF, ORGANIZED RESERVE BRANCH.Howard P. Witsell, Major General Commanding Officer, 524 TH Military Police Battalion,
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TRAINING FOR URBAN FIGHTING IN IRELAND AND LEARNING TO INFILTRATE TO WIN & OCCUPY SAME. HOW TO DRAIN THE ENEMY'S SUPPLY LINE AND DOOR, BUILDING SEARCHES TO REDUCE ANY SNIPER FIRE OR ANY UNPROTECTED FIREFIGHT. CLEARING & MAINTAINING TOWN CONTROL.
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FELLOW SOLDIERS.
TRAINING FOR OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT TO NORTHERN IRELAND FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING IN URBAN FIGHTING, SEARCH AND CONDUCT ALL POLICE ACTIONS FOR AREAS UNDER OCCUPATION. TO INCLUDE OUTSIDE POST'S AREAS, TOWNS OR CITY S WHERE EVER THEIR MIGHT BE ANY PROBLEMS.
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IN 1939, after Germany overran Poland, the U.S.Government leaders began to gear up for Americaâ??s inevitable involvement in the war. As Americaâ??s relatvely small and inexperienced army was rapidly expanding due to the mobilization of the Army National Guard and Reserves and newly instituted draft, the military needed an area to train soldiers and test new military tactics.In preparation for the Louisiana Maneuvers, representatives from the Third Armymet with local residents of central Louisiana.Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall believed
that the growing military ranks needed a complex trainingexercise that would closely approximate the realities of thebattlefield. General Marshall decided that most of the Armyâ??sdivisions should train in the Southern United States where weather was less likely to hamper operations. Army reconnaissance teams began scouting across the South, searchingfor the ideal location for the war games. General Marshallwanted the following criteria: a varied terrain to test soldiersand equipment under different conditions; â??thinly populatedcountryâ?? that was â??conveniently, economically accessibleâ?? to participating divisions; and a willing population who wouldnot demand huge reimbursements for any damage caused bythe military (Kane and Keeton 2004).Marshall called on Lieutenant General Stanley D.Embick, a veteran soldier and THE Commander of the Third U.S.Army, to find a suitable location to host the largest concen-tration of military maneuvers inside the continental United States. With his aide, Major Mark Clark, Embick traveled to central Louisiana with a tattered road map as a guide. They tramped through Louisianaâ??s back country noting the roads, trails, swamps, and forests. The area was described as a â??40 by 90 mile sparsely settled, chigger and tick infested bayou and pitch pine section between the Sabine and Red Riversâ?? (Allen1947). One of the advantages of the area, in addition to its sparse population and availability of Kisatchie National Forest lands, was the large amount of vast open tracts of land that would allow easy deployment of troops, vehicles, and tanks in large-scale maneuvers. These ideal open conditions resulted from aggressive harvesting of the old-growth longleaf pine forest by steam-powered railroad logging equipment during the early 20th century (Barnett 2011).
It was decided that a 3,400 square mile sparsely populated area in central Louisiana between the Sabine and RedRivers would be the ideal location to hold the war games. The1940 and 1941 maneuvers, call the Louisiana Maneuvers,created a flurry of interest throughout the military. The1940 maneuvers began with 70,000 soldiers who trained and â??foughtâ?? in separate exercises of 3 days each. These first maneuvers were described by Embick as â??experimentsâ?? not by Embick as â??experimentsâ?? notcontests (Perry 2008).
Worst Moment
BEING IN ARMED CONFLICT WITH THE UNKNOWN, BUILDING SEARCH TO SEARCH TO LOCATE AND CAPTURE, IF POSSIBLE. BEING SHOT AT BY UNKNOWN PERSON OR PERSONS...
Chain of Command
34 INFANTRY DIVISION,
2 ND BRIGADE
168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT,
524 TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION,
68 TH MILITARY POLICE,
RIFLE, COMPANY, "D".
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Brig. Gen. Lesley â??Whiteyâ?? McNair replaced Embick,who was retiring, to conduct the 1941 maneuvers (The BigOne) that would mobilize nearly 500,000 soldiers from 19divisions in the largest peacetime exercise in American his-tory (Gabel 1992). Smaller maneuvers were conducted in1942 and 1943. One scheduled for 1944 was cancelled becauseof the planned invasion of Europe.The central Louisiana landscape provided optimumtesting grounds for large vehicles and tanks.The M1 combat car was an all-machine-gun tracked vehicle which held a crew of four.The M2 was an early version of theStuart light tanks and was used in the earlybattles of the Pacific War.Units involved in the Louisiana Maneuvers gener-ally had several months to prepareâ??all but one. The 502 nd Parachute Battalion, which had just organized in July 1941received orders for a company to proceed to Louisiana only 16 days before the maneuvers were to begin. The Battalion wasan experimental unit formed to test the doctrine and tacticsof parachute assault. No one in the chain of command exceptheadquarters in Washington, DC, knew of this type of unit inthe Army. So, when 127 men made a combat jump into thearea, they caused uncertainty and confusion with the publicand disrupted the military maneuvers (Robertson 2014)
AFTER COMPLICATING ALL COMPONENTS OF THE CLASSROOM AND FIELD COMPONENTS, AWARDED CERTIFICATES OF COMPLETION AND A COPY WAS PLACED IN THE PERMANENT FILE FOR THESE COURSES, ON 26 DEC. 1941. TO INCLUDE A MEDALLION STATING, "THE DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM". THEN PCS'ED FROM CAMP CLAIBORNE, LOUISIANA, IN 1941, HE EMBARKED, THRU SEVENTH SERVICES COMMAND, OMAHA NEBRASKA, IN 1942, TO NORTHERN IRELAND, VIA NEW YORK, VIA SHIP TRANSPORT WITH THE 34 TH DIVISION, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 ST BATTALION, FOR ADDITIONAL ADVANCED COMBAT TRAINING, BEACH LANDING. THEN CONTINUING WITH SERVICE, IN, "CHINA'S DEFENSE", 1942-1945. THEN WITH SERVICE IN EUROPE, WITH THE USAREUR, 7 TH ARMY, 350 TH. INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 TH MP., BATTALION, 68 TH M.P. RIFLE, Co. "D", FOR MILITARY SERVICE, DURING,THE "EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES COMMAND - EUROPE, 1946 - 1950.
Criteria a. The ADSM was established by EO 8808, announced in War Department Bulletin 17, 1941. It is awarded for service between 8 September 1939 and 7 December 1941 under orders to active duty for a period o... a. The ADSM was established by EO 8808, announced in War Department Bulletin 17, 1941. It is awarded for service between 8 September 1939 and 7 December 1941 under orders to active duty for a period of 12 months or longer.
b. A clasp, with the inscription "Foreign Service", is worn on the ADSM to denote service outside the continental limits of the United States, including service in Alaska, as a member of a crew of a vessel sailing ocean waters, flights over ocean waters, or as an assigned member of an organization stationed outside the continental limits of the United States. Possession of a clasp is denoted by the wearing of a bronze service star on the service ribbon. MoreHide
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AWARDED FOR FOREIGN SERVICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 26 FEBRUARY THRU 26 DECEMBER 1942, AND 26 MARCH 1945 THRU 08 MAY 1950, FRANCE, GERMANY/AUSTRIA. EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES.
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ARRIVED AT UNITED STATES ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE POST, OHAMA, NEBRASKA FROM CAMP CLAIBORNE LA. FROM 10 FEBRUARY 1941 TO 26 DECEMBER 1941 WITH THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 ST. INFANTRY BATTALION, FOR ADDDITIONAL TRAINING, DEPLOYMENTS AND FURTHER ASSIGNMENTS. ETS TO NORTHERN IRELAND, FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING, 2 ND GROUP, THE 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. ON OR ABOUT 28 DECEMBER 1941 THRU 26 DECEMBER 1942. RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES, FOR FURTHER SERVICE, APPROXMITELY 07 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS IN NORTHERN IRELAND ADDITIONALLY ELEMENTS WERE DEPLOYED TO AND FOR, "CHINA DEFENSE", DUE TO THE JAPANESE ONGOING FIGHTING WITH CHINA, 1942-1945. .
FOREIGN SERVICE WILL BE APPROCIMATELY 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS AT A MINIMUM FOR AMFIBIOUS AND URBAN TRAINING. AS THE UNITED STATES IS NOW IN WORLD WAR II DUE TO BEING ATTACKED BY THE JAPANIESE IMPERIAL NAVY - 07 DECEMBER 1941.
AWARDED THE AMERICAN DEFEANCE MEDAL FOR FOREIGN SERVICE 1939 - 1942. NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES ARMY, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT.
Best Moment
ALL THE BEAUTIFUL IRISH WOMAN.
Worst Moment
TOUGH TRAINING, CONTINIOUS AND LENGTHLY.
THE TOUGH SEAS TO AND FROM NORTHERN IRELAND AND TO CHINA.
Chain of Command
HQ SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, R.H. KELLEY, LT. COLONEL, INFANTRY, CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, COMMAND. HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH SERVICE COMMAND. AND 4 TH INFANTRY TRAINNING, 01 MAY 1945. COMPANY "D" 168 TH INFANTRY (R). APO 174, c/o PW, New York, New York Country/State United States
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PREPARING TO ETS TO EUROPE, WITH THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENTH..
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COMPLICATING ALL COMPONENTS OF THE MILITARY POLICE SCHOOL. RECEIVING ALL 5 CERTIFICATES, OF COMPLETION FOR THEM AS A POLICEMAN FOR THE 34 TH INFANTRY DIVISION, 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1 ST BATTALION, D COMPANY. . MANY.
First Battalion, 168th Infantry deployed to Afghanistan in 2004 where it provided provincial reconstruction team (PRT) security forces (SECFOR). The Battalion was ordered again into active federal service on 31 July 2010 at home stations to deploy to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The Battalion conducted post mobilization training at Camp Shelby, MS from August to October 2010, culminating with a mission rehearsal exercise (MRX) at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, CA.[citation needed]
Upon deployment into Afghanistan, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry became Task Force 1-168 and assumed responsibility for the Afghan Province of Paktya. Task Force 1-168's mission was conduct security force assistance through combined action with Afghan Security Forces that resided in Paktya. Task Force 1-168 conducted a transfer of authority with Task Force 1-279 (Oklahoma Army National Guard) on 10 July 2011 and redeployed to the Continental United States (CONUS) in July 2011.[citation needed]
Lineage
During the Civil War the Regiment was organized from independent companies in southwestern Iowa and mustered into federal service on 8 August 1861 as the 4th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. It was reorganized on 1 January 1864 as the 4th Iowa Veteran Infantry Regiment, and mustered out of federal service 24 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
It was reorganized from 1868-1876 in Iowa as independent companies of volunteer militia, and these companies were consolidated on 18 February 1876 and 15 January 1877 to form the 3rd and 5th Infantry regiments, respectively. (The Iowa State Militia was redesignated on 3 April 1878 as the Iowa National Guard.)
The 3rd and 5th Infantry Regiments were consolidated 30 April 1892, and the consolidated unit was designated the 3rd Infantry Regiment.
On 30 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War, the Regiment was mustered into federal service at Des Moines as the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry; and mustered out of federal service on 2 November 1899 at San Francisco, California.
It was reorganized on 26 March 1900 in the Iowa National Guard as the 51st Infantry Regiment with its headquarters at Des Moines. On 26 November 1902 it was redesignated as the 55th Infantry Regiment, and on 4 July 1915 was redesignated as the 3rd Infantry Regiment. It was mustered into federal service on 26 June 1916 at Camp Dodge, Iowa; and mustered out of federal service on 20 February 1917 at Des Moines.
After the United States entered World War I it was drafted into federal service again on 5 August 1917, reorganized and redesignated on 16 August 1917 as the 168th Infantry and assigned to the 42nd Division.
Demobilized on 17 May 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa, it was reorganized in 1920-1921 in the Iowa National Guard as the 168th Infantry and assigned to the 34th Division (later redesignated as the 34th Infantry Division). Federally recognized on 13 July 1921, its headquarters were at Des Moines. (Location of Headquarters changed on 27 January 1937 to Council Bluffs).
Inducted during World War II into federal service 10 February 1941 at home stations, it was inactivated on 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
Reorganized and federally recognized on 23 January 1947 with headquarters at Council Bluffs, it was reorganized on 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.
Reorganized on 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battle Group, and relieved from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division. Reorganized on 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions. Reorganized on 1 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. It was withdrawn on 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System. Reorganized 10 February 1991 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.
Ordered into active federal service on 5 March 2004 at home stations; released from active federal service 1 September 2005 and reverted to state control.
Company D, 1st Battalion, 168 Infantry ordered into active federal service 4 June 2007 at Denison[2]
Worst Moment
HUMID WEATHER ALLL SUMMER LONG.
Chain of Command 34 INFANTRY DIVISION
158 TH INFANTRY REGIMENTH
168th Support Group
D COMPANY
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Demobilized on 17 May 1919 at Camp Dodge, Iowa, it was reorganized in 1920-1921 in the Iowa National Guard as the 168th Infantry and assigned to the 34th Division (later redesignated as the 34th Infantry Division). Federally recognized on 13 July 1921, its headquarters were at Des Moines. (Location of Headquarters changed on 27 January 1937 to Council Bluffs).
Inducted during World War II into federal service 10 February 1941 at home stations, it was inactivated on 3 November 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia.
Reorganized and federally recognized on 23 January 1947 with headquarters at Council Bluffs, it was reorganized on 1 May 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.
Reorganized on 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st Battle Group, and relieved from assignment to the 34th Infantry Division. Reorganized on 1 March 1964 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions. Reorganized on 1 January 1968 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 47th Infantry Division. It was withdrawn on 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the U.S. Army Regimental System. Reorganized 10 February 1991 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 34th Infantry Division.
Ordered into active federal service on 5 March 2004 at home stations; released from active federal service 1 September 2005 and reverted to state control.
Company D, 1st Battalion, 168 Infantry ordered into active federal service 4 June 2007 at Denison[2]
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PROMOTED TO CORPORAL, FROM PFC. THEN, JOINED REGULAR ARMY, 34 INFANTRY DIVISION,(IOWA, FORT DEMOINES), 168 TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, MILITARY POLICE RIFLE COMPANY. "D". PCS TO CAMP CLAIBORNE LA. (MILITARY POLICE SCHOOL), FROM FEBRUARY 1941 TO DECEMBER 1941.PCS TO 7 - TH SERVICE COMMAND, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, TO BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND RETURN. 10 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS, AWARDED FOREIGN SERVICE MEDAL.
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THEN, PCS BACK TO US A., SPECIAL OPS WITH THE UNITED STATES, STATE DEPARTMENT, 1943-1945, OVERSEAS AND STATE-SIDE DEPLOYMENTS, UNITS AND ASSISSMENTS MARKED CLASSIFIED, FOR S/R., THEN SENT TO EUROPE WITH THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES, COMMAND, USAREURO.
SWORD OF FREEDOM, UNIT 350 INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 TH MILITARY POLICE RIFLE. Co.
"D". 26 MARCH 1945 THRU 08 MAY 1950.
Worst Moment
SEEING ALL THE DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Chain of Command
EUROPEAN OCCUPATION FORCES, COMMAND, USAREURO.
SWORD OF FREEDOM, UNIT 350 INFANTRY REGIMENT, 524 Th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION, 68 Th MILITARY POLICE RIFLE. Co.
"D". 26 MARCH 1945 THRU 08 MAY 1950.
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RANK TECHNICAL 5 TH GRADE, WILLIAM JOHN SIEREN. MILLITARY POLICE SCHOOL, CAMP CLAIBORNE, LA.1941.
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GETTING HURT DURING AN EXAMPLE OF TRICK RIDING.
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TRAINING FOR URBAN FIGHTING IN AND LEARNING TO INFILTRATE TOWNS & OCCUPY SAME. HOW TO DRAIN THE ENEMY'S SUPPLY LINE AND DOOR, BUILDING SEARCHES TO REDUCE ANY SNIPER FIRE OR ANY UNPROTECTED FIREFIGHT. CLEARING & MAINTAINING TOWN CONTROL.
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JOINING THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD, TROOP "E", 113 CAVALRY, 27- FEBRUARY-1922. DISCHARGED PRIVATE, 5-JANUARY-1925.
Worst Moment
RIDING HORSES, AS TRICK RIDING & WAS THRONE OFF AND FELL & INJURING HIS BACK DURING A JUMP OF A HIGH BOARD. HE WAS RUSHED TO SICK BAY, FOR TREATMENT.
The Iowa National Guard is a reserve component of the United States Military, with dual Federal and State missions. It is empowered to function under control of the Governor, as a State asset in times of emergency or natural disaster, or if needed to carry out limited actions during non-emergency situations to include full scale Enforcement of martial law, when local law enforcement officials can no longer maintain civil control. The National Guard may also be called into federal service in response to a call by the President or Congress.
The Iowa National Guard is a component of the United States National Guard. The Iowa National Guard maintains 56 armories in 53 communities. National coordination of various state National Guard units is handled by the National Guard Bureau.
Iowa National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States National Guard. The same enlisted ranks, officer ranks and insignia are used. National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Iowa National Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the state of Iowa.
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Duties
National Guard units can be mobilized at any time by presidential order to supplement regular armed forces, and upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state in which they serve. Unlike Army Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually (except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments TDY), but only as part of their respective units. However, there has been a significant amount of individual activations to support military operations. The legality of this policy is a major issue within the National Guard.
Active Duty Callups
For much of the final decades of the twentieth century, National Guard personnel typically served "One weekend a month, two weeks a year", with a portion working for the Guard in a full-time capacity. The current forces formation plans of the US Army call for the typical National Guard unit (or National Guardsman) to serve one year of active duty for every three years of service. More specifically, current Department of Defense policy is that no Guardsman will be involuntarily activated for a total of more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period (this policy is due to change 1 August 2007, the new policy states that soldiers will be given 24 months between deployments of no more than 24 months, individual states have differing policies).
History
The Iowa Army National Guard was originally formed in 1838. The Militia Act of 1903 organized the various statemilitias into the present National Guard system.
The 133d Infantry Regiment, formerly the 2d Iowa Volunteer Infantry, served as part of the 67th Infantry Brigade, 34th Division, during World War I. The 67th Infantry Brigade was disbanded in February 1919, but formed again in 1921, still as part of the 34th Division.[1] From 1921 to 1942, it was part of the Guard in Iowa, comprising the 168th Infantry Regiment.
Criteria
This ribbon was awarded upon completion of Iowa Active Duty Training. Service at annual field training, service schools, NCO academies, Iowa Military Academy, or OCS did not qualify
Comments
TRAINING IN THE 113 TH CAVALRY, TROOP 'E', FORT DODGE IOWA.
JOINED THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD, 25 JANUARY 1922 COMPLETED TRAINING 1922.
ADRIAN BOJESCUL, SGT. 1 ST. CLASS, 2 ND ARMORED DIVISION, PLATOON SERGEANT, FORT HOOD, TEXAS, BROTHER-IN-LAW. SILVIUS BOJESCUL, STAFF SERGEANT, 7 TH ARMY. BROTHER-IN-LAW.
RETIRING, AFTER COMBINED FEDERAL (U.S. ARMY), 30.6 YEARS, AND IOWA NATIONAL GUARD SERVICE, 5.4 YEARS, TOTALING 36 YEARS. PLUS 3 YEARS INACTIVE RETIRED RESERVE IN THE VIII CORPS. PLUS 1.5 YEARS, CIVIL SERVICE, RED STONE ARMY DEPOT, TOTALING OVER 40 YEARS OF SERVICE.
LOOKING FOR WORK TO SUPPLEMENT HIS RETIREMENT. DUE TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS WERE EXTREMELY LOW.
VIII Corps
UNITED STATES RETIRED RESERVES
DOYE O. SIVILS, 1 ST LT. AGC ASST AG.
OUTINGS WITH MILITARY FAMILIES & FRIENDS. RETIRED STAFF SERGEANT E-05, 01 APRIL 1962. TRANSFERRED TO THE RETIRED RESERVE, 8 CORPS, 01 APRIL 1962 TO 01 APRIL 1965. COMPLETION OF 3 YEARS INACTIVE RETIREMENT RESERVE, DISCHARGED - SSG. E-6,ON, 01 SEPTEMBER 1965.