By May 1943, he had been promoted to Captain and was reassigned to the newly activated 63rd Infantry Division as Commander, Headquarters Battery and Battalion Communications Officer of the 718th Field Artillery Battalion. He rolled his own from a mixture of Fruits and Flowers, with a bit of added perique, which he carried in his pocket in a metal soapbox. In September, 1861 he enlisted as a private in Co. E, 5th New York Cavalry, which joined the army in the Shenandoah Valley. Citizen Soldier Link served as the Construction Foreman and the Groups Operations Sergeant. In 1980 he graduated from Pilot Training and served as a Traditional Guard Pilot until 1986 when he became a Full Time Instructor Pilot. Enlisting as a staff Sergeant (E-5), he ultimately attained the highest enlisted grade, of Chief Master Sergeant (E-9). His new assignment took him to Kickatan, Virginia to a veterans Hospital to work as an Aidman and eventually working in the mess hall. He served as an infantry officer in Vietnam with assignments as Adjutant, 1st Battalion 508th Infantry; Assistant Brigade Plans and Operations Officer with the 3rd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division; and Executive Officer, 1st Battalion 505th Infantry, being promoted to Major and returning to duty with the 69th Infantry Brigade during December 1969. On October 6, 1918, his plane was shot down by German machine-gun fire while attempting to deliver supplies to the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division. While on active duty, he completed the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course and the Jungle Operations Training Course, after which he was sent to Vietnam and assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a forward observer and aerial observer from January through December 1969. It is a rememberance of him and other soldiers like Lt. Goettler who gave their lives for their fellow Americans in the first World War. To warm their souls below. When the Civil War broke out, Peter and his three brothers enlisted as privates. Idol graduated from Class 1 of the Kansas National Guard Officers Candidate School in July 1957 and was commissioned a second lieutenant. Putmans military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Achievement Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Nation Defense Service Medal with three Bronze Stars, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with M-device, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO Medal and numerous other awards and decorations. Pliley worked several different types of jobs, but eventually made a living by dredging sand for contractors in downtown Kansas City. Thomas J. Anderson MAJ Davis had been serving as assistant adjutant general since the beginning of the Lewelling Administration. He was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame, 1 November 1998. In his civilian endeavors, General Tritsch embodied the ideals of the citizen soldier. He was up early every morning, milking the cow, feeding the livestock and tending the garden. For over 30 Years he presented an in-school program about the Flag of the United States, its origin, meaning, care and the importance of Patriotism. His awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with 4th Oak Leaf Cluster, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with third Oak Leaf Cluster, the Good Conduct Medal, Navy Overseas Medal, The National Defense Service Medal, and the Kansas National Guard Service Medal with 10 and 20 year devices. He aged quietly and eventually he became just another old man sitting on his porch reminiscing about his younger days. He serves as the Honorary Regimental Colonel for the 635th Armor Regiment as outlined by Army Regulation. After the war he returned to Kansas and as a major, joined Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 130th Field Artillery Group in Hutchinson, Kansas. Simpson was always recruiting airmen for the Guard. He was highly influential in procurement of the real estate and raising of building funds for construction of the Kansas City, Kansas Armory. He attended Basic Training in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and was assigned to the 121st Signal Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas for On-the-job-Training. He served on the USPFO Advisory Council from 1988 until retirement. Nelson Cobb, which continued till Mr. Cobb moved to Kansas City, in the fall of 1867. He was then reassigned to Headquarters, 2nd Battalion 130th Field Artillery as Liaison Officer then later as Battalion Communications Officer. He has done several radio interviews and a TV interviews promoting the beef industry. Colonel Michael Joseph OToole was born in Hiawatha, Kansas on January 1, 1952. He was ordered to active duty during the Korean War in March 1953. He also served on the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee and Chaired the 35th Division Council, made up of six states. In 2000, CSM Smith retired from the Kansas National Guard and was quickly hired by USAA and assigned as the Military Affairs Representative covering all military organizations from Texas to North Dakota and from Kansas to Illinois. He was then assigned as sergeant major of the 2nd Battalion, 137th Infantry and promoted to the grade of sergeant major. He was confirmed by the Senate and on March 5, 1870, became Colonel David Whittaker, Kansas Adjutant General. Memorial Record of Lincoln Post No. He began as the Senior TAC Officer in 1956 at the Kansas Military Academy, on a part-time basis. In 2003 he became the first command sergeant major of the Joint Forces Headquarters Kansas-Land Component. He served in the Headquarters Troop throughout the entire war period where he was promoted to First Sergeant in 1938. His first flight lasted 20 minutes at an average height of 125 feet above ground. Tallest residential building in the city. During the destruction of the Free-State Hotel in Lawrence by Sheriff Jones, he lost $574 in books, and on May 21, 1856, had his Sharps Rifle taken from his home by a force of bushwackers. Also known as Town Center or 140 East Town Street. The following month, he was levied for service in Vietnam. In 1886 he became roadmaster at Arkansas City. He served overseas in the Pacific Theater with the 78th Engineer Combat Battalion 1944-1945. On 12 May 1950, General DeGraw reentered the National Guard as Battery Commander, Headquarters Battery of the 135th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, Kansas Army National Guard, in Hays, Kansas. COL Smith and his wife, Patricia, live in Wichita, and have three children and nine grandchildren. He joined Battery B, 154TH Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard on January 32, 1949 in Marysville, Kansas. He was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame 5 November, 1994. When he went to milk to cow, he would say he was going to extract the lactic fluid from the bovine. When he was asked how he was, he would sometimes reply tollable like. He used many little trick expressions of comparison, such as; as pretty as a little red wagon; as independent as a hog on ice; as sure as Heaven made little green apples; as sharp as a new pin; no more notion what to do with it than a hog with a holiday; as sure as settin sin; sweet as molasses cake with sugar on it. Certain kinds of desserts were transparent puddin or atmosphere pie. He wouldnt eat chicken because he had raised so many. He was born in Tennessee, but lived in Topeka from 1881 till his death in 1945, a period of 64 years. He returned to the 496th Ordnance Group as the Adjutant, then transferred to Headquarters, Headquarters Detachment of the Kansas Army National Guard, Topeka. They also have nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. As a civilian, General Tice first began working for the National Weather Service in Topeka, in 1941 and then returned to the Weather Service after his military active duty in 1947. General Charles I. Martin, born on January 25, 1871 in Ogle County, Illinois, moved to Kansas as a youth and resided on a farm in Allen County. He was instrumental in bringing the quality management concept to the Kansas Guard, in encouraging personnel strength in the units, which he commanded, and in ensuring that all units met standards through the Command Inspection and Mobilization Readiness programs which he led. In 1957 and 1958 he was Campaign Chairman for the United Fund Drive of Wichita, and remained a member of the United Way Board of Directors in Wichita through 1970. Ballard has been a member of the Kansas Army National Guard since 1970. Early in his career, as a sergeant, he was delegate to a convention where he became founder of the American Legion. He graduated from Holyrood Catholic High School and departed Glasgow on 10 January 1951, arriving in the United States of America on 18 January 1951. Goetz served as first sergeant with the Supply Squadron, Group Headquarters, and the 190th Resource Management Squadron on five separate occasions among those units. The Mansfield Blues became Company F of the Second Kansas infantry volunteers organized at Lawrence June 11, 1861. He was ordered to active duty for World War II with his New Jersey Guard Unit on 16 September 1940. Hs also maintain his live membership in numerous organizations and associations. In 1880 he went to Kansas, settling at Manhattan as pastor of the Christian church there. Of an outraged populace. He has conducted music groups performing in 14 states and six foreign nations, appearing before the president, vice-president, six governors and three foreign heads of state. At Woods Coffee, every new day brings a brand new adventure. Additionally, he established the first version of the Guard newspapaer which is now called the Plains Guardian, which was originally called the Kansas National Guard Newsletter. A.M. Hughes. Eligibility is limited by descent through males only. Since his enlistment came at the wars end, Sergeant Bausch would spend the first 22 years of his military service in the peacetime National Guard. Weller was Topeka Station Commander when the tornado struct and immediately established emergency operations, immeasurably aiding civil authorities during this tragic ordeal. The Generals awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal, European-African Middle Eastern Campaign medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Army Occupation Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster, Presidential Unit Citation, Distinguished Unit Badge, French Fourragere, Kansas National Guard Service Medal with 3rd Oak Leaf Cluster, Kansas Emergency Duty Service Ribbon, Kansas National Guard Distinguished Service Medal and the National Guard Association of Kansas Distinguished Service medal. He is a supporter of the Museum of the Kansas National Guard and has been a m1ember of the Museum Maintenance Crew for several years. 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