Upon organization of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac, commanded first by General Stoneman, then by General Pleasanton, and during the last 18 months of the war, by the matchless Phil Sheridan, the 6th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry was assigned to that organization and served therein until the close of the Civil War, taking part in the many battles and raids which have made that organization famous and the name Phil Sheridan immortal. As a current resident of Florida, his experience with radio communications proved invaluable to the communities experiencing the devastation from hurricanes Ivan and Katrina. He serves as the coordinator of the communitys Independence Day celebration, organized at his own expense. Another battalion participated in Operation Bright Star in Egypt. Longren believed him to be a natural pilot. Wellers contributions to the citizens of Kansas included exceptional emergency service during the 1951 Flood and once again during the devastating Topeka tornado of 1966. I do not want any funeral services over my body, and where I buried is of no concern to me whatever. While serving in the HHB 195th Field Artillery Group he performed duties as a Field Wireman, Wire Team Chief, and Communications Chief. He firmly believed in its ultimate sucess, while others ridiculed what they thought a preposterous idea. During the last five years of his military career, he served with distinction as Secretary, General Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth. When he resigned in the spring of 1865 to accept the appointment as Kansas Adjutant General, he had attained the rank of colonel. After the forced resignation of Adjutant General H. H. Artz because of charges of misappropriating state funds, Governor Lewelling appointed his friend, MAJ Albert J. Davis to fill the position of Adjutant General on April 1, 1894. During his years in the Supply Squadron, several aircraft transitions were experienced in the 184th including the F-80 in 1954, F-86 in 1958, F-100 in 1961, F-105 in 1971 and F-4 in 1979. She summoned help from the office, and Mr. Campbell was found to be still alive. He is truly a great Army National Guardsman, Kansan and American. In spite of this, he postponed his treatment and asked to be excused from his SEA duties to serve as first sergeant of the newly-created 1701st Air Refueling Wing, Provisional, in Saudi Arabia. Upon reaching Topeka, in August of that year he joined Company F, of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry. His duties included training other soldiers to become Military Policemen. Although no major battles occured, the Indian hostilities in the area ceased while Camp Pliley was active. CMSgt Melvin D. Simpson, Overbrook, began his military career in 1952 when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and went through basic training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. After serving as a traditional guardsman for six years, Sergeant Smith was hired in 1972 to be an Administrative Supply Technician (AST) for the 242 Engineer Company in Wichita, Kansas. Assignments with the brigade staff included Intelligence Officer (S-2), Personnel Officer (S-1), and Operations and Training Officer (S-3) prior to assignment in July 1973 as Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion, 137th Infantry and promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. The next armored brigade Guard unit slated for mobilization is the 30th ABCT with the North Carolina Army National Guard. Charles Robinson, Adjutant General, to fill vacancy, and had the position of Private Secretary to Gov. On March 1, 1873, Anderson became general freight and passanger agent of the Kansas Midland railroad and when that line was absorbed into the Santa Fe, in 1875, he was made general passanger agent. Chief Master Sgt. He actively promoted resident school attendance of Professional Military Education (PME) courses such as Leadership School, NCO Academy, and the Senior NCO Academy. He has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Newman University in Wichita, with a major in Administration. During World War II, Col. OConnell commanded the 2nd Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment in five major battles including the Battle at St. He was reassigned from Battalion Command to Administrative Officer of Headquarters, State Area Command and G-1 of the 35th Infantry Division upon its Reactivation. In 1951, he became a Brigadier General assigned to Headquarters, 35th Infantry Division, and retired in February of 1958. SGM Trost is also a charter member of the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of Kansas. Their law from an anarchist, It was the full spectrum of operations, he said. He prospered in this undertaking until 1893, when becoming imbued with the Oklahoma fever he sold out his business and sought the new Eldorado. His civilian occupation includes being a high school teacher, , a high school vice principal, and as director for the Northwest Kansas Area Kansas State University Extension. But after Sept. 11, the service member must have directly served in a designated military [counter-terrorism] operation for at least 30 days, the memo says. April 01, 1865 August 18, 1867, Mayor of Topeka The information about him is from the article below, printed in an unnamed Chicago newspaper. While in the Kansas National Guard he found time to umpire basketball and softball from many organizations in the Wichita Area. 453 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<25862D9E6C1EDE419E62C92D71F542FB>]/Index[440 18]/Info 439 0 R/Length 72/Prev 25437/Root 441 0 R/Size 458/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream On 5 September 1943, he was assigned as a Cadreman in the 611th Grave Registration Company, Francis E. Warren Army Base, Cheyenne, Wyoming and in May 1944, was transferred to the Eurpoean Theater of Operations for duty in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. His military career began when he enlisted in the Kansas Army National Guard in 1963 in the 891st Engineer Battalion, Manhattan, Kansas. In 1944, he shipped to Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia and promoted to Mess Sergeant where he served until being discharged in 1946 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. in 1914 and an L.L.B. The expected outcome from this exercise [Iron Union] is to increase our tactical proficiency together, to learn tactics, techniques, and procedures from both organizations, said Lt. Col. Bryan Bonnema, battalion commander for 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Bausch continued to serve with this unit throughout the stateside service of the 137th and was still with the Antitank Company when the 35th Infantry Division landed in France on July 6, 1944. He joined Battery B, 154TH Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard on January 32, 1949 in Marysville, Kansas. That dangled between their legs; His career is marked by long years of service and exemplifies his unselfish interest to develop the Guard within his own community. New equipment and weapons systems include the B-1 Bomber, the M1-IP Abrams Tank, the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), the Paladin Howitzer (Kansas Being the first state to receive the Paladin in a National Guard Battalion), the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter and the Palletized Load System. OSS is commanded by United States Army Central and includes units from all service branches. Here he was responsible for the morale and discipline of 1200 students. Lyman Allen (Operation Eagle Pull) April 11-13, 1975 Congo July 14, 1960 to September 1, 1962 and . In May of 1862 he moved to Topeka and four years later was appointed Assistant Adjutant General of Kansas. W. S. Campbell and George W. Campbell were his brothers. He was promoted to sergeant first class and given the position of group sergeant major with additional duties as detachment first sergeant. His outstanding service and dedication was honored by the commemoration of the Browne Memorial Armory in Horton. It was a consequence of his refusal, as commander of the Kansas National Guard, to obey an illegal order to eject members of the Kansas Legislature from their hall (please see related link: Colonel Hughes and the Legislative War), issued to him by Governor Lorenzo D. Lewelling in February of 1893, that Hughes became a national figure over night. He was President of the Citizens Military Committee which was responsible for the bond issue to build the Kansas City, Kansas Armory and many other improvements at no cost to the State or Federal Government. ]AD;38g2z;j~Kx>d:(6A'66pbibaALr7y>E?\3l rWZ; e"9%49Y\: AR_s4t5S:`m.:G$B@:uv(UtZt,.;I+ Major General Michael W. Ryan was born on 6 January 1945 in Clay Center, Kansas. In 1893 and 1894 he was adjutant general of the Kansas Department of the G.A.R. He was activated with the unit for World War II in 1940 and participated in the Normandy Landing at Omaha Beach and was in continuous combat in Europe. He continued to serve in the Oklahoma Army National Guard until 22 May 1953. He has had three careers also ranging from serving in the military, then as a pilot and security aid to Governor John Carlin, and then working with computerizing genealogy records and computer consulting. He was promoted to first sergeant on March 6, 1931, and transferred to M Company, 137th Infantry on April 6th, 1934, and served in that capacity when the Guard was mobilized on December 23, 1940. OCS Class Number 12 was accelerated and Vonderschmidt was commissioned a second lieutenant and reported for active duty on May 13, 1968, along with many other Kansas Guardsmen. The Colonel was a born farmer, too, but he never lived on one. He then served in Louisiana until transferred to the 136th Fighter Wing in Korea, where he served until July of 1952. The Topeka newspaper in 1920, in writing about Maj. Faustino, stated, Faustino J. Domingo, a Philippino by birth and a 100 percent American in action. Maj. Domingo died on January 4, 1961. The 653rd RSG out of Arizona will be the unit to handle mobilizing that rotation, according to an Army release. He returned to Washburn University and received a BA Degree in Business Administration in 1951. Colonel Bartlow then transferred to the 891st Engineer Battalion, Manhattan, Kansas where he served as S-1, S-3 and Executive Officer until April 1974 when he assumed command of the Battalion. He completed his Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. His military education includes Artillery Officer Basic, Ordnance Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Infantry Officer Basic and Advance Courses, Armor Officer Associate Course, Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. Those who were in a position to know, say that Doctor Huffman deserved as much credit as any other member of the State Government for the construction of the splendid Memorial Building which adorns the capital city and stands a tribute to those brave soldiers of the Union. He served in the Headquarters Troop throughout the entire war period where he was promoted to First Sergeant in 1938. He had served a total of three years and two months. Of an outraged populace. He is a Life Member of the National Guard Associations of Kansas and the United States, serving three terms on the Board of Directors and volunteers for the Museum of the Kansas National Guard. Becoming over-age-in-grade for combat branches in 1941, he was detailed as Base Quartermaster, Merced (California) Army Air Base. Ballard unhesitatingly moved across the fire swept terrain to the injured man and swiftly rendered medical assistance to his comrade. In 1988, Goetz was promoted to chief master sergeant and was appointed senior enlisted advisor (SEA) for the Kansas Air National Guard, the top enlisted position in the state. Following his tour in Korea, he was assigned to the 32nd Division and then the 8th Division at Fort Carson Colo. After discharge from the Army, he joined the Kansas Army National Guards 154th Field Artillery Battalion as a forward observer in Hiawatha, KS. In 1857 he again resumed his real estate and brokerage business which he continued until 1862, when he was appointed Adjutant General of Kansas, the first political office he every held. He was reassigned in 1967 as Commander of Headquarters Battery. Col. Boggs passed away in a Topeka hospital on February 23, 1983. He continued to direct the affairs of the company until all of the lots were disposed of and when the company went out of business, Holliday was made trustee for the purpose of curing all defects of title. It had a membership of 200. He was inducted into the Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame, 2 November 2003. Any Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, whether listed here or not, is qualifying for veteran's . Forty years ago courage was unnoticed it was taken for granted on the plains; but Plileys courage was noticeably different from that of his fellows.