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Stanley E. R·
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Commanding General

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BRIGADIER GENERAL John E. [opeland

Assistant Division Commander
BR GADIER GENERAL Ronald [. Brock
Division Artille ry C ommander
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 THE
GEnERAL STAFF

DAVID H. ARP JAMES N. ROBERTSON

lieutenant Colonel , GSC Lieutenant Co lonel, GSC

Assistant Chief ':)f Staff. G-I Assistant Chief of Staff. G-2

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WILLIAM J. EPES
Colonel, GSC

Chief of Staff

GEORGE T. DUNCAN JOSEPH S. HARD IN

lieutenant Colonel, GSC lieutenant Colonel. GSC
Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3 Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4
 THE SPECIAL S T A F F

BURNETI J. BROWN WILSON B. DeCHANT

RUSSELL W . DODDS

lieutenant Colonel Ueutenant Colone l

GEORGE W . COX

Lieutenant Colonel
Major

Adjutant Genera l Division Chaplain

Divi sion Chemica l Officer
Di vision Engineer

HOWARD C. ANDERSON
FRED B. HAMMOND
FRED N. WHITING JOHN RITCH IE, III

Lieutenant Colonel
Major
Lieutenant Co lonel JOHN C. BOESCH

Headquarters Comma ndant

Major
Lieutenant Colonel

Finance Officer
Inspector General Judg'e Advocate
Division Ordnance Officer

JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE PAUL G. CRAMER HUGH C. DORRIEN

CHARLES D. MONSSON

Major Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel

DONALD E. CARLE

Maior
Lieutenant Colonel

Division Provost Marshal Division Quartermaster Division Signal Officer

Special Service Officer
Division Surgeon

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LEWIS B. RunE
Lieutenant Colonel

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FRANK DUNKLEY
Lieutenan t Colonel

Commanding

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Course.

Air Ground Demonstration .

Ten-Minute Bre"k. Sunday Morning Services in Field .

Turn on the HMt.

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Ready to Move Out. Winter Camouflag e.

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InFAnTRY

WILLIAM E. CARAWAY

Colonel

Commanding

261ST INFANTRY MOVING OUT TO BIVOUAC AREA

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CHARLES R. GILDART

Colonel

Executive Officer

Starting Metro Run .

Metro Plot.
Laying Battal ion Line.

Sigrial Inspection.
Survey Inspection.

Contact.

On Line. HQ. BTRY.

 Antiaircraft Defense.

K-9 Mascot.

Take a Hint.

Twenty-five-hour Inspection.

Four-minute Reading.

Line Test.
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F. A. Bn.

Prepare for Action.

SCR-284 in Operation .

" Pass the Ammunition ."

"Fire at Will." "Set Ready."

Ready on the Firing Line. The Take-off.

 General Bro ck Sp ea ks.

Below , Top : Going to H ear the G e neral.

Below, Bottom : " On the Way ."

Camouflage. Picking up Wire. BD -71 Sw itc hboa rd.

Chow- li ne . Command Inspection .

" Salvo." Going into Pos ition.

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 Camouflage.

Pause that Refreshes.

Field K. P. Battery Adjust.

Mud. Digging Out.

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PROBLEM

The Observer Commands: Fire Mission.

His Radio Operator Calls- The Executive Who Commands­

H is Well-camouflaged Batter'1 . Battery Adjust.
 Own Med ic-The Aid Man . Antiaircraft Defen se.

Communications. Our Eyes-The Grasshopper. And of Course-th e Jeep.

Yes , Chow line.

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720TH F• A• A Hasty Occupation.

Bn •

The First Artillery Shot for 65th Division.

Care of Materiel.

Howitzer Section in Action.

Preparing for Action. Our New Tractor-drawn M- I.
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* MILITARY POLICE

Prisoners. Informat ion .

Barracks. Traffic Direction. Motor Par~.

L Hinge span raft 12Fi xed brid ge
2. Ponton construct ion training
3. Eng ineer road 13.King post
4.,lnfontry support roft truss bridge
5. Tran sition fi r i n g14.Working on
6.Log obstacle the approoct
7. The Bangalore boys ' 15.Supply
8. Wire obstacles ' 6.Bai ley br a g
9 .Neor completion I7.Crit'ique
IQExpedient pile driver
II-First trial
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Evacuation . Field Operations.

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Supply. Welding Automotive.

Machine Shop.

765TH 0 onAnCE COmPAny

 Experts. Keep 'Em Rolling. Sorry, Sarge, Only Water!

65TH QUARTERMASTER COmPAny

Raise Periscope. My Day. Main Line of Resistance.

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SNEAK AND PEEK

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Pigeons. Radio Repair. Radio Operation. Firing.

Motor Stab:e,. Teletypewriter. Rddio Operation. Message Center.

TEL·SWBD Repair. SWBD Operation. Construction. Construction. Me~sage Center.

 ACTIUATlon

DAY

AUGUST 16, 1943

CAMP SH ELBY, MISS.

MAJOR GENERAL C . H . WHITE, Commanding General IX Corps. BR IG ADI ER G EN ERA L REINHART, Commllnder of the 65th, Guadalcanal
veteran .

COLONEL WILLIAM J. EPES, Chief of Staff, re ads the acti vation order of
HONORS rendered comma nd ing gene ral 's party. Left to Right: Gene ra l C O LONE L W YETH reads the cita t ion for General Reinhart's award .
The 65th Infantry Division.
Hallo ran, G en eral Bo lte , Ge neral W hite , G e neral lteinhart , Co lo ne l Wyeth ,
a nd Colone l Epe s.

GENERAL WHITE presents the Legion of Merit for Guadalcanal achievement Two thousand two hun d red and sixty-one men execute " Batta lions-attention." C HARTER MEMB ERS of the 65th. Shown here are division color bearers and
to General Reinhart. guard s. Th e d ivision is at "Present Arms" liS the band plays "10 the Colors."
GENERAL WHITE makes the presentation of division colors which will be a THE COMMANDER salutes a unit's colors as they are unfurled for the first time. COLONEL McMAHON, Division Artillery Commander, takes the colors from
symbol of the accomplishments of the 65th. GENERAL REINHART and presents them to the Color Guard.

NO FRIEND of the photograph'e r is this unit commander shown here accepting LIEUTENANT LEE, Commanding Officer, 65th Quartermaster Compa ny, is GENERAL REINHART presents unit colors to Captain Sweitzer, Command ing

his col ors from the commander. issued some TIA equipment, unit colors, by the commander. Officer, 3£5th Medical Battalion.

COLONEL SCHILDROTH, Commllnding Officer. 261st Infantry. accepts his LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALLACE, Commanding Officer of the 265th

unit 's colors from the General. Engineers, does some ceremonial Enginee ring in accepting his unit's colors.

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General Marshall Speaks.

Six Stars.

Practical Work.

"The Chief" Directs.

A Close Inspection.
" Now, Sir, Over There."
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GENERAL REINHART, right, in conversation with General GEN ERAL McNAI R'S three-starred car pauses "somewhere in UNIFORMS CLEANED AND PRESSED are put aside for
McNa ir soon after the latter had arrived by personal trans­ the pines" around camp for a field inspection . week-ends or pass days are hauled out and displayed here
port shown in background . in formation for the inspecting eye of thl! "Chief" from
Washington.

THE COMMANDER OF ALL GROUND DIVISIONS is shown GOOD photographic shot of " Big Shots"-still at the airport _ PICTURE OF DEMOCRATIC ARMY In action when the Gen­ TWO-THIRDS of the 65th Command , General Reinhart and
here at Division Headquarters of our own " Battle Axe " eral consults a K. P. on military maneuvers in a kitchen . General McMahon , right, minus General Barber. but with
Division. Co lo ne l Epes , CIS , left foreground, listen intently as the
visiting commander gestures a point.

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22 November 1943 the 65th saw the big boss of the U. S. Army's foot­
soldiers in the person of Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, Commander
of Army Ground Forces, when he made a thorough inspection tour of Camp
Shelby men and installations.
The events of the day ranged all the way from visits to Division Head­
quarters to close scrutiny of the unsung heroes of the pots and pans.

THE CORPORAL, second from the left, has succu mbed to

the temptat io n of every soldier at inspection to look for THIS MESS SERGEANT gets some pointed advice on the
the approaching officer, however, most inspectors are not affairs of the kitchen posted on his bulletin board.
so im portant as General McNa ir.
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WE HATE TO SEE YOU GOI

Photographs Courtesy U. S. Signal Corps and 65th Division .

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GAYLOR D P R t NT EO I N USA.

WALTER P. O'BRIEN ROBERT T. FOSTER WILLIAM H. SHILDROTH JOHN B. RICE

Colon'el Colonel
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
259th Infantry 260th Infantry
261st Infantry
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