Major General Bruce E. Kendall, who served as the Eighth Army Quartermaster for General Douglas MacArthur from 1946 to 1949, died 7 Oct 04 at age 91 in Hershey, PA. Inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 1999, Kendall retired in 1970 after 37 years of service as a Quartermaster officer. During the latter part of his career, he served as Commanding General, US Army, Japan, and later, Deputy Commandant, Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Kendall was graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1933 and was commissioned through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) as a second lieutenant with the Infantry-Reserve. For the next 7 1/2 years, he served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. At age 22, he was in World War II, serving in consecutive assignments at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, San Antonio General Depot, and Utah General Depot where he pioneered the use of electronic accounting machines and forklifts in depot operations. In 1945 he joined the staff of The Quartermaster General in Washington, DC, where he helped redesign the postwar depot system. Service as the Eighth Army Quartermaster for General MacArthur entailed support of the 1st Cavalry, 11th Airborne, 24th and 25th Divisions, all other Army, Air Force, Navy, US State Department civilian personnel; supervision of the Tokyo and Kobe Depots; establishment of 35 commissaries and a hydroponics farm; construction of three milk plants and housing for more than 20,000 dependents. No one contributed more to the occupation effort.
From 1954 to 1955 he was Quartermaster for the US Forces in Austria. He served as the Deputy Quartermaster, US Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1956 to 1957. Kendall served in the Office of the Quartermaster General as Director of Administration (1960-61), Director of Supply (1961-62) and Deputy Quartermaster General (1963). He was Director of Supply at the newly created Defense Supply Agency (1965); Deputy Commander of the US Army in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1966-67); Commanding General of the US Army, Japan (1967-68); and Deputy Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1968-70) before retiring 1 Aug 70.
His military education includes the Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College (Constructive Credit) and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), American Defense Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Medal, Japan Occupation Medal, National Defense Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Reserve Medal; Foreign Decorations - 2nd Order of Sacred Treasure, Japan; Order of Civil Merit, Donbeag Medal, Korea.
He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Kendall of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Kendall was graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1933 and was commissioned through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) as a second lieutenant with the Infantry-Reserve. For the next 7 1/2 years, he served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. At age 22, he was in World War II, serving in consecutive assignments at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, San Antonio General Depot, and Utah General Depot where he pioneered the use of electronic accounting machines and forklifts in depot operations. In 1945 he joined the staff of The Quartermaster General in Washington, DC, where he helped redesign the postwar depot system. Service as the Eighth Army Quartermaster for General MacArthur entailed support of the 1st Cavalry, 11th Airborne, 24th and 25th Divisions, all other Army, Air Force, Navy, US State Department civilian personnel; supervision of the Tokyo and Kobe Depots; establishment of 35 commissaries and a hydroponics farm; construction of three milk plants and housing for more than 20,000 dependents. No one contributed more to the occupation effort.
From 1954 to 1955 he was Quartermaster for the US Forces in Austria. He served as the Deputy Quartermaster, US Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1956 to 1957. Kendall served in the Office of the Quartermaster General as Director of Administration (1960-61), Director of Supply (1961-62) and Deputy Quartermaster General (1963). He was Director of Supply at the newly created Defense Supply Agency (1965); Deputy Commander of the US Army in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1966-67); Commanding General of the US Army, Japan (1967-68); and Deputy Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1968-70) before retiring 1 Aug 70.
His military education includes the Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College (Constructive Credit) and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), American Defense Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Medal, Japan Occupation Medal, National Defense Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Reserve Medal; Foreign Decorations - 2nd Order of Sacred Treasure, Japan; Order of Civil Merit, Donbeag Medal, Korea.
He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Kendall of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Major General Bruce E. Kendall, who served as the Eighth Army Quartermaster for General Douglas MacArthur from 1946 to 1949, died 7 Oct 04 at age 91 in Hershey, PA. Inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 1999, Kendall retired in 1970 after 37 years of service as a Quartermaster officer. During the latter part of his career, he served as Commanding General, US Army, Japan, and later, Deputy Commandant, Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
Kendall was graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1933 and was commissioned through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) as a second lieutenant with the Infantry-Reserve. For the next 7 1/2 years, he served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. At age 22, he was in World War II, serving in consecutive assignments at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, San Antonio General Depot, and Utah General Depot where he pioneered the use of electronic accounting machines and forklifts in depot operations. In 1945 he joined the staff of The Quartermaster General in Washington, DC, where he helped redesign the postwar depot system. Service as the Eighth Army Quartermaster for General MacArthur entailed support of the 1st Cavalry, 11th Airborne, 24th and 25th Divisions, all other Army, Air Force, Navy, US State Department civilian personnel; supervision of the Tokyo and Kobe Depots; establishment of 35 commissaries and a hydroponics farm; construction of three milk plants and housing for more than 20,000 dependents. No one contributed more to the occupation effort.
From 1954 to 1955 he was Quartermaster for the US Forces in Austria. He served as the Deputy Quartermaster, US Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1956 to 1957. Kendall served in the Office of the Quartermaster General as Director of Administration (1960-61), Director of Supply (1961-62) and Deputy Quartermaster General (1963). He was Director of Supply at the newly created Defense Supply Agency (1965); Deputy Commander of the US Army in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1966-67); Commanding General of the US Army, Japan (1967-68); and Deputy Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1968-70) before retiring 1 Aug 70.
His military education includes the Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College (Constructive Credit) and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), American Defense Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Medal, Japan Occupation Medal, National Defense Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Reserve Medal; Foreign Decorations - 2nd Order of Sacred Treasure, Japan; Order of Civil Merit, Donbeag Medal, Korea.
He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Kendall of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Kendall was graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1933 and was commissioned through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) as a second lieutenant with the Infantry-Reserve. For the next 7 1/2 years, he served with the Civilian Conservation Corps. At age 22, he was in World War II, serving in consecutive assignments at the Kansas City Quartermaster Depot, San Antonio General Depot, and Utah General Depot where he pioneered the use of electronic accounting machines and forklifts in depot operations. In 1945 he joined the staff of The Quartermaster General in Washington, DC, where he helped redesign the postwar depot system. Service as the Eighth Army Quartermaster for General MacArthur entailed support of the 1st Cavalry, 11th Airborne, 24th and 25th Divisions, all other Army, Air Force, Navy, US State Department civilian personnel; supervision of the Tokyo and Kobe Depots; establishment of 35 commissaries and a hydroponics farm; construction of three milk plants and housing for more than 20,000 dependents. No one contributed more to the occupation effort.
From 1954 to 1955 he was Quartermaster for the US Forces in Austria. He served as the Deputy Quartermaster, US Army Europe in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1956 to 1957. Kendall served in the Office of the Quartermaster General as Director of Administration (1960-61), Director of Supply (1961-62) and Deputy Quartermaster General (1963). He was Director of Supply at the newly created Defense Supply Agency (1965); Deputy Commander of the US Army in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (1966-67); Commanding General of the US Army, Japan (1967-68); and Deputy Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (1968-70) before retiring 1 Aug 70.
His military education includes the Army Command and General Staff College, Armed Forces Staff College (Constructive Credit) and Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Legion of Merit (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Commendation Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), American Defense Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Medal, Japan Occupation Medal, National Defense Medal (with one Oak Leaf Cluster), Reserve Medal; Foreign Decorations - 2nd Order of Sacred Treasure, Japan; Order of Civil Merit, Donbeag Medal, Korea.
He is survived by his wife, Mary E. Kendall of Hershey, Pennsylvania.
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