US Army Brigadier General. A 1917 graduate of West Point, as a captain with 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division during World War I he was cited several times for bravery, and received three awards of the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. In the 1920s and 1930s he served in Field Artillery command and staff assignments, including postings to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Fort Bliss, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1930, the Army Industrial College in 1939, and the Naval War College in 1940. At the start of World War II he commanded the 191st Field Artillery Regiment. During the war he served in Europe as commander of the 79th Infantry Division Artillery and then as Assistant Division Commander, and was promoted to brigadier general. He received the Bronze Star Medal and the Legion of Merit for his World War II service. After the war he was the commander of the Separation and Discharge Center at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, post commander at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and commander of the Oregon Military District, a subordinate command of the Sixth United States Army. He retired in 1949.
(Bio: Bill McKern)
(Bio: Bill McKern)
US Army Brigadier General. A 1917 graduate of West Point, as a captain with 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division during World War I he was cited several times for bravery, and received three awards of the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. In the 1920s and 1930s he served in Field Artillery command and staff assignments, including postings to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Fort Bliss, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College in 1930, the Army Industrial College in 1939, and the Naval War College in 1940. At the start of World War II he commanded the 191st Field Artillery Regiment. During the war he served in Europe as commander of the 79th Infantry Division Artillery and then as Assistant Division Commander, and was promoted to brigadier general. He received the Bronze Star Medal and the Legion of Merit for his World War II service. After the war he was the commander of the Separation and Discharge Center at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, post commander at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and commander of the Oregon Military District, a subordinate command of the Sixth United States Army. He retired in 1949.
(Bio: Bill McKern)
(Bio: Bill McKern)
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