page_title: Gordon Byrom Rogers
section_title: Start of military career
hierarchical_section_title: Gordon Byrom Rogers / Start of military career
caption_attribution_description: English: Cadet Gordon Byrom Rogers, USMA Class of 1924.
context_page_description: Gordon Byrom Rogers was a United States Army lieutenant general who served in several command positions during World War II and the Korean War, including the United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea and the 3rd Armored Division.
context_section_description: He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1924, and was commissioned a second lieutenant of cavalry. After graduation, Rogers was assigned to the 1st Cavalry Regiment.
  In 1929 he completed the Cavalry Officer Course and in 1930 he graduated from the Advanced Equitation Course, both at Fort Riley, Kansas.
  For several years, Rogers played on the Army polo team.  In 1930, he was a member of the U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team.
  During the 1930s, Rogers served with the 10th and 2nd Cavalry Regiments.
  In 1939, he graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College.  He was then assigned to the 6th Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where he commanded a cavalry troop and then a cavalry squadron.
caption: Rogers as a West Point Cadet.  From the 1924 USMA Yearbook.
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