HEADQUARTERS
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION AND CAMP BRECKINRIDGE
CAMP BRECKINRIDGE, KENTUCKY
OFFICE OF THE DIVISION COMMANDER

MESSAGE OF WELCOME TO NEW ARRIVALS

It gives me great pleasure to extend to each of you a hearty welcome to Camp Breckinridge. We are glad to have you here.

As members of the Armed Forces you are being trained to defend our nation against aggression in order that the American concept of liberty, justice, and freedom may be preserved.

Wear your uniform proudly and uphold the fine traditions which have been handed down to us by American soldiers of previous generations.

To all of you go my best wishes for success during your service in the Army of the United States.

C. E. RYAN
Brigadier General, USA
Commanding

KNOW YOUR DIVISION AND
CAMP COMMANDER

CORNELIUS E. RYAN was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 12, 1896. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a B.S. degree. He was commissioned an Infantry Second Lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps on August 15, 1917. On October 26, 1917, he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant, Infantry, in the Regular Army.

He was promoted to First Lieutenant on January 22, 1918; to Captain on July 1, 1920; to Major on August 1, 1935; to Lieutenant Colonel on August 18, 1940; to Colonel on December 24, 1941; to Brigadier General on January 7, 1945.

He spent his first year of service with the 304th Infantry, 76th Division, at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, and with the 49th Infantry at Camp Merritt, New Jersey. In July 1918, he went to France, where he served for a year with the 49th Infantry, 83rd Division. He returned to the United States the following July and was assigned to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, as Assistant Adjutant; later moving to Hoboken, New Jersey, as Administrative Officer, Water Transportation Division, Port and Zone Transportation Office. From July 1920 until May 1921, he served as Transport Quartermaster of the USAT's *Bufort, Princess Matoika and President Grant*. In May 1921, he joined the 34th Infantry at Camp Meade, Maryland, and accompanied the regiment to Fort Hamilton, New York, in September 1921. In June of 1922, he was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia, as Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, and the following September, was enrolled as a student at the Infantry School, completing the Company Officers Course in June 1923.

He was then assigned to Camp Meade, Maryland, as a student at the Tank School. Following his graduation from the Tank School, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one year, after which he was assigned to the 16th Tank Battalion at Camp Meade, Maryland, for a short period. He remained at Camp Meade until July 1927, during which time he served as Tank School Supply Officer in addition to his other duties. In August 1927, he was detailed to the Centre d'Etudes des Chars De Combat, Versailles, France. Following his graduation from the French Tank School, he served for two months with the 507th French Tank Regiment. Upon his return to the United States in December 1928, he assumed command of the 21st Tank Maintenance Company at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. After serving in this capacity for a year and a half, he was detailed as Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics at the University of California. Following six years at the University of California, he was

transferred to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and assigned to the 23rd Infantry, 2nd Division. During the two years he spent at Fort Sam Houston, his duties included Headquarters Commandant of the 3rd Army Maneuvers, S-3, 23rd Infantry, and Assistant to the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3, 2nd Infantry Division.

In September 1938, he was enrolled as a student at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Upon completion of the course in June of the following year, he was assigned to the Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, as an Instructor in the Tank Section. Later he became Chief of the Automotive Section.

In February 1943, he was assigned to the 3rd Army at Fort Sam Houston as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-3.

In June 1943, he left the United States for duty in the European Theater of Operations, where he became Chief of the Civil Affairs Section. He later served as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5, of the First United States Army Group and the Twelfth Army Group.

On August 1, 1945, he was assigned to Headquarters, Fifteenth Army, for duty with the General Board as Assistant Chief of Staff, G-5.

He was relieved from the Fifteenth Army on January 28, 1946, and detailed as President of the Regular Army Board of Review, Western Base Section, Paris, France.

He became Deputy Commanding General of the Berlin District on May 1, 1946. On October 21, 1946, he was assigned as Commanding General, Headquarters Command, USFET.

On March 12, 1947, he was transferred to Berlin, where he assumed command of all U.S. troops stationed there, and was announced as U.S. Member of the Berlin Kommandatura, the four-powered body composed of the Commandants of the forces of the occupying powers. He was assigned as Assistant to the Deputy Military Governor, OMGUS, on 20 May 1947.

On July 22, 1947, he was transferred to the V Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, after an overseas tour of 51 months. He served as Chief of Staff, V Corps, for one year, and was then assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, on October 8, 1948. After serving as Assistant Division Commander, 101st Airborne Division, for 7 months, he assumed command of the division.

On June 25, 1949, he was transferred to the Pennsylvania Military District where he remained in command until his return to Camp Breckinridge on August 21, 1950, at which time he assumed command of Camp Breckinridge and the 101st Airborne Division.

DECORATIONS

The following awards have been presented to General Ryan: (American) Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal and the Army Commendation Ribbon with three oak leaf clusters. General Ryan's foreign decorations include the Commemorative Cross of Poland, Ordre de Merite d'Adolphe de Nassau, degree of Commandeur avec Couronne, Croix de Guerre, 1940, of Luxembourg, the Legion of Merit, grade of officer, Croix de Guerre, with Palm, of France, Commander of the British Empire from Great Britain, the Order of Orange-Nassau, Degree of Knight Commander with the Swords of the Netherlands, the Commandeur de l'Ordre de Leopold II, Croix de Guerre, 1940, with Palm of Belgium and the Military Cross, 1939, of Czechoslovakia.

CHIEF OF STAFF

BARNEY A. DAUGHTRY was born in Register, Georgia, Bullock County, on February 24, 1904. He is a graduate of the United States Military, with a B.S. degree, class of 1927. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant, Infantry, regular army, on 14 June 1927.

He was promoted to First Lieutenant, Infantry, on 24 August 1933; to Captain on 14 June 1937; to Major AUS on 31 January 1941; to Lieutenant Colonel AUS 9 June 1942; to Major RA 14 June 1944; to Colonel AUS 7 March 1946; (Reduced to Lt. Col. 30 April 1946); to Lt. Col. RA 1 July 1948; to Colonel AUS 8 June 1950.

His first station was Fort Screven, Georgia, the home of the 8th Infantry, 4th Division. Duty here was varied, rifle, platoon leader, howitzer platoon leader, police and prison officer and recruiting officer. In November 1929 he went to Panama where he served as platoon leader in the 33rd Infantry, stationed at Fort Clayton. He returned to the United States in December 1930 and was assigned to the 29th Infantry, Fort Benning, Georgia. In July 1931 he took a detail in the Air Force and went to Brooks Field, Texas. In October same year he was relieved from the detail in the Air Force and assigned to the 38th Infantry, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, the infantry demonstration unit for the Artillery School.

He was assigned to Fort Benning in September 1934 as a student at the Infantry School (combined course). Following his graduation from the Infantry School in June 1935 he was ordered to Hawaii, where he served as Company Executive Officer in the 11th Tank Company, stationed at Schofield Barracks. He returned to the United States in December 1937 and was assigned to the 10th Infantry, Fort Thomas, Kentucky, where he served as a rifle company commander until July 1940 when he was ordered to Fort Benning to take a short refresher course at the Tank School. While at Fort Thomas his company was selected to act as Guard of Honor

for President Roosevelt on his visit to Covington, Kentucky.

After completion of the Tank course he was ordered to cadre duty with the 39th Infantry, 9th Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Here he saw service as the service company commander and regimental S-4. During July and August 1941 he attended the 4th short course at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In January 1943 he was ordered on a cadre to the Branch Immaterial Receiving and Training Center, Fort McClellan, Alabama, where he commanded the 17th Battalion.

In March 1943 he was ordered to Fort Benning for the Division Officers Course of one month, after which he went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, as executive officer 272d Infantry, 69th Division. In January 1944 he was ordered to the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, as a student. After graduating from the Naval War college in May 1944 he was ordered to the Mediterranean Theater and assigned to the IV Corps at Naples, Italy. He served as executive to the G-4 to the end of the war, leaving the IV Corps at Milan, Italy, in May 1945, to return to the United States for duty as Assistant G-4 Headquarters, Army Ground Forces, The Pentagon, Washington, D. C.

In July 1946 he was ordered to Macon, Georgia, as regimental instructor with Georgia National Guard. In July 1947 he was ordered to Iran as a member of the United States Military Mission with the Iranian Army. During this assignment he was Advisor to the Iranian Command and General Staff College. In April 1950 he returned to the United States and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for a fifteen day refresher course before going to the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California, where he was commander of the newly activated Receiving and Processing Center. But in September 1950 he was ordered to the 101st Airborne Division, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, where he was appointed Chief of Staff.

DECORATIONS

The following decorations have been presented to Col. Daughtry:
(American) Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star with V device. Col. Daughtry has also been awarded the Legion of Merit 3rd Class of Iran.