ned newman:
CLASS OF 1956
Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg American High SchoolClass of 1956
Stuttgart,
ned's Story
Graduated and returned to US and attended Braden's Prep to attend West Point. Passed all tests and was 51 of 50 that were selected. Then attended Trinity University as dad was 4th Army Adjutant,. Met my wife as we were both advanced freshmen. and attended classes with sophomores and graduated 2nd Lt Artillery. First a assignment was Karlsruhe .Germany with trips to Grafewohr as target acquisition officer. Then reassigned as battery commander of the 6/10th Artillery (175 Gun) with trips to Grafenwoher. Reassigned to 1st Inf Division in Vietnam as fire support commander with 1/26 Inf with Paul Gorman as commander for 4 months then Battery commander of C Battery of the 1/5 arty (105 towed) for .then back to fire support commander with the 1/Bn 1st Inf Div. with Alexander Haig as commander. Upon return to the US, I was assigned the Jungle Warfare for training in combat operations in the jungle, fortunately they got word I had fir...Expand for more
st hand experience and didn't need me to take the course I then returned to Fort Sill to to the fire support commander school and taught the instructors a few on the ground lessons. Next assignment was ROTC instructor at Dayton University in Dayton Ohio for 4 years. Advanced to .Maj and reassigned to 2/BN 6th field Artillery i(175 Gun Bn as Battalion S-3. after 12 months was assigned to the Artillery Maintenance group at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. The Department of the Army then planned to move the group to Norfolk VA to consolidate maintenance procedures. I was one of the few that was not permitted to move as I had just arrived and would have to live very off base. I managed to be assigned to the 18th Airborne Division at Fort Bragg as assistant G4. Not the same as actual combat operations and wife and kids wanted a father.who didn't disappear to somewhere so I returned to civilian life assisting my FIL at a furniture store.
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