Aubry L.
Moore ’23
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Air Force Brig. Gen.
Frost, TX
Brig. Gen. Aubry L. Moore graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1929 and was appointed second lieutenant in the Field Artillery Reserve.
He has served as the commanding general of the 1503rd Air Transport Wing in Japan, chief of the Air Force Manpower Group and deputy director of Manpower and Organization in the Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations at Air Force Headquarters. He was rated a command pilot, combat observer and aircraft observer
His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.
Brig. Gen. Aubry L. Moore passed away on June 9, 1980.
Otto P.
Weyland ’23
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Air Force Gen.
San Antonio, TX
Gen. Otto P. Weyland graduated from Texas A&M University in 1923 with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also received his commission into the Air Service that year.
Gen. Otto P. Weyland served as Post-World War II Commander of Far East Air Forces during Korean War and of Tactical Air Command.
His military awards and decorations include two Distinguished Service Medals, the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, and Air Medal.
Gen. Otto P. Weyland passed away in 1979.
Robert B.
Williams ’23
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Air Force Maj. Gen.
San Antonio, TX
Maj. Gen. Robert B. Williams was born in Albany, TX, on November 9, 1901. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1923. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Service on June 6, 1923.
In September 1942, he was named to command the 2nd Bomb Command at Fort George Wright, Wash. He was in command of the 16th Bomb Wing briefly in April 1943, and on May 1, 1943, became Commanding General of the 1st Bomb Command, El Paso, Texas. In June 1943 he was assigned to the 8th Air Force in Great Britain, subsequently becoming Commanding General of the 1st Bombardment Division. He returned to the United States in October 1944 and was named Commanding General of the 2nd Air Force, Colorado Springs, Colo.
He is rated a command pilot and combat observer.
He received the Order of the Southern Cross from the government of Brazil in 1940 for his participation in the flight to Rio de Janeiro.
Maj. Gen. Robert B. Williams retired on July 1, 1946 and passed away on February 10, 1977.
J.D.
Hill ’21
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Army Maj. Gen.
Abilene, TX
Maj. Gen. J.D. Hill passed away in 1983.
Arthur B.
Knickerbocker ’21
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Army Brig. Gen.
Arthur “Knick” Balfour Knickerbocker was born on September 21, 1896 in Lake Providence, Louisiana. His growing-up years were in Louisiana, California, Nevada and Texas.
In 1915, Knick began college studies at Southwestern University where he played on the football and basketball teams. On July 1, 1917, Knick reported to the U.S. Navy Recruiting Station in Houston to begin a brief stint in the U.S. Navy. When he was discharged from the Navy, he enrolled at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
Knick was the quarterback on the Aggie football team of 1919, which was the Southwest Conference Champion. The Aggies scored 275 points; their opponents did not score against them. The head football coach was Dana X. Bible who later was the head coach at the University of Texas. He was the only coach to serve at A&M and UT. In the 1920 yearbook, it was written that “Knickbocker was the best pilot the Aggie Machine ever had.” In the same year, Knick was the sports editor of the Battalion staff. In 1920-21, he was chairman of the R. V. Hop and was a commissioned 1st lieutenant with the Ross Volunteers.
Knick and three good friends formed a small singing group which was very popular on campus. They called themselves the Cast Iron Quartet. J.V. “Pinky” Wilson was in the quartet and was Knick’s roommate. It was Pinky who composed the “Aggie War Hymn.”
As a civil engineer, Knick formed his own construction company and built highways, bridges and other allied constructions primarily in Texas. On December 24, 1922, Knick married Nellie Mae Pettey of Durant, Oklahoma. Knick and Nellie Mae had two daughters, Betty Sue and Nancy. While living in Odessa in the early 1940’s, Knick helped organize the Texas Defense Guard. Governor Coke Stevenson appointed Knick to the position of Adjutant General of the State of Texas. Knick was then promoted to brigadier general. He served 1943-1947. During those years the family lived at Camp Mabry in Austin, the headquarters of the Texas State Guard. Knick’s office, however, was in the State Capitol. After Knick completed the second of two two-year terms leading the Texas State Guard, he worked for H.B. Zachry Co. as the superintendent of the pipeline division.
In 1946, Knick was awarded an honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas.
October 6, 1951 was a big game day at Kyle Field because the Texas Aggies were playing the Oklahoma Sooners. Knick, Nellie Mae and 16-year-old Nancy drove from Austin to College Station with another Aggie couple and their daughter to attend the pre-game festivities and the night game together. It was an exciting, rainy game and the Aggies came out on top, 14-7. The victory was terrific and everyone in Aggieland was ecstatic.
The drive back to Austin was dark and wet. Near Manor, Texas, a tragic accident happened involving two cars and a truck. Six of 10 persons were killed. Two of the persons were Knick and Nellie Mae Knickerbocker. Had they survived, they would have loved and enjoyed their daughters Betty Sue and Nancy, two sons-in-law, two grandsons and five granddaughters. The first grandson was named Arthur Knickerbocker Garwood who was a fine football player at Duke University.
Cranford C.
Warden ’21
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Army Brig. Gen.
Brig. Gen. Carnford C. Warden has passed away.
Herman M.
Ainsworth ’19
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Army Maj. Gen.
Luling, TX
H. Miller Ainsworth's long and distinguished military career began with his attendance at Officer's Training Camp, Leon Springs, Texas, May 8, 1917, where he was commissioned second lieutenant of Infantry, Officer's Reserve Corps, August 14, 1917. He served in World War I with the 159th Infantry, 40th Division. Upon the reorganization of the 36th Division after World War I, Lieutenant General Ainsworth was commissioned captain of infantry, April 27th, 1922 and assigned to Company L, 141st Infantry, Luling, Texas. He entered active federal service November 25, 1940 as lieutenant colonel. He participated in the landing at Salerno Beach in September 1943. He received the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action on September 13, 1943.
He left active service in 1946 as a colonel and was appointed assistant division commander of the 36th Infantry Division. In 1948 he was appointed division commander, a post he was to hold with distinction until his retirement in 1953. He was appointed brigadier general of the line September 27, 1948; promoted to major general of the line October 17, 1949. He performed short tours of active military service over the period May 1949 to August 1951, as a member of the War Department General Staff Committee on National Guard Policy. Upon the establishment of the Fourth Army Civilian Components Advisory Group, General Ainsworth was appointed a member. He was given the rank of brevet lieutenant general upon retirement. He died May 7, 1969.
George H.
Beverley ’19
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Air Force Brig. Gen.
Saint Petersburg, FL
Brigadier General George H. Beverley was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1897, attended high school at Carlsbad, N.M., and graduated from high school at Dalhart, Texas. In 1915, he entered Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, which he left two years later to become a flying cadet in the Air Service.
After attending ground school at the University of Texas at Austin and training at Kelly Field, Texas, he received his wings and a commission as a temporary second lieutenant in the Air Service in July 1918.
His career with the Air Force from the beginning of World War I to the end of World War II, is an outstanding example of the work of those men who were pioneers of military aviation in 1917 and who helped lead the United States to victory in 1945.
General Beverley has been awarded the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster. His foreign decorations include the Mexican Medal of Military Merit, First Class; the Necklet Paotang awarded him by the Chinese Government for his work in connection with the training of Chinese students at the San Antonio Air Materiel command, and the Order of Military Merit in the grade of Commander presented him by the Brazilian Government for services rendered as military and air attache to Brazil.
Brig. Gen. George H. Beverley retired on August 1, 1949 and resided in Saint Petersburg, FL. He passed away on September 15, 1988.
Paul L.
Neal ’19
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Army Brig. Gen.
Dallas, TX
Brig. Gen. Paul L. Neal attended Texas A&M University until he left to join the Army.
Brig. Gen. Paul L. Neal passed away in 1985.
John L.
Pierce ’19
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Army Brig. Gen.
John L. Pierce became Deputy Chief of Staff for the 3rd Armored Division from 1941 to 1942. In 1943, John Pierce was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and was also appointed Chief of Staff of Armored Command. From 1944 to 1945 he was the Commanding General of the 16th Armored Division in North-West Europe. He was appointed the President Secretary of War's Discharge Review Board from 1945-1946. Brig. Gen. John L. Pierce passed away in 1959.
Durant S.
Buchanan ’17
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Marine Corps Brig. Gen.
Stephenville, TX
Brig. Gen. passed away in 1978.
Walter T.H.
Galliford ’17
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Marine Corps Brig. Gen.
Brig. Gen. Walter T.H. Galliford served as Intelligence Officer of the Fourth Marine Brigade in the operations of the Brigade on the Champagne and the Argonne-Meuse fronts.
During the important phases of the attack north of the Argonne, November 1 - 11, 1918, when it was imperative that accurate and first hand information be obtained, Brig. Gen. Walter T.H. Galliford voluntarily visited the front line and returned with valuable information which successfully influenced subsequent operations.
The Navy Cross was awarded to Captain Walter T. Galliford, United States Marine Corps, for his exceptionally meritorious and distinguished service.
Brig. Gen. Walter T.H. Galliford passed way on June 12, 1956.
Harry H.
Johnson ’17
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Army Maj. Gen.
Wetmore, TX
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson, a 1917 graduate of Texas A&M College and member of the first Officers' Training Camp held at Leon Springs, Texas in 1917, served with distinction in two World Wars.
He served with the 141st Infantry of the 36th Infantry Division in World War I, leaving active federal service as a first lieutenant. From 1920 to 1940 he served with the 124th Cavalry Regiment before assuming command of the 112th Cavalry Regiment in October, 1941. During 1942 he served as the commander of the 7th and 8th Cavalry Regiments before joining the First Cavalry Division in 1943.
In 1944, he was promoted to major general and placed in command of the 2d Cavalry Division, the last mounted division in the United States Army. With that unit he participated in the North Africa Campaign.
On June 5, 1944, he was appointed by President Roosevelt as the Military Governor of Rome, the first Axis capitol to fall to the Allies. In September, 1945 he was assigned as the Division Commander of the 93d Infantry during the New Guinea-Philippines Campaign.
Following World War II General Johnson was appointed by President Truman to serve as Director of the Hoof and Mouth Commission in the Republic of Mexico.
He retired from service with the U.S. Army Reserves in 1958 and passed away in 1986.
Nat S.
Perrine ’17
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Army Brig. Gen.
Big. Gen. Nat S. Perrine attended Texas A&M and was class of 1917. He has since passed away.
John T.
Walker ’17
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Marine Corps Lt. Gen.
John Walker, who was Commandant of the San Diego Marine Recruit Depot at the time of his retirement, held the Navy Cross for gallantry in leading the 22d Regiment in the assault of Eniwetok in World War II.
He was a native of Texas and entered the Marines in 1917 from Texas A&M College.
Lt. Gen. John T. Walker passed away in February 22, 1955.
Andrew D.
Bruce ’16
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Army Lt. Gen.
Southern Pines, NC
Lt. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce received a bachelor’s degree in Dairy Science in 1916 and an honorary L.L.D. in 1946. He served 37 years in the U.S. Army seeing action in World Wars I and II. He entered the service as Second Lieutenant and rose to Lieutenant General. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
In 1966, Andrew D. Bruce retired as Chancellor of the University of Houston System after seven years of service. Under his leadership, the University of Houston achieved accreditation, strengthened its faculty, expanded its facilities, raised its academic standards, and won state support.
Lt. Gen. Andrew D. Bruce passed away in 1969.
Claudius M.
Easley ’16
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Army Brig. Gen.
Washington, D.C.
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Easley passed away in 1945.
Ralph H.
Wooten ’16
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Air Force Maj. Gen.
Memphis, TN
Ralph Hudson Wooten was born at Independence, Miss., in 1893. He graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A&M) with a bachelor of science degree in 1916.
On Aug. 8, 1917, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry in the Regular Army and that same date was promoted to first lieutenant. His first assignment was at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and in November 1917 he transferred to Camp Greene, N.C., for service with the 59th Infantry.
In January 1918 he began ground school training at the School of Military Aeronautics at Austin, Texas, and later transferred to Kelly Field, Texas, where he completed his flight training in July 1918. He then served as a flight instructor at Love Field, Texas, until November of that year when he was transferred to Brindley Field, Long Island, N.Y. After a short tour of duty at that station, he went to Ellington Field, Texas and in May 1919 became acting air officer of the Hawaiian Department, with headquarters at Fort Shafter.
On July 1, 1920, he transferred to the Air Service and that same date was promoted to captain.
Returning to the United States in July 1922, he became post adjutant at Langley Field, Va. He entered the Air Service Tactical School at Langley Field in October 1923 and after graduating the following June was assigned to the Supply Division in the Office of the Chief of Air Service at Washington. He later became chief of Materiel Procurement and Transportation in that office. In July 1928 he was transferred to Fort Crockett, Texas, for duty as an operations officer of the Third Attack Group.
A year later he went to Santiago, Chile, as military attache. During this tour of duty he received the official commendation of the State Department for his cooperation in seeking two lost foreign planes. He also made a number of flights over unexplored and uncharted routes in the southern part of South America, including Patagonia and Tierre del Fuego.
In July 1933 he returned to the United States to take the two-year course at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. After graduating in 1935, he served with General Headquarters Air Force at Langley Field, Va. In August 1936 he entered the Army War College at Washington, and following graduating in 1937 remained in Washington for service in the Operations and Training Division of the War Department General Staff.
In August 1938 he was again appointed Military Attache to Chile and Bolivia, with station at Santiago, Chile. While serving in this capacity, he was commended for his part in rescue work following the devastating earthquakes in southern Chile in 1939. He also served as a representative of the U.S. Government during important conferences with other countries on defense plans for the Western Hemisphere.
In July 1941 he returned to Washington for duty in the Military Intelligence Division of the War Department General Staff. The following September he was appointed air officer with General Headquarters of the Army at Washington.
In March 1942 he was assigned to the Army Air Force Technical Training Command, with station at Miami Beach, Fla., where he organized and commanded technical training activities including the Air Corps Officer Candidate School, Air Corps Officer Training School, Basic Training centers numbers Four and Nine, and the Civilian Mechanic Training schools in that area.
In January 1943 he went to the Caribbean Air Command as commanding general of the Sixth Air Force Service Command and as chief of staff of the Sixth Air Force. He assumed command of the Sixth Air Force the following September, and in May 1944 was designated commanding general of the U.S. Army Forces in the South Atlantic.
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Ralph Hudson Wooten (ASN: 0-6649), United States Army Air Forces, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General of the U.S. Army Forces in the South Atlantic from May 1944 to October 1945. The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Wooten and his dedicated contributions in the service of his country reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.
He returned to the United States in January 1946 for duty in the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commission of the State Department at Washington.
In April 1947 he was appointed commanding general of the Seventh Air Force at Hickam Field, Hawaii, and remained in that position when the Seventh was redesignated Pacific Air Command the following December.
General Wooten has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal. His foreign decorations include "Orden el Merito" in the grades of Official, Cemmendador and Gran Official (Chile); Orden del Merito Militar (Cuba); Condecoracion "abdon Calderon" (Ecuador); "Orden de Boyaca" in the grade of Gran Official (Colombia); and "Orden Militar de Ayacucho" (Peru).
He is rated a command pilot, combat observer and aircraft observer. He retired from the United States Air Force on September 30, 1948.
Roderick R.
Allen ’15
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Army Maj. Gen.
Washington, DC
Maj. Gen. Roderick R. Allen passed away in 1970.
Victor A.
Barraco ’15
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Marine Corps BGEN
Sulpher, LA
Victor A. Barraco organized the April 1945 Muster. He had also been Head Yell Leader in 1914-1915.
BGEN Victor A. Barraco resided in Sulpher, LA and passed away in 1990.
Percy W.
Clarkson ’15
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Army Maj. Gen.
Percy W. Clarkson passed away in 1990.
Edmond H.
Leavey ’15
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Army Maj. Gen.
Honolulu, HI
Maj Gen. Edmond H. Leavey grew up in Texas and attended Texas A&M University but attained his bachelors degree in civil-engineering from West Point.
He taught military science at M.I.T. and served as chief engineer for WPA before going off to war. He commanded the troops building the U.S. base in northern Ireland, then became chief of the Mediterranean base section in North Africa before going off to the Pacific theater to become deputy Army commander of the Philippines. There he signed for the U.S. at the surrender of General Yamashita's 40,000 Japanese troops, by 1951 was back in Europe as SHAPE'S chief of logistics. The next year Leavey doffed his uniform, joined I.T.&T., rose to boss of its overseas manufacturing subsidiary in 1954.
He was also the president of the International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., succeeding the late William H. Harrison. Leavey.
Maj. Gen. Edmond H. Leavey passed away in 1980.
William E.
Farthing ’14
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Air Force Maj. Gen.
William E. Farthing was born in Gainesville, Texas, on Aug. 7, 1892. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1914.
Following the outbreak of the World War, he attended Officers Training Camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Engineer Reserve, on active duty, on Aug. 15, 1917. He served continuously until Nov. 9, 1917, when he accepted a commission in the Regular Army as a second lieutenant of Field Artillery on Nov. 9, 1917.
He continued on his military career traveling to Panama, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Washington D.C. and many other places.
Maj. Gen. William E. Farthing retired in 1945 and passed away in 1981.
Robert R.
Neyland, Jr. ’14
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Army Brig. Gen.
Brig. Gen. Robert R. Neyland, Jr. '14 attended Texas A&M for a year before Texas Congressman Sam Rayburn got him appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1912. He played end on the undefeated 1914 Army football team and returned to pitch a baseball win after being knocked unconscious by a bean ball. He was also boxing champion of the Corps.
After graduating in 1916, he served in France, studied at MIT and was an aide to West Point Superintendent Gen. Douglas MacArthur. After being an assistant coach there, he became head football coach at Tennessee in 1926 on the recommendation of Uncle Charlie Moran, who was his baseball coach at Texas A&M. He established a record of 171-26-12 over a 21-year career and was inducted in the national Hall of Fame in 1956.
The Neyland Memorial Trophy established in his honor in 1967 at the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center recognizes individuals who have contributed greatly to intercollegiate athletics. The 104,00 seat stadium at the University of Tennessee was named for him in 1962.
During World War II, Neyland earned the Distinguished Service Medal for his allocation of supplies in the China-Burma-India theater, coordinating the loading of aircraft that took off every 90 seconds to fly "over the Hump." At Calcutta, he directed the efficient offloading of ships supplying units in northeast India.
Oscar B.
Abbott ’13
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Army Brig. Gen.
San Antonio, TX
Brigadier General Oscar Bergstrom Abbott, Class of 1913, attended Texas A&M to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in both WWI and WWII. From 1942-44, Abbott served at the Headquarters of Services of Supply and from 1944-46, he was commandant of Camp Beale. In 1949, Col. Abbott served as the Executive Officer for the Texas Military District. He retired in 1950. Gen. Abbott passed away October 1, 1969 and is buried in the Anchor Masonic Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Eugene A.
Eversberg ’13
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Army Brig. Gen.
Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Eversberg was the commanding officer for the 141st Infantry Regiment.
Members of the 141st Infantry consider it a special privilege and honor to belong to a regiment that traces its lineage back to the historical days of the Texas Revolution and whose distinctive insignia is symbolical of the present regiment and its forbears' service to state and nation over a period of 100 years of vital history.
Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Eversberg passed away in 1981.
Jerome J.
Waters ’13
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Army Brig. Gen.
In 1938, Jerome Waters became an Instructor at Illinois National Guard. In 1941, he became Commanding Officer of 6th Training Regiment. From 1942 to 1944 he was appointed Commanding Officer Artillery 76th Division. From 1944 to 1945, he was Commanding Officer Artillery XXXII Corps. Brig. Gen. Jerome J. Waters passed away in 1972.
Howard C.
Davidson ’11
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Air Force Maj. Gen.
Washington, D.C.
Maj. Gen. Howard C. Davidson was named executive officer of a bombardment wind at Hickam Field until 1941, when he assumed command of the 14th Pursuit Wing at Wheeler Field, Hawaii.
He later became the commanding general of the Hawaiian Interceptor Command, and served in that capacity until he served as commanding general of the Seventh Fighter Command.
Maj. Gen. Davidson was named special projects officer at the Proving Ground Command at Eglin Field, Florida and assumed command of the Tenth Air Force in July 1943. He was rated a command pilot, combat observer, and aircraft observer.
Maj. Gen. Davidson retired on June 30, 1946 and later passed away on November 7, 1984.
John F.
Davis ’11
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Army Brig. Gen.
Potomac, MD
John Davis served as a brigade commander for the government of Guatemala between 1935 and 1937. While at Texas A&M University, he studied civil engineering. John Davis was from College Station, and during his two years at Texas A&M University, he was part of the Kala Kinasis German Club and sergent of Company H. John can be seen in the Texas A&M Yearbook as part of the sophomore in 1909 and part of the junior class in 1910.