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HAMILTON, William G.
 
Brigadier General, CA SMR. Native Californian with 50+ years service. Enlisted in Company A, 184th Infantry Regiment, California National Guard, in 1952. Served in the 2d Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division in the Regular Army and the 30th Armor Division, Tennessee National Guard. Returned to California and in 1961 was assigned as Command Sergeant Major of the 2d Battle Group, 184th Infantry. Commissioned in 1963. Served in the 149th Armor and the 115th Area Support Group. Was a company, battalion, and group level commander. In California State Military Reserve since 1993. Commander of the California Center for Military History since 1999. Graduate of the NCO School in 1956, Airborne School in 1957, Infantry OCS in 1963, Command & General Staff College in 1976, and the US Army War College in 1987. Awards: Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Parachute Badge, Federal Republic of Germany Silver Cross of Honor, California Medal of Merit, Commendation Medal, and Good Conduct Medal. Retired National Guard Technician. Resides in Rocklin, CA with wife Carolyn a Master Sergeant in the California Army National Guard.
HEARN, David
 
Corporal, U.S. Army Veteran WWII, 3rd Army, stationed in England for 2 years, arrived on the European continent via Omaha Beach, July 6, 1944. After the breakout, drove a ¾ ton Dodge truck across France, Belgium and into Germany. He carried 5-gallon fuel cans and other supplies to the armored vehicles and tanks of Gen. Patton's 3rd Army. He supplied the tanks with 5 gallons of fuel at a time, as fuel was in very short supply during the "Battle of the Bulge" in northeast France and Belgium.
 
After VE Day, David was home on leave at San Rafael, California and expecting to go to Japan. Japan surrendered at that time, VJ Day. David Hearn was one of the many thousands of GIs that returned to the United States on HMS Queen Mary.

Campaigns. Awards: European Theater Medal, Good Conduct and American Defense Medals, WWII Victory Medal.
 
 
HERRON, James E


HOLBUS, Martin (Marty) Jr.
 
U.S. Army WWII, Sergeant, Co H 327 Glider Inf Regt. Service from June, 1941-November 1945. A member of the 3rd and 5th Armored Divisions before volunteering for airborne duty. Graduated from Parachute School, Ft. Benning Georgia. Assigned to 101st airborne Division (Europe), participating as a squad leader in Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Awards: Bronze Star, Good Conduct, American Defense, American Theater, European Theater, with 2 Battle Stars, WWII Victory and Army of Occupation Medals. Combat Infantry and Parachute Badge. A native of Racine Wisconsin, he retired in Carmichael, California with his family.
 
HOM, Benton W.
 
Colonel, U.S. Army, Military Intelligence Branch Born: San Francisco. Enlisted service 112th AAA Bde CA ARNG, SFC; Regular Army: Korean War Nov '52-Nov '55, assigned Army Forces Far East Intelligence Service (AFFE/IS), supporting UN Command, 8th Army and the 500th MI Group. Direct commission 2d Lt, MI, '54 (AFFE HQ). Completed a 35-year military career, serving last 5 years as colonel 1975 to 1983. Key assignments: Commander of 418th MID, 6 yrs; Commander of 458th MID, 4 yrs; Commander of 611th MOBDES Unit, 2 yrs; and Deputy Commandant of the 5th Army Area Intelligence School, Ft McCoy, Wl. Completed ACSI-DA & DIA studies on East Africa/Middle East at the Pentagon; North Korea/PRC at CINC PACOM Intelligence Center, Camp Smith, HI; and MI reconfiguration at I Corps G-2, Ft Lewis, WA. Decorations: Legion of Merit (6th Army), Meritorious Service Medal (124thARCOM), 2d Meritorious Service Medal (RCPAC), Army Commendation Medal (221st MP Bde). Awards: Meritorious Unit Citation (AFFE/IS),Good Conduct Medal, Korean Svc Medal, United Nations Svc Medal & other service medals. Graduate UC (Berkeley) and Army C&GS College (Ft Leavenworth, KS). Recipient of five (5) George Washington Medals for Americanism (Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, PA) & National Endowment for Humanities "fellowship" (interprofessional field) at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Resides with family in Sacramento, CA.


HUFFMAN, Stephan P
 
I entered the Naval Reserve 18 October 1962 and reported for active duty at the Officer Candidate School, Newport, RI in January 1963. I was commissioned an Ensign in May of that year and attended the U. S. Naval Supply Corps School from May through November.
 
I reported for duty on the USS Bausell (DD-845) at the end of 1963. She was in the middle of an overhaul and in dry dock. After a shake down cruise and many training exercises we deployed to the Western Pacific. The first and second Tonkin Gulf incidents happened in early August 1964, and after only a few weeks we were in the Tonkin Gulf. We were never attacked. The Bausell did duty at Yankee Station in the South China Sea and on the patrol of the Taiwan Strait. We visited Yokosuka, Subic Bay, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong.
 
My last year in the Navy I served at Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Fallon, NV. It was a busy place as air squadrons did their final bombing and gunnery training prior to deploying to Vietnam.
 
I ended my active duty in May 1966.
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