The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 04, 1969, Image 9
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Clinton Native Retires
As Ft. Jackson Chief
Dec. 1 marked the end of 29
years of military service for
Col. Walter B. Todd, chief of
staff at Ft. Jackson.
The colonel’s distinguished ca
reer began July 5, 1940, when
the Clinton native joined the Ar
my.
A graduate of Presbyterian
College, Col. Todd has attended
many military service schools.
He attended the Basic and Adv
anced Infantry Courses at Fort
Benning, Ga., Command and Gen
eral Staff College, Ft. Leaven
worth, an, Armed Forces Staff
College, Norfolk, Va. andtheU.S.
Army War College, Carlisle Bar
racks, Pa.
Col. Todd’s first assignment
as an Infantry Officer was with
the Fourth Division, known as
the Ivy Division, where he work
ed his way from platoon officer
to battalion commander, and
executive officer of the regiment.
Headquarters, First Army, at
Governor’s Island, N.Y., and in
1948 was assigned to the G-3
Section of General Headquarters
in Tol
Far East
Japan.
Command in Tokyo,
COL TODD
After completing the infantry Of
ficers Advanced Course, Col.
Todd participated in the Utah
Beach landing during the invasion
of Normandy.
From 1946-1948, he served in
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In 1951 the colonel returned to
the United States for school and
in 1952 went to Washington where
he was assigned to the General
Staff of Department of the Army.
In 1955 he left for Turkey, where
he served with the Joint U.S.
Military Advisory Group for two
years.
Col. Todd was assigned to Fort
Benning, Ga., for a period of
four years where he served on the
faculty of the Infantry School,
after which he assumed command
of the 2nd Battle Group, 1st In
fantry, 2nd Infantry Division at
Ft. Benning.
In 1962 Col. Todd departed for
Korea as Deputy G-3, Eighth
Army. Returning in 1964, he serv
ed as Assistant Deputy Chief of
Staff, Personnel, Continental
Army Command. In 1966 he was
sent to the Republic of Vietnam
and served in combat as a sen
ior advisor to the Vietnamese
7th Division in the Mekong Del
ta.
He arrived at Ft. Jackson in
May of 1968 and assumed the
position of deputy chief of staff.
In July of that year he was as
signed as chief of staff.
He has taken an active part
in all post activities since com
ing to Ft.Jackson. Notable among
his interests have been: leader
ship training in the basic com
bat training brigades, remodeling
and new construction on post and
the coordination of numerous
civic related activities such as
the Combined Federal Campaign.
In commenting on leaving the
service, Col. Todd said, “I have
had a full and interesting career.
Of course, one always hates to
leave friends and associates, but
I am glad I will be staying here
in Columbia, and will be continu
ing to work in a government ser
vice type activity although at
a different level. My new posi
tion is with state government.’’
THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 4, 1969—1-B ^
ERSKINE ALUMNI HOARD—Invi
tation to student body leaders to
meet as ex officio members of the
Erskine College Alumni Association
Board of Directors highlighted the
board’s fall meeting Saturday. Nov.
15, at Erskine. From the loft, seat
ed: Erskine Alumni Association
President Dixon Leslie, center, Fort
Mill, discusses alumni plans with
John Alexander of Gastonia, N. C..
president of the Erskine Student
Government Association, and Dianne
W e b 1), Greenville, vice-president of
the S.G.A. Looking on, left to right,
standing, are: Mrs. Hearst Sullivan,
Williamston, vice-president of the
Alumni Association: Mrs. Georgia
Y. Young, Clinton, secretary of the
Alumni Association; and Mrs. I). G.
Phillips, director of alumni affairs at
Erskine. During the meeting. Alex
ander and Miss Webb explained plans
for Homecoming December 13 and
discussed programs of student re-
oruitment with the Alumni Hoard.
Photo by I). K. Lee, Jr.
Col. Todd will be assuming
the job of director of adminis
tration for the South Carolina
Department of Mental Retarda
tion in it’s central state office.
Am ing his awards and deco
rations are the Silver Star,
Legion of Merit with two Oak
Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star with
two Oak Leaf Clusters, Army
Commendation Medal, General
Staff Badge, and the Combat In
fantryman Badge.
The colonel and his wife Rose
mary, reside at 6045 Cederidge
Road. They have two children,
Walter B. Jr., a captain in the
Army, presently serving at the
Judge Advocate School at Char
lottesville, Va., and a daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Balsley III, stationed
with her husband, Second Lieu
tenant Balsley, at the Military
Intelligence School, Fort llola-
bird, Md.
District 56
Week of Dec. 8-12
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crowder peas, whipped potatoes,
tartar sauce, cornbread, butter,
sliced [leaches.
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T Hints DA Y - Milk, fried
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cabbage, rice - gravy, biscuits,
bu’ter and peanut butter cookies.
FRIDAY - Milk, hot dog with
chili, tossed salad with lettuce
tomato and onions, potato chips,
buns, butter and apple pie.
Their Escape
In mythology, Olysseus got
his men out of the cave of
the Cyclops thusly After
blinding the Cyclops, they
tied themselves to the under
bellies of his sheep and es
caped when the giant drove
his sheep out to pasture
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INTERESTING
FACTS
Hv Tom Plaxico
Did you ever wonder why George Washing
ton’s home was called Mt. Vernon?
Very few people know that it was named af
ter a man named Admiral Vernon, who was in
the English navy, and was an old friend of the
Washington family.
Ironically, after having his house named after
an English naval man, George Washington wound
up fighting the English in the Revolutionary War.
Rut, despite this, Washington kept the name
Mt Vernon for his home.
Ami here’s another interesting fact . . .
The name “Chevrolet” came from a well-
known French racing driver, Louis Chevrolet.
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303 Can
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