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ORDNANCE OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL — COMPANY H, CLASS 20
Ordnance Department • World War II •
80 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Document Overview: Published in 1942 by the Army & Navy Publishing Co. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana (editor-in-chief Capt. Charles D. Baylis, USMC, Ret.), this second-edition class book records Company H, Class 20 of the Ordnance Officer Candidate School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, whose candidates entered on September 17, 1942 and graduated as second lieutenants after the three-month course. It opens with messages from the Chief of Ordnance, the Military Training Division and the post commander, Col. George W. Outland’s history of weapons from the sling and catapult to modern artillery, the story of the Proving Ground, and a chronology of Ordnance instruction from 1901 to 1941. Photo sections cover artillery, automotive, aviation, fire control, instrument repair, small arms and machine shop training, plus barracks life and a Purple Heart presentation, followed by portraits and biographical sketches of roughly 240 candidates giving hometowns, schools, civilian trades and prior service. This is a digital download of a scanned copy of the original book.
Campaigns: None — stateside officer training class; candidates’ prior service includes Iceland, Alaska, Panama, Hawaii and the California Desert Training Center.
Commanders: Maj. Gen. Levin H. Campbell Jr. (Chief of Ordnance); Brig. Gen. Julian S. Hatcher (Chief, Military Training Division); Maj. Gen. Charles T. Harris (Commanding General, Aberdeen Proving Ground); Col. George W. Outland (Commandant, Ordnance OCS); Lt. Col. John D. Billingsley (Assistant Commandant); 1st Lt. Karl H. Larsen (Commanding, Company H).
Facility newspaper: The Aberdeen Proving Groundhog
Table of Contents
Major General Levin H. Campbell Jr., Chief of Ordnance
Message to the Graduates of the Ordnance Officers Candidate School
Military Training Division Staff
The History and Development of Ordnance, by Colonel George W. Outland (heading partly garbled in OCR)
Story of the Aberdeen Proving Ground
Message from Major General Charles T. Harris
Post Headquarters Staff
Ordnance Officer Candidate School: Commandant and Staff
Academic and Military Departments
Chronology of Ordnance Instruction, 1901–1941
The Ordnance School
Artillery Training
Automotive Repair
Aviation Ordnance and Lecture on Bombs
Fire Control Instrument Class
Instrument Repair
Machine Shop and Welding
Small Arms
Field Supply and Hutments
Officer Candidate School: To Newly Commissioned Second Lieutenants
Fire Control, Aviation, Automotive Repair, Welding and Machine Shop
Candidate Life
Presentation of the Purple Heart
Company H, Class 20: Officers and Cadre
Drill and Review
Company H Candidate Portraits
Candidate Biographical Sketches
“The search for perfection is too often the enemy of the good.” — Colonel George W. Outland, Commandant