________________________________________________________________________Richard S. Kem
Contents
Foreword ......................................................................................................................................................iii
Interviewers .................................................................................................................................................. iv
Acknowledgements....................................................................................................................................... iv
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................ix
Career Summary ...........................................................................................................................................xi
Promotion History ......................................................................................................................................xiii
Education....................................................................................................................................................xiii
Decorations .................................................................................................................................................xiii
Interview....................................................................................................................................................... 1
Early Years and West Point .................................................................................................................... 3
23d Engineers, 3d Armored Division.................................................................................................... 24
62d Engineer Battalion (Construction).................................................................................................. 47
University of Illinois ............................................................................................................................. 49
Engineer Advisor in South Vietnam ..................................................................................................... 55
Chicago District .................................................................................................................................... 74
Alaska Earthquake ................................................................................................................................ 82
Advanced Course, U.S. Army Engineer School.................................................................................... 88
307th Engineer Battalion, 82d Airborne Division................................................................................. 91
Command and General Staff College.................................................................................................... 96
Commander, 577th Engineer Battalion (Construction) ......................................................................... 99
Staff, U.S. Military Academy.............................................................................................................. 132
Naval War College .............................................................................................................................. 140
Military Personnel Center ................................................................................................................... 143
Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army ............................................................................................. 166
Chief of Public Affairs, Office of the Chief of Engineers ................................................................... 172
Commander, 7th Engineer Brigade ..................................................................................................... 185
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineer, USAREUR ................................................................ 224
Deputy Assistant Chief of Engineers .................................................................................................. 248
Deputy Director of Civil Works .......................................................................................................... 263
Commanding General, Ohio River Division ....................................................................................... 268
Commanding General, U.S. Army Engineer Center and Fort Belvoir ................................................ 327
Deputy Chief of Staff, Engineer, USAREUR ..................................................................................... 382
Chief of Staff, USAREUR .................................................................................................................. 414
Deputy Chief of Engineers .................................................................................................................. 433
Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................. 488
Index .......................................................................................................................................................... 492
Appendix A: Centralized Command Selection Paper ...............................................................................A-1
Appendix B: Engineers - A "Corps" in the Army's Regimental System .................................................. B-1
Appendix C: E-Force, Army of Excellence, Combat Engineers ............................................................... C-1
Appendix D: Corps of Engineers Automation Plan (CEAP) Briefing for Assistant Secretary
of the Army (Civil Works).........................................................................................................................D-1
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