Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years

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70 THE FIRST 100 YEARS • Butler Street-named in honor of Sgt. Charles Butler, Company A, 30st Tank Battalion, who was killed in action, Sept. 28, 1918, during the Somme Offensive. • McKay Street-named in honor of Lt. John D. McKay, Company C, 301st Tank Battalion, who was killed in action, Sept. 29, 1918, during the Somme Offensive. • Griffin Avenue-Central Avenue East is renamed in honor of Sgt. Norman E. Griffin, Company C, 345th Tank Battalion, who was killed in action, Oct. 4, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. • Roberts Avenue-named in honor of Cpl. Harold W. Roberts, Company A, 344th Tank Battalion, who was killed in action at the Bois-de-Montrebeau, France, Oct. 4, 1918, and who, for his extraordinary heroism in this action, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. • Varney Avenue-named in honor of Capt. Kit R. Varney, 301st Tank battalion, who was killed in action, Sept. 29, 1918, and who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. • Chamberlin Avenue-formerly East Avenue renamed in honor of 2d Lt. Guy R. Chamberlin, Hq. Co. 327th Tank Battalion, killed in action, Sept. 27, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. • Chisholm Avenue-formerly West Avenue renamed in honor of Sgt. Raymond C. Chisholm, Company A, 345th Tank Battalion, who was killed in action, near Varennes, Sept. 26, 1918, and who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. • Huber Road-named in honor of Sgt. Adolf Huber, Company A, 301st Tank Battalion, who was killed in action near Wancourt, France, Sept. 1, 1918. • Pepper Road-named in honor of Sgt. Albert E. Pepper, Company B, 301st Tank Battalion, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. • O’Brien Road-named in honor of Sgt. Richard E. O’Brien, Company A, 344 th Tank Battalion, who was killed in action, Sept. 28, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. • Dutt Road-named in honor of Sgt. Erling F. Dutt, 1918, Company A, 345 th Tank Battalion, who was killed in action Oct. 1, 1918, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. • Wright Avenue-named in honor of Cpl. Ernest N. Wright, Company C, 344th Tank Battalion, who was killed in action near Nonsard, France, Oct. 3, 1918, and who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. • Doyle Court-named in honor of Sgt. Martin J. Doyle, Company A, 301st Tank Battalion, who was killed in action, Sept. 29, 1918, during the Somme Offensive. *** (Pg. 68-69) A wagon train moves down what is now Mapes Road, headed toward what is now the gate at Mapes Road and Hwy 32. The right side of the page is where The Defense Information School now sits. The top of the page is where the new East Campus construction project is today. (Below) Official orders to change street names on Fort George G. Meade.
NAMESAKE: Samuel Frazier Reece WORLD WAR I YEARS 71 Born in Indiana in 1896, Samuel Frazier Reece enlisted just a few days after war broke out with Germany in April 1917. Soon thereafter the Pierceton, Indiana-based traveling salesman eloped to Michigan with his 17-yearold girlfriend, Erma. Before long Reece went to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, where Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia National Guard troops formed the 38th Division. In January, Erma gave birth to a baby girl. Sam must have hated the idea of leaving his young wife and daughter, for while on leave visiting Indiana in February–by which time he was assigned to Battery D, 137 th Field Artillery– he failed to return to Camp Shelby and was arrested for desertion. He escaped serious punishment, however, and by summer he was part of George Patton’s growing light tank force in France. On the morning of Sept. 27, 1918, the second day of the Meuse-Argonne offensive, seven Renault FT17 tanks from Company B, 344th Tank Battalion, and four from Company A, 345 th Tank Battalion, provided support to 28th Division’s 110th Infantry west of the River Aire. The objective was Montblainville, a village three miles north of Varennes. Between them was a steep ravine, and the tanks were particularly vulnerable to anti-tank weapons ranging the plateau separating Varennes from it. By Patrick Osborn When the assault began at 5:40 a.m., now-Sgt. Reece commanded a tank driven by fellow Hoosier and close friend Pvt. Virgil L. “Dink” Morgan. About 7:00 a.m., while Company A was working its way toward Montblainville, a 3.6-inch (92mm) round from a Mauser Model 1918 T-Gewehr anti-tank rifle pierced the turret of their FT17 and struck Reece in the head, killing him instantly. In a letter to Erma after the Armistice, Morgan wrote that when Reece was hit “He did not utter a sound.” Sam Reece remains buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, not far from where he fell serving his country. Shortly after the war, the American Legion post in Pierceton was dubbed Menzie-Reece in honor of Sam and fellow Hoosier Pvt. Harlow Menzie of 47th Infantry Regiment (4 th Division), killed in action on Aug. 10, 1918. Unfortunately, Sam’s daughter died in 1941 from acute appendicitis, but both Erma and “Dink” lived into the late 1970s. Today few drivers entering or exiting Fort Meade via Reece Gate realize that in 1931 what had been Portland Road was renamed Reece Road in honor of the late sergeant. *** (Below) Main gate at Reece Road.
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Table Of Contents
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Namesake: Samuel Frazier Reece . .
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THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES . . . . .
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Special thanks to the 55th Signal C
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WHO WAS GEORGE G. MEADE? 3 Who was
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World War I Years
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The First Men Arrive The 154th Depo
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The 29 th Division As part of a ser
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Units That Make Us Proud WORLD WAR
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graduating classes of soldiers who
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When Amoré Freed the POW WORLD WAR
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Confessions of a POW During the mid
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The cold war
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The Move It took five years for NSA
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The National Cryptologic Museum and
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Operation Gyroscope Before the Cold
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The Rogue Nike Incident Fort Meade
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Scrapbook Memories
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SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES On July 11, 1931
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Charles A. Albrecht - NSA children
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SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES Army Master Sgt.
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SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES Staff Sgt. Rolli
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SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES Bruce Hopkins -
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Charles Chuck A. Albrecht - Swimmin
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Rick Hagman - The Music of the Day
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Michael McLaughlin - In and Out of
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Jerry Glodek - Army Field Band SCRA
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SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES Michael McLaughl
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SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES Master Sgt. Lean
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Womens Rights For WACs The role of
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Regulation changes through the Viet
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He Modeled Them All The acronym LDR
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I Want To Be A Soldier I want to be
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Kelly Pool to Burba Lake THE SIXTIE
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Prison Cell Doors Close for Last Ti
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Women Under Fire In 1998, American
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Masters of the Hunt Although most h
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The Garrison Prepares for War GULF
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Desert Shield: Units Prepare to Dep
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GULF WAR Homecoming of 519 th MPs 2
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From Open to Closed I began a civil
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Remembering September 11 th GLOBAL
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Golfing at Meade For decades, The C
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Master Sgt. Robert “Pitt” Pittm
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James A. S 1955- James A. Speraw Jr
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