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From: jan@cyberzone.net (Jan Aldrich)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 13:15:08 -0700
Fwd Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 16:14:50 -0400
Subject: Re: Corso's Qualification Record

>From: KRandle993@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
>Fwd Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:10:51 -0400
>Subject: Re: Corso's Qualification Record (was: Corso &

Hi Kevin:

Here is a run down of his 1957-58 assignments.  Some of the
entries are a little unclear.


From 21 Oct 56 to Feb 57 He attended SAMOA Course at Ft Bliss, TX.
(SAMOA---Surface to Air Missile Officer Advance Course.)

From 7 Feb 57 to 8 Mar 57 He was Inspector of Training. at Fort
Bliss, TX.  (Probably a snowbird assignment waiting for his
transfer to Germany.)

From 8 Mar 57 to 19 Apr 57  Umpire with temporary duty to Fort Polk,
La. (home station was Ft Bliss, TX)

From 19 Apr 57 to 1 May 57 Instpector of Training at Ft Bliss, TX

From 20 Jun 57 to 13 Sep 57 He is attending two courses at Ft Bliss
Battalion Commander's course and Group Excecutive Officer Course.

From 13 Sep to 31 Oct 57 Enroute to Germany.  He is listed as
22 days non-rated days.  Probably leave.  Then, he probably was
assigned and went to his USAREUR orientations courses and
USAREUR's short Bn and Bde Commanders' course.

From 31 Oct 57 to 17 Sep 58.  He is Battalion Commander of 552d
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Missile Battalion (Nike)

From 17 Sep 58 to 26 Mar 59.  He is listed as Battalion Commander
of the 3d Missile Battalion, 71st Artillery.  (The entry did not
reproduce well, but it looks like it says Official redesignation.)

For the rest of his tour he is assigned to 7th Army Support
Command as either Special Asst to the Chief of Staff or
Inspector General.


>I have looked over Corso's Qualification and have some
>questions for those who have seen the record.
>Specifically, does it give a clue as to what he was
>doing in 1957. I notice that he was assigned to the
>US Army in Europe beginning in Oct 1957, and  that
>he was a battalion commander in 1957 and 1958. Is
>there any additional information about that in the
>record? What unit did he command? Why was the
>period of command so short?

Tours of 18 to 24 months is about the average for a Bn Cdr
in Europe, the other half of the tour is ususally a staff
position somewhere.


>As an interesting aside he entered the Army about
>the time Jesse Marcel did but Marcel received his
>promotion in the reserve to LTC much earlier than did
>Corso.


Jan Aldrich