NCO Related Photographs

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Command Sergeant Major Francis J. Bennett – Sergeant First Class John W. Murphey (L), Secretary – Custodian, Noncommissioned Officers Open Mess, Fort Sheridan, greets Command Sergeant Major Francis J. Bennett (2d left), CSM, United States Continental Army Command. Escorting CSM Bennett to the luncheon held in his honor are: Command Sergeant Major Farrell C. Graham, (2d right) CSM, Fifth U.S. Army; and Command Sergeant Major D.J. Quinn (right), CSM, Fort Sheridan.
Command Sergeant Major Francis J. Bennett – Sergeant First Class John W. Murphey (L), Secretary – Custodian, Noncommissioned Officers Open Mess, Fort Sheridan, greets Command Sergeant Major Francis J. Bennett (2d left), CSM, United States Continental Army Command. Escorting CSM Bennett to the luncheon held in his honor are: Command Sergeant Major Farrell C. Graham, (2d right) CSM, Fifth U.S. Army; and Command Sergeant Major D.J. Quinn (right), CSM, Fort Sheridan.
SMA Kenneth Preston Swearing In ceremony, Jan 14, 2004.
Carolyn James First female MSG (1SG) and first female SGM. Note 8th Army combat patch.
Sergeant Joseph Holmes, Co. C, 320th Infantry near Bastogne, 1945
Civil War Rank insignia – Cavalry chevrons
SMA Kenneth Preston, 13th SMA, Swearing In ceremony, Jan 14, 2004
Yzetta Nelson First female CSM
Rifle Squad, Co. G, 31st Infantry, Phillipines
First Sgt Leonard A. Funk Jr., Co C, 508th PIR recieves MOH from Pres. Truman
CSM Cynthia Prithettthe first female command sergeant major of a sub-unified combatant command, prepares for a CNN interview in Kabul at Camp Eggers on Dec. 24, 2005.
Photo of Samuel Woodfill, proclaimed highest decorated doughboy in WWI
Master Sgt Curtis G. Culin III, designer of the “Rhino” hedgerow cutter, WWII
First class of the 3rd Armored Division NCO Academy in briefing, 1956
WWI era North Carolina NCOs
Photos of actual historic enlisted chevrons and stripes
Two future SMAs (Wooldridge & Bainbridge) with Sgt Maj Ted Dobol in Vietnam
Gravestone, SGT Daniel Bissell, Third Badge of Military Merit awardee.
Fort Jackson Drill Sergeant, circa early 1960s
Fort Jackson Drill Sergeant, circa early 1960s