| Richard Edmund Onnen |
 |
| Year |
|
Rank |
|
Status |
|
| January,
1952 |
|
Graduated |
|
North Des Moines High
School |
Sept., 1952-
June, 1956 |
x |
 |
x |
Drake University; BS, Business Administration.
Attended Drake with Jerry Lass, Bill Grother, and Paul Upchurch
(all in Sigma Phi Epsilon) |
June, 1956,-
Oct.1956 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Pure Oil Company, Chicago, IL as
accountant |
| June 15, 1956 |
x |
Family |
x |
Married Nancy Swift in Des Moines,
IA at St. Paul's Episcopal |
| October 22, 1956 |
x |
US Army/RCT |
x |
Drafted in Des Moines, KRNT-TV Radio
Theater |
Oct, 1956-
Dec, 1956 |
x |
US Army |
x |
Basic Training, Camp Chaffee, AR.
Adjutant General Corps, 5th Logistical Command, Base Section |
Jan.,1957-
May, 1957 |
|
US Army |
|
Training, Fort Benjamin Harrison,
IN |
| May, 1957 |
x |
US Army |
x |
Fort Dix, NJ to await
passage to France |
| May, 1957 |
x |
Enroute |
x |
*USNS Geiger (T-AP-197) from New
York to Bremerhaven, Germany |
| June, 1957 |
x |
Enroute |
x |
Train from Bremerhaven to Paris to
Poitiers, France |
| June,1957-Oct. 8, 1958 |
|
US Army/PFC |
|
**Poitiers, France (***4th Logistical
Command) |
| Oct.8,1958 |
x |
Enroute |
x |
Train Poitiers to Paris. Plane to
Shannon, Ireland. Plane to Gander, Newfoundland. Plane to Idlewild
(JFK). Idlewild to Fort Hamilton for 4-5 days. |
| October 13, 1958 |
x |
US Army/SP4 |
x |
Discharged at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn,
NY |
| Oct, 1958 |
x |
Civilian |
x |
Personal car to Des Moines, IA. Then
back to former job in Chicago, IL as accountant at Pure Oil Company |
Oct., 1958-
Nov, 1966 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Pure Oil Company, Chicago, IL as
accountant |
| October 21, 1961 |
x |
US Army Reserves |
x |
Discharged from US Army Reserves,
Iowa Military District, SEE #18 |
Nov., 1966-
March, 1999 |
x |
Employment |
x |
Universal Oil Products Company, Des
Plaines, IL. Company later named to UOP |
March, 1999-
present |
x |
Civilian |
x |
Arlington Heights, IL |
|
**Poitiers,
France
Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is
a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes
region. Poitiers is a major university centre. The centre of town is
picturesque and its streets include predominant historical architecture,
especially religious architecture and especially from the Romanesque
period. Two major military battles took place near the city: in 732,
the Battle of Poitiers (also known as the Battle of Tours), in which
the Franks commanded by Charles Martel halted the expansion of the Umayyad
Caliphate, and in 1356, the Battle of Poitiers, a key victory for the
English forces during the Hundred Years' War.
***4th Logistical Command (1958-1963)
(Source: 4th Logistical Command History; unknown date, but probably
1963; located at the Military History Office, HQ USAREUR)
The following are notes that I took in the early 1980s while reviewing
the 4th Logistical Command historical manuscript which was located at
the Military History Office in Heidelberg. If memory serves me right,
the manuscript was very large, over 350 pages.
The 4th Logistical Command (4th Log Comd) initially served in Europe
during the build up of US forces in Europe caused by the outbreak of
the Korean War. Headquarters Company, 4th Logistical Command was activated
10 February 1952 at Leghorn, Italy. The command was probably responsible
for augmenting the line of communications (including the Port of Embarkation
at Leghorn) that served the US Forces in Austria. 4th Log was again
inactivated on 20 January 1954 (probably at Leghorn)
The 4th Logistical Command returned to Europe on 15 June 1958. It had
to function in these broad logistical categories:
(1) as an Avanced Logistical Command
(2) as a Base Logistical Command
(3) as a Theater Army Logistical Command |