My US Army Carrier Continues to Fort Lenard Wood, Mo.
After Graduation at Fort Ord. Ca.

I was sent to Fort Lenard Wood By a flight to Dallas then, The to Springfield, Mo. Then hitch a Ride on that Army,
Chopper above to Fort Lenard Wood.
There was six of us recruits on the Chopper.
Of course the pilot had to land at a farm on the way,
To pickup two dozen Fresh Eggs.

Elvis Presley even Played in Springfield, Mo. at one  time.
And spent time in The US Army too.

Up on Arriving at the fort,
I was assigned to The Medical Detachment at Fort Lenard Wood.
Where I spent my last two and half years in the US Army.
I was trained as a Medical Lab Tech.
And as Been into Photography most of my life.
I was asked to be the Laboratory Photographer.
And was given a rank of Sergeant at that time.
I was doing microscopic and Motion picture Photography,
In Surgery for making Training films.

I really enjoyed being in The US Army and helping my Country at that time.
At Christmas Leave we got to go home for the Holidays.
Well I get a TWA plane out of St. Louis, Mo.
To California to my home town Anaheim, Ca.
Picked myself up a second hand Pontiac car and drove,
Back to the Fort Lenard Wood Base.


The only way in those days of the 60's to travel,
Was "Route "66"
And I went home about four times during my time in The Army.
As part of my time to our country
I have made a Tour of the Old Route "66"

ROUTE_66
 



 

This is the End of my Tour in the US Army of 1959-1963
I have Added some photos below of Fort Lenard Wood Present Day.
And please do sign my Guestbook on the first page.
The Pictures and photos below are,
Courtesy of The US Army Mil.

 


Major General Lenard Wood

 

Fort Leonard Wood and the hospital’s namesake is Major General Leonard Wood. General Leonard Wood attended Harvard Medical School and began his Army career as a Contract Surgeon. He also commanded the "Rough Riders" during the Spanish American War, later serving as the Military Governor of Cuba. General Leonard Wood was the Chief of Staff of the Army from 1910 to 1914 and the only medical officer to have ever held the position.

The original United States Army Hospital built at Fort Leonard Wood, a cantonment style hospital comprising over 2,000 beds, was completed in 1941. The hospital was built to support Fort Leonard Wood, which was constructed as a result of the Army Expansion Program of 1940. The original hospital provided medical care for more than 300,000 troops during the period June 1941 to May 1947. In addition to treating United States service members during World War II, the original hospital provided patient care to the prisoners of war located in a smaller, adjacent health care facility.
 

 

He resigned that position in 1914. When World War I broke out, he became a vocal advocate for preparedness. He hoped to be Secretary of War, but was not appointed. In 1927 he returned home from Manila to seek medical attention of a tumor resulting from an earlier head injury. He died on the operating table of a Boston hospital on August 7, 1927. He is buried in Section 21 of Arlington National Cemetery.

 

The Man