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1 Colonel Ehlerti^Assumes DutiesriOf ROTC Unit]ole*c.deonillP.F.11-:n,anjrtasJ.*1,anjw Coming here from Fort McClellan, ise Ga.t Col. John F, Ehlert has taken h- jover the duties of commanding officer C. ,cf the Coe College ROTC unit. He re* T re |places Col. Robert E. Jones who has 1 :ts j been ordered to the University of Vir-; ginia where he is enrolled in a special tl e-j course to train army officers to take ° command m army-occupied countries, n Col. Ehlert graduated from Texas A. « ^ -*•*■ -n xDaG aixu Scivcd along the J-Mexican border until the outbreak of the World War in 1917 at which time flt; he was sent to France with the Fifth a Division of the regular Army. He was V, then a captain and commanding offi- ft eer of the third battalion, 6lst Inf an- P try, fifth division. During the fateful Meuse-Argonne offensive, Oct. 12, 1918, o: he was seriously wounded. hHe has attended various training tl schools such as the Officers school at Port Leavenworth, Kan.r the Quarter* master Subsistence school, the school of chemical warfare, and has studied five years at both the University of Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, Wis. Leaving the Field and Staff Officers school at Fort Benning, Ga. in Octobern-
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Cedar Rapids Coe College Cosmos
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Wed, Jan 13, 1943
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