Chapter 16
0815 Hours
September 20, 1940
Office of Military Personnel and Finance
United States Army Infantry School
Fort Benning, Georgia
The Infantry School commandant considered personnel and finance to be support functions. Though important, he declined to house these operations in the main building of the celebrated Infantry School. Instead, the commander situated the personnel and finance offices in less desirable quarters in ‘temporary’ buildings in the rear of the headquarters.
Perhaps in revenge for their predicament, administrative non-commissioned officers took pleasure in harassing the new second lieutenants from the basic course. These green young officers knew only enough about military protocol to be dangerous. They were vulnerable to the sadistic machinations of the
