Truesdell joined his regiment at Plattsburgh Barracks, New York and his initial assignments included escorting military prisoners from the Castle Williams penitentiary on Governors Island, New York to the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He passed, and in June 1904 he received his commission as a second lieutenant in the 5th Infantry Regiment. In 1903, Truesdell took part in the competitive examination process for appointment as an officer. He quickly advanced from private to corporal to sergeant as a member of Fort Monroe, Virginia's 73rd and 74th Coast Artillery Companies. After his 1901 graduation, Truesdell enlisted in the United States Army with the intention of qualifying for an officer's commission. While in high school he was a member of Washington's YMCA Corps of Cadets, which was composed of uniformed students who took part in military drill and ceremony competitions. Truesdell attended the public schools of Washington and was a graduate of Washington's Central High School. Julius Truesdell was a newspaper reporter and editor he relocated to Washington, D.C.
Army captain who grew apples on a farm in Bluemont, Virginia.
government agricultural scientist, socialist political activist, and U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and civil engineer with the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, and Horace Warner Truesdell, a U.S. His maternal grandfather was Stephen Return Riggs and his siblings included Stephen Return Truesdell, a U.S. Truesdell and Cornelia (Riggs) Truesdell. Karl Truesdell was born in Moorhead, Minnesota on August 27, 1882, a son of Julius A. He died in Silver Lake on Jand was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In retirement, Truesdell was a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland and maintained a summer home in Silver Lake, New York. During World War II, he commanded the VI Corps and the United States Army Command and General Staff College, for which he received a second award of the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Order of the British Empire (Honorary Commander). During World War I, he was the signal officer on the staffs of the 1st Division and V Corps, for which he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal.įollowing his World War I service, Truesdell returned to the Infantry branch and continued to rise through the ranks in command and staff positions, including command of the 16th Infantry Regiment, 12th Infantry Brigade, and 1st Infantry Division. Truesdell served in Infantry assignments until 1912, when he was detailed for service in the Signal Corps.
He attained the rank of sergeant, and served until 1904, when he passed the examination for a commission and received appointment as a second lieutenant of Infantry. He enlisted in the United States Army, and served in the Coast Artillery Corps until 1904. He was most notable for his leadership assignments as commander of the 1st Infantry Division and VI Corps, and commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.Ī native of Moorhead, Minnesota, Truesdell was raised in Washington, D.C., and graduated from Central High School in 1901. Karl Truesdell (Aug– July 16, 1955) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general and was a veteran of both World War I and World War II.
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