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Publication: The Courier-Journal

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Issue Date: Thursday, December 25, 1941

Page: Page 4

 

ARTILLERY OFFICER on the staff of the 1st "Old Ironsides" Armored Division is Col. Edmund B. Edwards, right, receiving word of this appointment and his promotion to full colonel from Maj. Gen. Bruce Magruder, division commander, left. E. B. Edwards Named Colonel At Ft. Knox Also Given Artillery Post A pair of tame eagles trained to perch on either shoulder was the army's Christmas present to Lieut. Col. Edmund B. Edwards of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Knox. The eagles are the insignia of full colonelcy which was granted Colonel Edwards together with his appointment as division artillery officer on the staff of Maj. Gen. Bruce Magruder, division commander. Colonel Edwards has been commanding officer of the 68th Field Artillery Regiment of the 1st "Old Ironsides" Division. Is Native of Texas. A native of San Benito, Texas, and 46 years old. Colonel Edwards entered the army as a second lieutenant in 1916, and was a temporary captain at the time of the Armistice. He was, successively, captain in 1919, major in 1930, lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1939. He is a graduate of the command and general staff school, field artillery school, battery officers course and advanced course. He succeeds Col Francis A. Doniat, who was recently transferred to an Eastern post, as division artillery officer.

 

 

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Publication: Battle Creek Enquirer

Location: Battle Creek, Michigan

Issue Date: Thursday, March 27, 1941

Page: Page 8

 

Army orders issued Tuesday were:

Edmund B. Edwards. F. A., Fort Sill to Fort Knox.

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Publication: Valley Morning Star

Location: Harlingen, Texas

Issue Date: Sunday, December 14, 1941

Page: Page 7

 

Former San Benitan New Army Colonel SAN BENITO—Edmund B. Edwards. formerly of San Benito, is among the first lieutenant colonels of the Regular Army to be promoted to the temporary grade of colonel since start of the war with Japan, according to an Associated Press report which quotes the War Department.

 

 

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Publication: The Daily Capital News

Location: Jefferson City, Missouri

Issue Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1936

Page: Page 2

 

NEVADA, Mo., June 15 — (AP)

Under the guidance of nine regular army instructors and senior officers of the Missouri national guard, 110 lieutenants of the stale troops entered a week's training at Camp Clark here today. The conference will end Saturday when the junior officers will have received a complete review of the fundamentals of their duties in preparation for the general field training which begins at the camp August 9. Brig. Gen. E. M. Stay ton, Kansas City, is in command of the conference, aided by Col. Ben F. Ristine, Jefferson City; Majors Norman D. Finley, St. Louis, Clinton Rush, Caruthersville, Pierre L. Focardi, Kansas City, Albert A. Allen, Carthage, Edmund B. Edwards, Columbia, John G. White, Maryville, Richard F. Fairchild, St. Joseph, and Capt. Bernard C. Daily, Springfield. General Stayton expressed opinion the conference would greatly increase the efficiency of the troops.

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Publication: El Paso Times

Location: El Paso, Texas

Issue Date: Saturday, April 1, 1939

Page: 3

 

Major Edmund B. Edwards, Field Artillery, from duty as instructor, Field Artillery, Missouri National Guard, to duty with the First Field Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla.

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Publication: The Indianapolis Star

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Issue Date: Friday, May 22, 1925

Page: Page 12

 

Army officers connected with the re serve officers training corps activities in the 5th corps area, have received orders from corps headquarters to report to Camp Knox, Ky., for R. O. T. C. duty. Officers to go from schools in this state are: Capt. Edmund B. Edwards

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Publication: The Montgomery Advertiser

Location: Montgomery, Alabama

Issue Date: Saturday, July 22, 1939

Page: 3

 

Promotion to rank of lieutenant colonel, with rank from July 1, for the following majors: Edmund B. Edwards, F. A.

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Publication: The Courier-Journal

Location: Louisville, Kentucky

Issue Date: Monday, December 22, 1941

Page: Page 13

 

It was announced at the fort that two unit Commanders of the 1st Armored Division were promoted. The announcement was made by Maj. Gen. Bruce Magruder, commander of the "Old Ironsides" division. Edwards Named Colonel. They were Edmund B. Edwards, promoted to the rank of colonel from lieutenant colonel, and Thomas H. Stanley to the rank of lieutenant colonel from the rank of major. Colonel Edwards is in command of the 68th Field Artillery Regiment and Colonel Stanley is in command of the 16th Engineers' Battalion. Colonel Stanley, a West Point graduate, is credited with developing methods for speeding up bridge crossings in keeping with modern armored vehicle tactics. He worked out a plan whereby twenty-five men can bridge a 300-foot stream in two hours a task which formerly required 200 men five hours to do.

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Publication: New York Herald

Location: New York, New York

Issue Date: Saturday, June 12, 1920

Page: Page 15

 

The promotion of each of the following named officers in regular army with rank as indicated below is announced: First Lieut. Edmund B. Edwards, from Nov. 1. 1919

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This is great aznation! The only issue is that the colonel Edwards you have so kindly researched served in the Pacific theater and the Edwards Im looking for served in the European theater. It could be that he served in both, but I dont really know.

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ww2guymandude

Fantastic uniform, best of luck with research! Could anyone identify his foreign awards? Also what's the badge on his upper left pocket?

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The badge is some sort of Army Organized Reserve Corps badge from the 1930s(?) the details of which I do not remember. An old issue of the ASMIC Trading Post had some good information about it. I think it was an article by Bill Emerson.

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The badge is some sort of Army Organized Reserve Corps badge from the 1930s(?) the details of which I do not remember. An old issue of the ASMIC Trading Post had some good information about it. I think it was an article by Bill Emerson.

Ah Ha, lucked out and found an image of it atb, on Flying Tiger,s online place.

 

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https://www.flyingtigerantiques.com/beautiful-1930s-us-army-officers-reserve-corps-deco-enameled-pocket-badge-with-10-year-bar.html

 

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I'm curious about this tag, what excally is it? What's it made of? Wearing of Tags was not at all prevalent in the late 40s early 50s, very few wore them then, here as a leather tag with window as seen in ths June 1948 photo HERE, again this would be rare, they really start to be seen being worn in like 1953, and usually as either a Brass Plate or a leather plate like see in the previous photo, or as a fob. This one on the coat seems to be Yello for a reason, the color of the Cavalry, and if so a rare application for this period. If we can see a close up of it?

 

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Two other possibilities could be

 

Lemuel E. Edwards

 

Or

 

Sheldon B. Edwards

Won't be these two jake, Sheldon B. Edwards from what I found was an Air Corps/Air Force officer, and Lemuel E. Edwards was a Finance Corps officer, and I think retired by 1947.

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