The Engineer Officers Candidate School

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mike kelly JR wrote on March 23, 2024

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City and State: 64832 B1B3NHAUSEN, GERMANY

Unit: RETIRED

Service or Relationship: us army

Comments: my father graduated fom ocs at ft belvoir in 1942. are there any records of those ocs clases?

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Pat Paxton wrote on July 22, 2016

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Service or Relationship: Family Member

Comments: Any chance the 9829th tech service unit (Corp of engineers station complement) in 1951 headed some of their guys out to Nevada flats testing? Need buddy report for my dad, deceased Daniel Paxton for RECA case.

Keywords: Nevada testing ,operation ranger, flats, on way to Ft Lawton in Washington state

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Harold Pippin wrote on April 29, 2015

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City and State: MONMOUTH OR

Unit: CO B 9829TH TSU CE TEOCS

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: Graduated 7 April 53 rank of 2nd Lt AUS. Retained by TES as instructor. Transferred to inactive reserve 22 January 1954

Class was unique. 41 total candidates, counting those released and those dropping in from earlier classes. 12 of us, all from original class graduated. Graduating class picture title Terrible 12 for a probably known reason.

Never to be forgotten moment. We were the senior class when General Van Fleet retired. I was regimental commander for the retirement parade. (Remember, the 1st Infantry was there.) We were flown into DC (Big entry) Formed up and passed in review. I think it was a final test the tac officer gave me. If I screwed up, it would have been in a big way. We made the turn in reasonably good fashion and I graduated. Never had the chance to command a regiment again.

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John Bowles SR. wrote on March 14, 2013

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City and State: ORANGE PARK FL

Unit: FORMER 575TH EBC, 92ND EBC, 1649 EN.

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: Former Members of the The Engineer OCS Assn. (Ft.
Belvoir) are holding a Mini Weekend Reunion at the
Crystal City Marriott, DC, on April 19-21, 2013.
Email John Bowles (Engineer OCS Class 10-70) at
for details, ESSAYONS!!!

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Arlyn Aleshire wrote on October 22, 2012

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City and State: COPPELL TX

Unit: OCS 108-66 - SEVERAL AFTER THAT

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: I have initiated a serch to locate my OCS Class 108-
66 classmates. Sixty-six graduated but so far I've
only been able to locate eight others. Three were KIA
in RVN and two are known to have passed away. I am
looking for any information that will assist in
finding the rest. Should you be able to refer me to
an organization that may assist or perhaps you know
of one of our graduates I would be happy to hear from
you.

Thanks in Advance

Keywords: Although I graduated from OCS as a Combat Engineer I
never had the opportunity to serve as one BUT I was
the HQ Company CO of the 593d GS Group in Vietnam and
served as Post Facility Manager at several locations
in Europe and the US.

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John Bowles SR. wrote on January 5, 2012

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City and State: ORANGE PARK FL

Unit: RETIRED

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: The former TEOCSA has now merged with the USAOCSAA;
to join, go on-line. The next reunion is in April
2012 in Columbus, Ga. Hope to see you there.
ESSAYONS!! John Bowles

Keywords: Engineer OCS, 575th ECB, 92nd ECB, 159th Engr. Gp.
29th Engineer Bde (Combat) Viet Nam; The Engineer
Officer Candidate Association (TEOCSA), USA OCS
Alumni Assn.

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John Bowles SR. wrote on January 5, 2012

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City and State: ORANGE PARK FL

Unit: RETIRED

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: The former TEOCSA has now merged with the USAOCSAA;
to join, go on-line. The next reunion is in April
2012 in Columbus, Ga. Hope to see you there.
ESSAYONS!! John Bowles

Keywords: Engineer OCS, 575th ECB, 92nd ECB, 159th Engr. Gp.
29th Engineer Bde (Combat) Viet Nam; The Engineer
Officer Candidate Association (TEOCSA), USA OCS
Alumni Assn.

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John Bowles SR. wrote on August 2, 2011

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City and State: ORANGE PARK FL

Unit: 575TH EBC, 92ND EBC 1649TH ENGR DET

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: For all those interested,The Engineer Officer Candidate School Assn.(TEOCSA)Exec. Director COL(Ret) E.T.Mealing recently passed. TEOCSA has now merged with and became part if the US Army OCS Alumni Assn.in 2010.USAOCSAA was a predominately an organization of former Infantry OCS Graduates. The Association has a full-time Executive Director and an office located in Columbus, Ga. Any former Engineers from EOCS, Staff, Cadre or Tac Officers are eligible and are encouraged to go "on-line", fill out an Application and join with us. We're now planning a three-day, action packed reunion that will be held in Columbus/Ft. Benning on April 25th thru April 29th, 2012. Reuinon Registration can be done on-line. The Double Tree is the primary Hotel and is out near the Airport;it has 177 rooms. Reservations can be made by calling 706-327-6868 and mention the Group Name "OCS 2012" for the $110.00/ night room rate.The overflow Hotel will be The Hyatt Place in downtown Columbus, the phone number is#706-507-5000#; rooms there will be $159.00 per night but it has limited space#72 rooms#.This will be the first ever Reunion that will include all of us that were commssioned through EOCS at Ft. Belvoir; WWII, Korean War, and Viet Nam Era Grads.A draft Reunion Itinery is now available on-line thru USAOCSAA. There will be various skill demonstrations and equipment displays out at Ft. Benning; Golf will be available for those that can still play; side trips will include a visit to the new 100 Million Dollar, National Infantry Museum; a tour of the Civil War era Prison and National POW Museum at Andersonville, and a bus trip over to President Roosevelt's "Little White House" at Warm Springs, Ga. We're also planning on several "Mini-Reunions" for various Classes and, a larger "Mini-Reunion" for all the Engineers that will attend! Make your applications and reservations early; don't depend on finding accomodations out at Ft. Benning, since the Armor School recenty relocated from Ft. Knox, rooms/quaters are scrace and hard to find. Bring your spouce and join us for for what should be an outstanding Reunion...... ESSAYONS!

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John Bowles SR. wrote on August 2, 2011

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City and State: ORANGE PARK FL

Unit: 575TH EBC, 92ND EBC 1649TH ENGR DET

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: For all those interested,The Engineer Officer Candidate School Assn.(TEOCSA)Exec. Director COL(Ret) E.T.Mealing recently passed. TEOCSA has now merged with and became part if the US Army OCS Alumni Assn.in 2010.USAOCSAA was a predominately an organization of former Infantry OCS Graduates. The Association has a full-time Executive Director and an office located in Columbus, Ga. Any former Engineers from EOCS, Staff, Cadre or Tac Officers are eligible and are encouraged to go "on-line", fill out an Application and join with us. We're now planning a three-day, action packed reunion that will be held in Columbus/Ft. Benning on April 25th thru April 29th, 2012. Reuinon Registration can be done on-line. The Double Tree is the primary Hotel and is out near the Airport;it has 177 rooms. Reservations can be made by calling 706-327-6868 and mention the Group Name "OCS 2012" for the $110.00/ night room rate.The overflow Hotel will be The Hyatt Place in downtown Columbus, the phone number is(706-507-5000); rooms there will be $159.00 per night but it has limited space(72 rooms).This will be the first ever Reunion that will include all of us that were commssioned through EOCS at Ft. Belvoir; WWII, Korean War, and Viet Nam Era Grads.A draft Reunion Itinery is now available on-line thru USAOCSAA. There will be various skill demonstrations and equipment displays out at Ft. Benning; Golf will be available for those that can still play; side trips will include a visit to the new 100 Million Dollar, National Infantry Museum; a tour of the Civil War era Prison and National POW Museum at Andersonville, and a bus trip over to President Roosevelt's "Little White House" at Warm Springs, Ga. We're also planning on several "Mini-Reunions" for various Classes and, a larger "Mini-Reunion" for all the Engineers that will attend! Make your applications and reservations early; don't depend on finding accomodations out at Ft. Benning, since the Armor School recenty relocated from Ft. Knox, rooms/quaters are scrace and hard to find. Bring your spouce and join us for for what should be an outstanding Reunion...... ESSAYONS!

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James Williamson JR. wrote on August 14, 2010

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City and State: CANTON NC

Unit: TEOCS CLASS 41

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: I did not make it through OCS (missed by one week), so it's possible that
no one will want to contact me, but I'm trying anyway.
After OCS, I got separated from active duty in 1953. I served in the active
reserves for six more years while attending first The Citadel, where I
graduated in three years with a BS in chemistry, the attended graduate
school at Clemson, where I got an MS in Organic Chemistry. I went to
work as a research chemist with Du Pont, retiring 33 years later as a
senior research chemist.

This is probably of little interest to my former OCS classmates, but I
thought I'd try anyway.

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James Williamson JR. wrote on May 30, 2010

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City and State: CANTON NC

Unit: TEOCS CLASS 41

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: Would like to contact former classmates

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Richard Daniel wrote on July 21, 2008

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City and State: AURORA CO

Unit: 151ST ENGR (C) BN, 1169 ENGR (C) GP

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: Request the addition of the the two units that I served in during my tour in Korea during the period of Jan 1952 to April l953
Regards
R. Daniel

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C.J. Beysselance JR. wrote on September 8, 2006

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City and State: SILVER SPRING MD

Unit: CLASS # 31, 2D BATT., COMPANY G

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: This is CJ Beysselance, "Bessie." Looking for my old friends from OCS. I'd like to hear from any of my company, but specially interested to hear from or about Al Agud or Joe Pazarella.

Keywords: C.J. Beysselance, aka, "Bessie."

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George Binswanger wrote on August 2, 2005

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City and State: SARASOTA FL

Unit:

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran

Comments: Engr Div 1, CBI
990th Engr Bn (Topo)
484th Engr Bn (Const)
DOD, ACSFOR
HQ US Army Materiel Command

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Enlisted - CE - 06/15/1941 (Pvt to S/Sgt)
Commissioned - CE - 5/12/43 (2LT to COL)Retired 06/30/1980 (Engr OCS - D12 -1942/43)
84th Engr Bn(CAM)
601st Engr Bn(CAM)
605th Engr Bn(CAM)

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Thorpe Mealing wrote on May 22, 2003

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City and State: ATLANTA GA

Unit: ENGINEER OCS, ALL YEARS

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea

Comments: Engineer OCS Reunion '03 will be in Reno, NV, 16 - 20 October. Please see Engineer OCS web page as additional information posted: http://www.teocsa.org

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Charles Waite wrote on June 9, 2002

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Comments: Any members of Class #9, TEOCS ......
Ft. Belvoir ... 1951-52 out there????
Best known phrase and name in that class
was ....... Pull your chin in Mister Wolfmyer!!
Anybody remember that one ???????

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Thorpe Mealing wrote on August 1, 2001

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City and State: ATLANTA GA

Unit: ENGR OCS AND 434 ENGR BN

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea

Comments: ENGR OCS alumni, commanders, staff, faculty will have reunion in Arlington (DoubleTree Hotel) and at Fort Belvoir, VA, 12th - 15th October '01. For information contact The Engineer Officer Candidate School Association, PO Box 14847, Atlanta, GA 30324-4847 or email ENOCSA@earthlink.net

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Will R. Clack wrote on July 21, 2001

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City and State: WEATHERFORD TX

Unit: 811 AVIATION ENGINEER BN

Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea

Comments: I attrended OCS after I served in Korea.

I was a Teague K2 when I traded two loads of gravel for a ried in a T33 jet. It was quite a thrill and a lot better that the tournodozer that I was accostumed to flying.

I was promoted from Cpl to SFC while in Korea and was in charge of the equipment Platoon. The Pltn Officer was in Japan in the hospital and Bars.
I remember working around the clock to put down PSP at Tague. ON July 4, 1952, the were 700 sorties from Kimpo (K14). we were reworking the Runway and had half the runway under construction.
we worked at night and the Sabre Jets used it during the day.

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Ed H. (Bill) Berry wrote on May 15, 2001

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City and State: AUSTIN TX

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Service or Relationship: Army Veteran - Korea

Comments: I was a Senior Tac Officer for 3 OCS classes from January 1952 to June 1953. I think I had Class 12 in B Company, then another class in B Company, and finally Class 55A in D Company. We were very proud of the graduates, most of whom went directly to Korea. Their training was very practical and the competition was intense. We were merciless in boarding out any who we thought might not be ready to hit the ground running. Does anybody remember the lively song "Double Timing" sung at the graduation party of one of the classes?

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