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I. The Regimental Staff and Company Officers

Make your decisions promptly but never give any reasons for them.
Your decision may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong ..........

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Commanding Officer

Colonel Thomas A. Glass of Joliet, Illinois is Commanding Officer of the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment. He assumed command on 27 August 1943. A graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1933, Colonel Glass was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps and transferred to the Corps of Engineers in 1938. He served with the 21st Engineer Aviation Regiment at Langley Field, Virginia from 1940 until he assumed command of the 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion in February 1942. He brought that unit to England in August 1942 and then took over command of the 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion in April 1943 until coning to the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment.

Executive Officer

Lieutenant Colonel John J. Haley, Chippewa Palls, Wisconsin, is the Executive Officer of the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment having been appointed in February 1944. A graduate of University of Wisconsin in 1940, he took up active duty with the 5th Engineer Combat Regiment in August 1940. He was reassigned to the 21st Engineer Aviation Regiment in October 1940 and served in Greenland with the 3rd Battalion of that unit from June 1941 until July 1942. The unit was redesignated 825th Engineer Aviation Battalion and sailed to England in August 1942. He was transfeered to the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment in September 1943 and was appointed S-3 Officer.

Engineering Officer

Major Robert J. Jackson of Weehawken, New Jersey is the S-3 officer of the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment. He was appointed engineering officer on 3 February 1944 and has served in that capacity to date.

Major Jackson graduated from the University of Alabama in 1937 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 1938. He served with the 21st Engineer Aviation Regiment at Langley Field, Virginia and went to Iceland with that unit in July 1941. The unit was redesignated 824th Engineer Aviation Battalion while in Iceland.

He was transferred to the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment 1 February 1944 while the unit was in England.

Staff Officers

To the officers heading the various staff sections in the 925th Engineer Aviation Regiment Headquarters goes much of the credit for the success and high standards maintained in the unit.

Their job was organization and supervision of the work of the Regiment and it was through their untiring efforts and cooperation that the ultimate goals of the unit were attained, especially while the unit was in the field from Normandy to Germany.

Throughout the Continental campaign many difficult problems arose under the most adverse conditions. These problems were solved in the most competent manner. Although their jobs were unheralded they were the backbone of the organization

Medical Officers

Company Officers

The degree of success of any group of men can always be measured by the loyalty and devotion to duty shown by the men over whom they have control. The achievements of the personnel of Headquarters and Service Company testify to the ability of the Company officers.

During the nip and tuck days on Omaha Beach, the race across France, the long wearisome winter weeks, and the tedious months in Germany, these officers have maintained a complete control over the personnel of the Company and at the same time have remained on a friendly basis with the men. Under the leadership of Captain Patrick J. Kristy, and with the hearty cooperation of the officers and men of the company, every convenience possible has been provided wherever the company has been encamped, and all the time that could be spared was devoted to the recreation and relaxation which are so necessary for the high morale and efficient operation which has characterized the company.