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    Bon Campbell: Twice A General
    Bon Campbell: Twice A General
    Bon Campbell: Twice A General
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    Bon Campbell: Twice A General

    By Richard L Hartness

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    Early in life Boniface Campbell, a first-generation American chose the U.S. Army as a career. Over the ensuing 39 years, his life was a blend of military duty and family responsibility before retirement in 1956. Field Artillery was his chosen branch. However, in the 1950s he successfully switched to overs

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    PublisherWriters Branding LLC
    Release dateOct 22, 2021
    ISBN9781639452101
    Bon Campbell: Twice A General
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    Richard L Hartness

    Richard L. Hartness, Sr., a professional historian and former adjunct professor at East Arkansas Community College, is a 1967 graduate of the Arkansas State University ROTC program. He is a former Corps of Engineer, U.S. Army Captain, with secondary branch training in Military Intelligence. His service included time with V Corps HQ, G-2; Frankfurt, Germany; 875th Engineer Bn, Platoon Leader, Jonesboro, AR; and 467th Engineer Bn., S-2; Memphis, TN.

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      Bon Campbell - Richard L Hartness

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      Bon Campbell: Twice A General!: His Life and Career, 1895 - 1988

      Copyright © 2022 by Richard L. Hartness, Sr.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2021924324

      (Ebook) 978-1-63945-210-1

      Writers’ Branding Revised date: December 5, 2022

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      BON CAMPBELL: TWICE A GENERAL

      His Life and Career (1895-1988)

      Major General, U.S. Army, Service No. 09788

      Richard L. Hartness, Sr.

      Former Captain, Combat Engineers

      United States Army

      Arkansas State University

      BS-68, MA-78, MA-14

      Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      Abbreviations

      Chapter one: The Early Years

      Chapter Two: World War I & Interwar Years

      Chapter Three: World War II

      Chapter Four: Cold War

      Chapter Five: Counter Intelligence Corps

      Chapter Six: Retirement

      Epilogue

      Appendices:

      A: BON & DOROTHY Campbell Family Tree

      B: General Campbell’s PCS/TDY L

      C: Dorothy Campbell’s Postcard, 6 August 1937

      D: 704th CIC Regional Areas, Republic of Korea..

      D: 704th CIC Regional Areas, Republic of Korea..

      Name Index

      Place and Topic Index

      About the Author

      Other books and booklets by Richard L. Hartness, Sr.

      Naming a Confederate County: Cross County, Arkansas, 1862-1873 (1973);

      An Opportunity of a Lifetime by T. A. Bedford, Jr. (1904), (edited/reprinted 1975);

      A Postal Directory: The Cross County, Arkansas, Area, 1826-1975 (1975);

      Wittsburg, Arkansas, Crowley’s Ridge Steamboat Riverport, 1848-1890 (1979);

      Wittsburg, Wynne, and Points Nearby (Combined Reprint of all the above 2009);

      The Circle, Coping With Integrated Life at Arkansas State University (2016);

      Someday…You’ll Know (2020),

      From The Delta to the Ridge, by Maxine White with Richard L. Hartness (2022).

      To all those lesser known Brigadier Generals and

      Major Generals whose devotion to duty and family

      Have made the United States a safer place

      In which we work, play, and live.

      I salute you!

      R.L.H. Sr

      Preface

      Why Bon Campbell? He was and is a model citizen-soldier, as well as a first generation American. He also belongs to a unique cohort of about 14% of post-WWII general officers. After reverting to the rank of Colonel, General Campbell remained on active duty, regained his star, and soon promoted to Major General before retiring. Libraries are full of U.S. Army general officer’s exploits. Most of these men and women wore or boasted three to five stars on their collars and shoulders. Their biographies applaud leadership in battle, including occasional unorthodox or unconventional orders or exploits. Other stories relate occasional cowering under battlefield conditions or media criticism. Few stories blend duty, honor, and country on the military front with equally patriotic concerns for family on the home front.

      This book relates the story of a humble, college educated, career soldier who went where he was ordered, showed versatility on the job, advanced through all the appropriate service schools except one, cared about those under his command, and loved his family. True, his life spanned most of the 20th Century, but there are some of us who could glean valuable lessons from examining the life and career of Boniface Campbell, Twice A General!

      Acknowledgements

      Gathering information about the life and work of Boniface Campbell was truly a lesson in early 20th Century U.S. Army history, a time of growth and transformation. With many archives closed, my research during the 2020-2021 Corona virus pandemic was challenging and for some details still lacking. Even so, I appreciate the assistance received from those whose archival access and personal knowledge helped paint the following portrait of Boniface Campbell and his place in the world in which he lived.

      Valuable assistance came from Roberta B. Schwartz, research archivist, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine; Amanda Rumba, graduate research assistant, Archives and Special Collections, Neal Harmeyer, digital archivist, and Margaret (Maggie) Grogan, Administrative Assistant to the President, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; Melanie Griffin, Director of Special Collection Services, UA-Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Malissa Davis, administrative assistant, AState Archives, State University, Arkansas.

      Cody Sprunger, senior library technician, Miami University Library, Oxford, Ohio; Deb Dalton, Public Affairs, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; and Shelly Buring and Stephanie Mihalik, Special Collections Research Center, Gelman Library, George Washington University, assisted with the Campbell children’s college photos. Lori S. Stewart, MI Corps historian, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, Fort Huachuca, Arizona, not only supplied relevant photographs and timely information, she also encouraged me to seek pertinent data for Maj. Gen. Campbell’s potential induction into the Fort Huachuca Museum’s Hall of Fame.

      Dr. Jay Graybeal with the Army War College offered valuable suggestions about the methodology for making military archival inquiries. Jennifer Loredo, Copy Center Clerk with the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center shared a link to digitized correspondence from General Campbell. Rachel Salyer, History Hub monitor with the National Archives shared some interesting digitized links that included Boniface Campbell references.

      Michael Bonham and Sam Gill, associated with the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, California, are commended for their knowledge of Colin Campbell’s contribution to silent films. David Pratt, Paragould, Arkansas, helped gather a duplicate set of Campbell’s awards, decorations, and insignias of the units in which the general served. Brig. Gen. (Retired) Neil N. Snyder III offered several useful considerations about narrative consistency, chronological awareness, context suggestions, and military terminology.

      Following the family’s Episcopalian connections was made possible by archival research accomplished through the gracious assistance of James Lynn with St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Lawton, Oklahoma; Steve Lipscomb and Dick Wright with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and the Post Chapel at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas; Dana Moses with St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Mark Cosenza and Barbara Mendoza of St. Agnes and Charles Porter with St. Albans Episcopal Church, both in Washington, D.C.

      Elizabeth (Liz) Juskie and Will Andersen with the DC Army and Navy Club helped fill in one aspect of the Campbell’s retirement years. Thanks also goes out to Dr. GwanSeon Kim, a professor at A-State. His advice on proper presentation of Korean names probably saved me much future embarassment. HyenJeng Shin, with the Office of the Defense Attache’, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington, DC, shared answers to historical questions concerning Korean orphanages and the Order of Ulchi military decoration. Christi Ollis and Tia Farmer, Dean B. Ellis Library inter-library loan specialists, assisted with securing volumes containing information that helped placed General Campbell into the world in which he worked, played, and lived. Malissa Davis, A-State Archives, and Thomas Moore with A-State Media Services helped confirm the Campbell campus residence location.

      Kim Murphy, with Kim Murphy Photography; Wynne, Arkansas, helped with selection and placement of the imagery portrayed throughout the story. The family tree appendix would not have been possible without the assistance of Rita Allen and Alex Turner, members of the Cross County Historical Society, Inc. David Hastings, A-State ROTC Department, transferred the many digital images to Writers’ Branding. Dylan Moore, Mike Harris and Sky Williams with Writers’ Branding guided the initial book production process, while Michael Bridges assisted with this revised, updated version. A grateful thanks to Philip A. Jackson, president of the ASU Foundation, Inc, whose support got the inaugural book production started.

      Family pictures, letters, documents, and anecdotal information came from several sources. General Campbell’s grandchildren; Kathy Loun, Susan Colson-Hatch, Bob Derr, James B. Campbell, Jr., and Corey and Elizabeth Nunez, the Loun’s daughter and son-in-law, assisted with the submission of family photographs and memories.

      Additional thanks goes to Bob Derr, a son of Dorothy (Pinky Campbell) Derr, the Campbell’s youngest child. The Derrs lived closest to the Campbells as they aged. So often the case, as in my own extended family, those members living closest to aging parents often become the recipients of boxed memorabilia and other inherited parental possessions.

      Such was the Derr’s lot! When Dorothy

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