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Trooper
Royal Carter enlisted
in the Ninth Cavalry, U.S. Army, March 7th,
1941, and was assigned to the G-3 Section of
Regimental Headquarters, in Fort Riley, Kansas.
My duties were as a topographical drafts-man,
producing maps for training operations. During
the course of this assignment, I was promoted to
the ranks of Corporal and Sergeant, with
additional duties as a Regimental Color Guard.
In June 1942 I
was transferred to the Fourth Cavalry Brigade
Headquarters, at Camp Funston, Kansas, assigned
to the G-3 Section, and promoted to the grade of
Staff Sergeant. On July 30, 1942 the Fourth
Brigade Headquarters was transferred to Camp
Locket, Calif, and I was subsequently promoted
to the rank of Tech. Sergeant, in December 1942.
I was ordered as apart of a Cadre, Headquarters
Fifth Cavalry Brigade, Fort Clark, Texas, and
promoted to the rank of. Master Sergeant. I
performed the duties of Brigade Sergeant Major
for six months.
I was discharged
from the Service, as a Master Sergeant on June
19, 1943, and sworn in as a Warrant Officer,
Junior Grade on June 20th, 1943, and assigned to
duty as Assistant Adjutant. In December 1943, I
was promoted to the grade of Chief Warrant
Officer (WO-2). The Fifth Brigade Headquarters
was shipped to Oran, Algeria, with elements of
the 2nd Cavalry Division in February 1944, and
the 9th & 10th Cavalry Regiments were deactivated.
After serving as
a Personnel Officer in a Personnel Processing
Unit, assigning soldiers to Port Battalions,
Quarter Master, and Engineering Units, for
approximately three months. I was assigned as
the Personnel Officer of 525th Port Battalion. I
performed the duties of the Personnel Officer,
Postal Officer, and Special Services Officer of
the 525th Port Battalion, from June 1944 to
November 1945 in Algeria, Italy, France, and
Germany.
I returned to the United States in
November 1945. I was separated from the service
at Fort McArthur, Calif. as of January 27, 1946.
I was credited with 4 years 10 1/2 months of
Military Service, 21 1/2 months of overseas
service, and participation in the North African,
Central Europe, and the Rhineland Campaigns.
Trooper Carter
lives in Los Angeles California. He is retired
from the US State Department, and is a active member of Los Angeles Chapter of the
Ninth & Tenth (Horse) Cavalry Association.
He has held the position of Chapter’s
Treasurer for many years, and because of his
hard work. The chapter is financially sound.
Now
he is in charge of the scholarship committee,
and you can find him looking for good high
school candidates to give chapter’s grant
money to.
He stated, “It was an honor to serve
in the Ninth Cavalry Regiment , and the memory
will live with me forever”.
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