Allison Joseph Barnett was born in Kentucky. When he was 15, enlisted as a buck private in the Kentucky National Guard. Six years later, in 1913, he was discharged a sergeant. He had a broad military career. When the first World War began, he re-enlisted and was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry. After three years of service, he went into the regular Army as a lieutenant; that in 1920. In France, he was an infantry company commander and held various divisional staff posts. In the States he served at the Field Artillery School and with the Department of Experiment at the Infantry School at Fort Benning. After two years in the Philippines, he came back to graduate from the Command and General Staff School and the Air Corps Tactical School from December 1940 until August 1941. In mid-’41, he was assigned to the Army Air Force and became the Chief of Staff with the Western Defense Command under Lieutenant General John Lesesne De Witt. With the outbreak of WWII, he returned to the Infantry assigned from July 1942 until 1944 as assistant Commanding General with the 93rd Division - nicknamed “the Blue Helmets” under Major General Charles P. Hall. The Division would later fought at Bouganville in the Pacific. Just a year after Pearl Harbor, he was sent to Noumea in New Caledonia as Chief of Staff of all Army forces in the South Pacific. There he served until he took over the 70th Command at Leonard Wood in 1944. After combat, he became Commanding General of the 94th Division in Czechoslovakia and brought that outfit back to the United States early in 1946. He served with the First Army first at Fort Bragg and then at Governor’s Island in New York Harbor. After suffering a massive heart attack, he died November 07, 1970.
Allison Joseph Barnett was born in Kentucky. When he was 15, enlisted as a buck private in the Kentucky National Guard. Six years later, in 1913, he was discharged a sergeant. He had a broad military career. When the first World War began, he re-enlisted and was commissioned a captain in the 3rd Kentucky Infantry. After three years of service, he went into the regular Army as a lieutenant; that in 1920. In France, he was an infantry company commander and held various divisional staff posts. In the States he served at the Field Artillery School and with the Department of Experiment at the Infantry School at Fort Benning. After two years in the Philippines, he came back to graduate from the Command and General Staff School and the Air Corps Tactical School from December 1940 until August 1941. In mid-’41, he was assigned to the Army Air Force and became the Chief of Staff with the Western Defense Command under Lieutenant General John Lesesne De Witt. With the outbreak of WWII, he returned to the Infantry assigned from July 1942 until 1944 as assistant Commanding General with the 93rd Division - nicknamed “the Blue Helmets” under Major General Charles P. Hall. The Division would later fought at Bouganville in the Pacific. Just a year after Pearl Harbor, he was sent to Noumea in New Caledonia as Chief of Staff of all Army forces in the South Pacific. There he served until he took over the 70th Command at Leonard Wood in 1944. After combat, he became Commanding General of the 94th Division in Czechoslovakia and brought that outfit back to the United States early in 1946. He served with the First Army first at Fort Bragg and then at Governor’s Island in New York Harbor. After suffering a massive heart attack, he died November 07, 1970.
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