Major General Maurice Rose Of Middletown

Maurice Rose Born: November 26, 1899, Middletown, CT

He enlisted and was selected for officer training. After graduating from Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1917 Rose was commissioned as a second lieutenant of infantry, and served with the 89th Infantry Division in France. He was wounded at St. Mihiel, and saw combat in all of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.

Rose soon returned to the peacetime army as a captain, serving initially with the 21st, 53rd and 38th Infantry Regiments at Fort Douglas, Utah. He continued to advance through the ranks, gaining experience in the theories and practices of armored warfare.

In addition to his completion of Officer Candidate School in 1917, Rose graduated from the Infantry Company Officer Course (1926), the Cavalry Officer Course (1931), the Command and General Staff College (1937), and the Army Industrial College (1940).

From 1937 to 1939 Rose was an observer and advisor for the and and Staff School.

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Author Talk: To Vietnam in Vain by Edward A. Hagan

Thursday, November 2, 7:00 p.m.
Hubbard Room, Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown, CT
Edward A. Hagan will discuss the writing of his memoir: To Vietnam in Vain: Memoir of an Irish-American Intelligence Advisor, 1969-1970. Published in 2016, the book is a product partially of research in the National Archives, the U.S. Army Center of Military History, and the West Point Library. Hagan will discuss how he coupled forty years of rumination about his participation in the war with three years of research into the activities of Advisory Team 56 in the Mekong Delta. His research led him to find out about the military service of his Irish-born father and grandfather in two world wars. His memoir could not have been written right after the war because much of the material now in research libraries was unavailable as it was classified. Hagan will focus on the decisions he made as a researcher as well as his personal evolution as a writer. He hopes his discussion will empower others, especially veterans, to tell their stories.
Hagan is Connecticut State University Distinguished Professor of Writing at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury.