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Command and General Staff College as deputy commandant, and he acted as commandant from July to October 1950. In October 1950, Hartness was assigned to command the
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102:Years of service
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639:Freedoms Foundation
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568:Army Ground Forces
516:lieutenant colonel
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292:United States Army
288:Harlan N. Hartness
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916:Columbus Enquirer
865:Combat Chronicles
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576:South Korea
558:campaigns.
540:Fort Custer
410:World War I
351:Silver Star
315:World War I
274:Treasurer,
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177:World War I
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373:Early life
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