Maj. Gen. Anthony R. Hale, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Fort Huachuca commanding general, discusses the first four Buffalo Soldier units stationed at Fort Huachuca.
On January 24, 1945, 1st Lt. Garlin M. Conner, S-2 of the 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, prevented his battalion from being overrun by advancing German forces in the Colmar Pocket. He received a Distinguished Service Cross for his actions that day before being discharged from the Army. In 2018, seventy-three years later, his award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
