Chesser, Alan B.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right) watches Elsie (last name unknown) cut the cake while at her birthday party, while Sergeant Major Alan Chesser (center, behind General Truman) and an unidentified soldier look on.

Sergeant Major Alan Chesser (left) presents two plaques to Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman as farewell tributes from the senior Non-Commissioned Officers of VII Corps.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (left) receives a plaque containing the insignias of each VII Corps unit from Sergeant Major Alan Chesser. The farewell gift was given to the General from the Senior Non-Commissioned Officers.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right), VII Corps Commander, shakes hands with Sergeant Major Robert E. Spencer of the 4th Armored Division while Sergeant Major Alan Chesser (center) looks on. The General was attending a farewell dinner given in his honor by the senior Non-Commissioned Officers of VII Corps.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (center) pins the Army Commendation Medal on Sergeant Major James F. Beechem upon his retirement from VII Corps. Sergeant Major Beechem was a Finance Supervisor. Standing behind Lieutenant General Truman is Sergeant Major Alan B. Chesser.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman speaks to the Kelley Barracks non-commissioned officers (NCO's) during the grand opening of the Kelley Barracks NCO Open Mess. Sergeant Major Alan B. Chesser stands to the right and behind General Truman. Members of the band seated behind General Truman are unidentified.

(L-R) Sergeant Major Alan B. Chesser, Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman, VII Corps Commander, Sergeant Major Woolridge and Sergeant Major Read during the dinner held at the Enlisted Men's Club, Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany during the Sergeant Major's Conference.

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman (right), converses with Sergeant Major Alan B. Chesser at a dinner held at the Enlisted Men's Club at Kelley Barracks during the Sergeant Major's Conference. Brigadier General Patrick Cassidy is left of Sergeant Major Chesser. Sergeant Major William Presley sits at the end of the table (left).