Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame

Howard Sanford Searle was born October 24, 1891 at Edgar, Nebraska and raised in Kansas. He graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University with an A.B. in 1914 and an L.L.B. in 1916. Enlisted in Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 130th Field Artillery Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard in September 1917, and served overseas in World War I. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on October 3, 1918. He served continuously with the Kansas National Guard, and was mobilized in December of 1940 for World War II as a lieutenant colonel. He served as personnel officer and then Deputy Chief of Staff of the VII Corps during World War II. After the war, Searle became a brigadier general in the Kansas National Guard in October of 1946, and was assigned the responsibility of re-establishing the Kansas National Guard across Kansas. He was assigned Assistant Division Commander, 35th Infantry Division. He handled several disasters at the scene, specifically the flood in 1951 in Kansas City and the tornado at Udall. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the French Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with Palm.





			BG HOWARD S. SEARLE
	Howard Sanford Searle was born October 24, 1891 at Edgar, Nebraska and raised in Kansas. He graduated from Topeka High School and Washburn University with an A.B. in 1914 and an L.L.B. in 1916. Enlisted in Headquarters & Headquarters Battery, 130th Field Artillery Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard in September 1917, and served overseas in World War I. He was commissioned a second lieutenant on October 3, 1918. He served continuously with the Kansas National Guard, and was mobilized in December of 1940 for World War II as a lieutenant colonel. He served as personnel officer and then Deputy Chief of Staff of the VII Corps during World War II. After the war, Searle became a brigadier general in the Kansas National Guard in October of 1946, and was assigned the responsibility of re-establishing the Kansas National Guard across Kansas. He was assigned Assistant Division Commander, 35th Infantry Division. He handled several disasters at the scene, specifically the flood in 1951 in Kansas City and the tornado at Udall. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the French Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre with Palm.