Colonel Wesley Woodworth Yale, was a colonel in the United States Army who commanded Combat Command B throughout the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, being in General Patton's Third Army. He wrote number of articles on warfare toward the end of his career as a specialist on nuclear strike control, and served as a senior analyst at Stanford Research Institute. Through his campaign in Europe, he captured number of Nazi concentration camps from the Germans.
Colonel Wesley Woodworth Yale, General Patton's Third Army
11th Armored Division during the World War II, half-tracks massed on the outskirts of Bastogne, Belgium
Battle of the Bulge, 1945, during the winter
Colonel John Wesley Yale, of Syracuse, New York, was a paper merchant, military officer and manager and trustee of the New York State Asylum by Gov. Theodore Roosevelt. He served the Democrats under various state and national conventions.
Portrait of Colonel John Wesley Yale of the 51st regiment of New York
The New York State Asylum, now known as Syracuse State School
The New York State Asylum of Syracuse, New York, Yale was one of its board directors and managers
Syracuse Stars, baseball team of Col. Yale's son-in-law, George Frazier
