"The History of Fort Leonard Wood, MIssouri provides detailed information on the formation of the base in 1940 (and why it was named for General Leonard Wood), then follows base training, objectives and growth during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War, plus the War on Terrorism beginning in the 1990s through today."--Jacket.

Army Chief of Staff, Medal of Honor winner, commander of the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War, Governor General of the Philippines, and presidential candidate, Wood was one of a select cadre of men that transformed the American military at the turn of the century, turning it into a modern fighting force and the nation into a world power.".

This yearbook commemorates the training and 13 June 1969 graduation of the Soldiers of Company D, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade by the United States Army at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Major General A.P. Rollings, Jr., Commanding General.

In 1977, four teenagers are murdered near and on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This book is written by the first responder to the call, Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper J.B. King. He goes back in time to tell it how it was from the moment of the crime until the conviction of Military Police Game Warden Johnny Lee Thornton. Riveting!

This is a compilation of newspaper and magazine articles and radio talks about local history by the author.