Post-Graduation Experience
Following Granberry’s graduation from West Point, he was sent to Fort Howard, Maryland until September 12, 1924 as a Second Lieutenant.[1] Granny was then relocated for Primary Flying School instruction at Brooks Field, Texas. On June 6, 1925, he was once again relocated to Fort Logan, Colorado, and assigned to the 38th Infantry. He divorced Molly on February 4, 1926 while still at Fort Logan[2]. During the following summer, he was sent to Fort Sill, Oklahoma; on January 16, 1928, he married Virginia Watt after having met her while at Fort Logan.[3] September 1928, he was sent to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, where he served as a student officer while enrolled in the Signal School.[4]
While Granberry was at Signal School, he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Infantry on August 25, 1928.[5] Upon graduation from Signal School, Granny was assigned to the 14th Infantry at Fort Davis, The Canal Zone; there, from February 1930 to July 1931 he served as Aide de Camp to General C. D. Roberts.[6] Upon, returning to the US, Granberry was sent to Fort Benning where he served as a company officer from August 1931 until September 1933. On September 16th 1933, Granberry was assigned to Advanced Infantry School as a student officer.[7] Upon graduation on June 15, 1934, Granny was put on leave and given his next reporting date: October 2, 1934, in the Philippines.[8]
First Trip to the Philippines
In his first visit to the Philippines Lieutenant Granberry was assigned to visit to commanded the Headquarters Company of the 57th Infantry. This was his first time to work with the Philippine Scouts, which later became his final unit.[9] While in the Philippines, Granberry was promoted to Captain on August 1, 1935. Captain Granberry was relieved from duty in the Philippines on July 22, 1936 and given two months of leave before reporting to Fort Snelling, Minnesota. While there, he was Commander of a company of the 3rd Infantry. On October 1st, 1938, he was once again reassigned, this time as a Company Commander and Signal Officer in the 25th Infantry at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.[10]
[1] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 27.
[2] Arapahoe County, Colorado. Divorce Index. Hal Granberry – Mary Granberry.
[3] Arapahoe County, Colorado. Marriage certificate no. 109072 (1928), Hal Granberry – Virginia Watt; Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration, Denver.
[4] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 27.
[5] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 28.
[6] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 27.
[7] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 29.
[8] “Hal C. Granberry, 1923,” West Point Association of Graduates, Accessed April 28, 2017. http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/7202/
[9] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 29.
[10] Ward Calhoun, Duty, Honor, and Country: The Long Gray Line in the Pacific (Meridian, MS: Lauderdale Country Department of Archives and History, Inc., 2012), Page 29.