; (5) the 434th Field Artillery Basic Combat Training Brigade; (6) the Marine Corps Field Artillery Military Occupational Specialty School; (7) a Marine Corps detachment; (8) the 75th (Forces Command) Fires Brigade; and (9) the 31st (Forces Command) Air Defense Artillery Brigade; Whereas thousands of soldiers and Marines have been trained for service in the Field Artillery at Fort Sill, including former President Harry S. Truman, who, during World War I, became the commander of Company D, 129th Field Artillery, entering combat in the last few months of the war, moving his horse-drawn battery to engage the enemy and support the infantry, and firing his last shot on the day of the Armistice at 10:45 a.m.; Whereas the people of Oklahoma take great pride in the history of Fort Sill and in the continuing critical role the Field Artillery plays in the defense of the United States; Whereas Fort Sill is known as the birthplace of military combat aviation, where the 1st Aero Squadron, under Captain Benjamin Foulois— (1) uncrated new, unassembled airplanes and put those planes together in 1915; (2) pushed the Curtiss JN–3 planes (known as Flying Jennies ) to Polo Field; and (3) on August 10, 1915, flew the planes for the first time; Whereas Henry Post Army Airfield is the oldest airfield in the Army, having been surveyed and established by Captain H.R. Eyrich in August 1917; Whereas Henry Post Army Airfield is named after Second Lieutenant Henry B. Post, who was killed in a plane crash in California in 1914; Whereas several individuals associated with Fort Sill have received the highest honor for their bravery and sacrifice, including— (1) Captain Gary M. Rose, who received the Medal of Honor for action in Laos in 1970 and attended the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course and Field Artillery Officer Advance Course in the 1970s; (2) First Lieutenant Lee R. Hartell, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for action in the Korean War