- Max Cleland
Joseph Maxwell Cleland (born August 24, 1942) is an American politician from Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a former U.S. Senator, disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, and a critic of the Bush Administration. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a presidentially appointed position. - Ron Kovic
Ron Kovic was born on July 4, 1946, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin and grew up in Massapequa, New York. His autobiography, Born on the Fourth of July, was adapted as an Academy Award winning film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Cruise as Kovic. Academy Award winning Actress Jane Fonda has stated that Ron Kovic 's story was the inspiration for her film Coming Home. - Jim Jones
Jim Jones (born May 13, 1942 in Twin Falls, Idaho) is a Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court and a former Attorney General of Idaho. Jones is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the Northwestern University School of Law. He served as an officer in the United States Army in Vietnam in the late 1960s, where he received several decorations including the Army Commendation Medal and the Bronze Star. - Richard Jadick
Richard Jadick is an American Naval surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star with “Combat V” device for heroic valor in January, 2006. He was credited with saving the lives of 30 marines and sailors during the Second Battle of Fallujah. Jadick was a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve, assigned as a battalion surgeon to the First Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. - Patrick Murphy
Patrick Joseph Murphy (born October 19, 1973) is the Congressman from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, an American lawyer, a U.S. Army soldier, and a professor. Patrick Murphy is the first veteran of the Iraq War to serve in Congress, and was awarded the Bronze Star. Murphy was the Democratic candidate in the 2006 election for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district, narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Mike Fitzpatrick, a freshman Republican. - Frank Merrill
Frank Dow Merrill (born December 4, 1903 in New Hampshire - died December 11, 1955 in Fernandina Beach, Florida) is best remembered for his command of Merrill's Marauders, "officially 5307th Composite Unit (provisional)", in the Burma Campaign of World War II. Merrill's Marauders came under General Joseph Stilwell's Northern Combat Area Command. - James Joyner
James Joyner (born November 16, 1965) is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of the weblog Outside The Beltway and a frequent contributor to "TCS Daily" (formerly Tech Central Station). He is a management analyst at Lanmark Technology, Inc., a Washington, D.C. area defense contractor and works at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in Falls Church, Virginia. - Michael Durant
Michael 'Mike' J. Durant (born July 23, 1961) is the American pilot who was held prisoner after a raid in Mogadishu, Somalia on October 3, 1993. Durant is a native of Berlin, New Hampshire, and served in the United States Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers) as a Chief Warrant Officer 3. He retired from the Army as a CW4 Blackhawk helicopter master aviator in the 160th SOAR after participating in combat operations Prime Chance, Just Cause, … - Arron Perry
Arron Perry is a former Master Corporal in the Canadian Forces who was mistakenly credited with having the record for the longest sniper kill in combat. Perry was a member of a five-man team of snipers as part of Canada's contributions to Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan during 2002. Perry's team received praise from United States Army colleagues for killing a significant number of Taliban and al-Qaeda combatants. - Anthony Shaffer
Lieutenant Colonel Tony Shaffer is a Bronze Star Medal recipient who is a CIA trained senior intelligence operations officer and reserve Army lieutenant colonel with more than 22 years of experience in the intelligence community; he has served his entire career at the forefront of this country’s secret intelligence battles in cutting edge, often dangerous, assignments and leadership positions. As the director of DIA Task Force STRATUS IVY, … - Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano
Captain Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano (August 5, 1913-May 15, 1980), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was a submarine commander in the United States Navy who was awarded two Silver Star Medals, the Legion of Merit, and a Bronze Star Medal for his actions against the Japanese Imperial Navy during World War II. - Leonard Boswell
Leonard L. Boswell (born January 10 1934) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 3rd District of Iowa (map). Boswell was born in Missouri, was educated at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. He spent twenty years in the United States Army. He was first drafted in the Army in 1956 as a private. He later graduated from Artillery Officers Candidate School, eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. - Lucius D. Clay
General Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23 1897 - April 16 1978) was an American general and military governor best known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Deputy to General Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany (U.S.) 1946; commander in chief, U.S. Forces in Europe and military governor, U.S. Zone, Germany, 1947-49; retired 1949. Clay is considered the "father" of the Berlin Airlift (1948-49) - Mike O'Callaghan
Donal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan (September 10, 1929 - March 5, 2004) was the governor of the U.S. state of Nevada from 1971 until 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party. - Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard Rangel (born June 11, 1930) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of New York (map) Rangel's district, the smallest in the country in geographic size, encompasses Upper Manhattan and includes such neighborhoods as Harlem, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and part of the Upper West Side, … - Robert Stethem
Robert Dean Stethem (November 17, 1961 - June 15, 1985) was a United States Navy diver and steelworker second class. He was killed after the commercial airliner he was aboard, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked. Robert Stethem was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, but grew up in the Pinefield section of Waldorf, Maryland. He was one of three children. His two brothers and his father also served in the U.S. Navy. His mother was a civilian Navy administrator. - Ernest Hollings
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (born January 1 1922) served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. - Joseph W. Dailey
Sergeant Major Joseph W. Dailey (17 February 1917-5 July 2007) served as the 5th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps from 1 August 1969 until he retired from active duty in the Marine Corps on 31 January 1973. SgtMaj Dailey was the oldest living former Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps when he died in 2007. Dailey served in combat in three wars - World War II, Korea, … - Carl E. Vuono
Carl Edward Vuono, General, US Army, Ret. served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1987 to 1991. He was born on 18 October 1934 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. He began his career as an artillery officer after graduating from the United States Military Academy, in West Point, New York. After graduating with the class of 1957, he served three tours in Vietnam and rose through the ranks quickly, mostly serving in the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, … - Emily Perez
Emily Jazmin Tatum Perez (19 February 1983-12 September 2006) was the first female minority Cadet Command Sergeant Major in the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Born in Heidelberg, West Germany of African American and Hispanic parents, she graduated from Oxon Hill High School, in Maryland, where she was wing commander of Junior ROTC. While in high school, working with the District's Peace Baptist Church, … - Joe Hooper
Captain Joe Ronnie Hooper (August 8, 1938-May 6, 1979) was a Vietnam veteran whose combat decorations surpassed those of Lt. Audie Murphy or Sgt. Alvin York. He was the recipient of America's highest military decoration for valor in combat - the Medal of Honor. During two tours of duty with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, he earned the Medal of Honor (February 21, 1968 outside of Hue), two Silver Stars for gallantry, … - George B. Crist
George B. Crist (born January 23, 1931) is a retired four-star general in the United States Marine Corps and was the first Marine to be designated as a Unified Commander - Commander in Chief, United States Central Command. - Bernard E. Trainor
Bernard E. Trainor (born 2 September 1928) is a retired Marine Corps lieutenant general who is military analyst for NBC. He worked for "The New York Times" as chief military correspondent from 1986 to 1990 and at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government as Director of the National Security Program from 1990 to 1996. Later he was a Senior Fellow for National Security at the Council on Foreign Relations. - Roscoe Robinson Jr.
Roscoe Robinson, Jr., was the first African American to become a four-star United States Army General. He was born on October 11, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended St. Louis University for only a year and then transferred to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1947. Robinson graduated with a degree in military engineering in 1951. After graduating he served in the Korean War in 1952 as a platoon leader and rifle company commander. - Jack L. Tilley
Jack L. Tilley was sworn in as the 12th Sergeant Major of the Army on June 23, 2000 and served until January 15, 2004. Tilley was born in Vancouver, Washington, on December 3, 1948. He entered the U.S. Army in November 1966 and attended basic training at Fort Lewis, Washington, and advanced individual training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Following tours in Vietnam and Fort Benning, Georgia, SMA Tilley left the Army for two years before enlisting again in September 1971. - William Brantley Aycock
William Brantley Aycock (born 1915) is an American educator who served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) from 1957 until 1964 and is the retired Kenan professor of law at UNC's School of Law. A native of Lucama, North Carolina, Aycock served the University of North Carolina for nearly 40 years from his first faculty appointment in the UNC School of Law in 1948 to his retirement as Kenan professor in 1985. - Rowan Tink
Rowan Tink is a former Australian Special Air Service officer whose identity was widely publicised after he was awarded the United States Bronze Star Medal for his role commanding 150 SAS troopers in Afghanistan, notably during Operation Anaconda. The medal was presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Tink by Major General Frank Hagenbeck at a farewell ceremony at Bagram on 24 July. - Bryan D. Brown
General Bryan "Doug" Brown was the Commander, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. As commander, he is responsible for all special operations forces of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, both active duty and Reserve. Brown has a Bachelor's Degree in History from Cameron University and a Master's Degree in Business from Webster University. He entered the Army in 1967 as a private in the infantry. - Howard Johnson II
Howard Johnson II (January 27, 1982 - March 23, 2003) was a U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps Private First Class, officially listed as killed in action in southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on March 23 2003 in the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company. He was the first casualty from Alabama during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A graduate of LeFlore High School in Mobile, Alabama, he was single. Known to his family as "Junior", Johnson was the son of Rev. - Richard A. Kidd
Richard A. Kidd (b. June 24, 1943, Morehead, Kentucky) was the ninth Sergeant Major of the Army. He was sworn in on July 2, 1991 and served until his term expired in June of 1995. His assignments include two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-67 & 1970-71) and multiple tours in Korea and Europe. Before becoming the Sergeant Major of the Army, he was Command Sergeant Major of I Corps & Fort Lewis, Fort Lewis, Washington. - Bill Robinson
Bill Robinson (October 4 1918 - April 3 2007) was an American sailor, author and editor well known in the national and international sailing communities for his 27 nautical books, speaking engagements, and contributions to nautical publications. Born William Wheeler Robinson in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Bill attended Princeton University from 1935 to 1939, graduating with a degree in English. - James Kimber
James Kimber, age 33, is a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and was removed from command regarding a hazing incident recorded and aired by the BBC. - Ted Ankrum
George “Ted” Ankrum, is a retired U.S. Navy Officer and the Democratic candidate for the 2006 election in the Texas 10th U.S. Congressional District. He faced incumbent Republican Michael McCaul and 2004 Presidential candidate Libertarian Michael Badnarik. In his military career Ankrum served four tours of duty in Vietnam as a Seabee, where he earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. - Daniel J. Hill
Daniel J. Hill (born 1938 in Oak Park, Illinois) joined the United States Army at the age of 15 by lying about his age. He eventually became a Special Forces paratrooper and served in Germany where he participated in missions during the Hungarian Revolution and the struggle for control of Lebanon in 1958. Following his tour in Germany, he was selected for Ranger school at Fort Benning where he was asked to return as an instructor. - Clay Shaw
Clay Laverne Shaw (March 17, 1913 - August 14, 1974) was a successful businessman in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is notable as the only person ever to be tried for conspiracy in relation to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Shaw was honorably discharged from the United States Army as a major in 1946. He served as a secretary to the General Staff and was decorated by three nations: The United States with the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star, … - Joseph K. Bratton
Joseph K. Bratton (April 4, 1926 in St. Paul, Minnesota - June 2, 2007 in Virginia) was an American Army officer and nuclear engineer. He graduated third in the class of 1948 at the United States Military Academy and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He served with an engineer battalion in Austria in 1949-52 and with the divisional 13th Engineer Combat Battalion in Korea in 1953-54, both before and after the armistice there. - Melvin Zais
General Melvin Zais (May 8, 1916, in Fall River, Massachusetts - May 7, 1981) was a U.S. Army general. General Zais attended the University of New Hampshire and graduated with a B.A. in Political Science. In 1937 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. He attended the U.S. Command and General Staff College, and was also a graduate of the Armed Forces Staff College, and the National War College. - Donald Malarkey
Donald Malarkey is an American World War II soldier, best known for being one of the soldiers portrayed in the "Band of Brothers" television miniseries. Malarkey was born in Astoria, Oregon in 1921. He was in his first semester at the University of Oregon in the fall of 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After the attack, Malarkey tried enlisting in the Marines, but he was turned down because of dental problems. - Dwight E. Beach
General Dwight Edward Beach commanded the U.S. Forces Korea from 1965-1966 and U.S. Army, Pacific from September 1966 to July 1968. He gained his commission in 1932 into the Field Artillery. He served in World War II in the Pacific theater, participating in four amphibious assaults, as well as in the Korean War. Beach was born in Chelsea, Michigan, on July 20, 1908, … - Robert Arter
Robert Arter (born September 7, 1929) is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General and former commanding general of the Sixth United States Army. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry from Ohio University in 1950. In 1952, Arter served with the 35th Regimental Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, in Korea. From 1956-60, after attending the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, he was assigned as an operations officer for the Infantry School.
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