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","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. "],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This interview covers Alfred A. 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Most are available without restriction.","These interviews are not available online. Please contact the VMI Archives for information about accessing this material.","The bulk of this collection is available online.","The Military Oral History Project was orginally an initiative of VMI's John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History","Virginia Military Institute. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering","Tracy, Lisa (Elizabeth Kilbourne)","Saxe, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1918-?","Smith, Robert P. (Robert Pemberton), 1919-2017","Richards, Walter L. (Walter Leland), 1919-","Miller, Charles B. (Charles Bruce)","Gottwald, Floyd D., Jr.","Smith, Jeffrey G., Sr.","Doss, James V.","Taylor, Arthur C., Jr. (Arthur Canning)","Matheis, Richard, A., ?-2015","Morgan, James M., Jr. (James Markus), 1923-2021","Spach, Jule C.","Eliason, William A.","Siebert, Harry J. (Harry John)","Layman, Thomas O. (Thomas Orville)","Gantt, Joseph I., Sr. (Joseph Isley)","Suter,  Bruce H.","Abbitt, Charles W.","Anthony, Eiland E.","Ashley, Maurice C., Jr. (Maurice Cavileer), 1925-2015","Boyd, John T.","Crane, George A., Jr.","Dischinger, Hugh C. (Hugh Charles), 1924-?","Esser, Jefferson R. C. (Jefferson Randolph Cary)","Geary, Paul X.","Gialanella, John A.","Massenburg, Edgar A.","Mills, William C.","Naill, John D., Jr., 1924-?","Newton, Russell B.","Patton, John M. (John Mercer), 1921-?","Siegel, Ralph","Smaw, Daniel G., III","Smothers, Robert C.","Williams, John P., 1922-?","Winter, William D.","Alvarez, Alfred A., 1924-","Andrews, Ernest A., 1923-?","Argenzio, Joseph L., 1927-?","Bachman, Charles D.","Barrett, John G. (John Gilchrist), 1921-2013","Bodkin, Hobert","Brooks, Charles","Brown, Fred, 1923-?","Burnette, Guy B. (Guy Berry), 1921-?","Caulkins, Stanley","Cheatham, Robert L., Jr.","Clark, Allen E. (Allen Eugene), 1924-?","Cleckler, Glen","Collier, William H. (William Hurle)","Cousart, Cyril G.","Cowan, Chalmer E., 1919-?","Cvengros, George E., 1923-1985","Cvengros, David","Dazzo, Joseph O.","DeSantis, Nathan, 1921-?","Dexter, Robert F. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. 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Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. 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Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. 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Ryan's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert W. 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One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. 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(William Hurle)","Cousart, Cyril G.","Cowan, Chalmer E., 1919-?","Cvengros, George E., 1923-1985","Cvengros, David","Dazzo, Joseph O.","DeSantis, Nathan, 1921-?","Dexter, Robert F. (Robert Fred), 1925-?","Dixon, Mark R.","Duncan, Walter M., Sr., 1920-?","Dunfee, Howard","Evans, Allen D.","Fair, Robert R., 1925-?","Farmer, William C., 1926-?","Feightner, Edward L.","Funkhouser, William","Furman, Donald E., 1913-?","George, Roy, 1927-?","Haggerty, Frank J.","Halloran, R. \"Hap\"","Halsey, John S. (John Selden)","Harper, R. Marlowe","Holzman, Jerome","Howard, William, 1919-?","Irby, John P., III (John Poindexter), 1922-?","Jenkins, Carl F.","Kershaw, John R., 1925-?","King, Frank E., 1922-?","King, Jerome H., Jr.","Kinter, Edmund B.","Lawton, Leonard G., 1919-?","Luikart , Walter, 1925-?","Lypka, Demetrius, 1918-?","Marsh, Alexander","McKinney, Charles H., 1920-?","Michnewich, Alexander, 1923-?","Moberg, Robert, 1921-?","Muir, Malcolm, Sr., 1914-?","Murray, Wilma","Naughton, James B., 1926-?","Nicely, Guy C., Jr.","Noble, Edwin A., 1922-2013","Perna, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph)","Porter, George, 1921-?","Proffitt, Carl D.","Quarles, Julian M., Jr., 1917-?","Rathmell, Richard, 1925?-?","Reagan, Emmett F., 1924-?","Remaly, John M.","Repke, William","Riley, Charles A. 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Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. 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His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History","Virginia Military Institute. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering","Tracy, Lisa (Elizabeth Kilbourne)","Saxe, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1918-?","Smith, Robert P. (Robert Pemberton), 1919-2017","Richards, Walter L. (Walter Leland), 1919-","Miller, Charles B. 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Contact the VMI Archives for additional information."],"access_subjects_ssim":["World War, 1914-1918","World War, 1939-1945","Korean War (1950-1953)","Vietnam War (1961-1975)","Persian Gulf War (1991)","Iraq War, 2003-2011","Afghan War, 2001-2021","Oral histories"],"access_subjects_ssm":["World War, 1914-1918","World War, 1939-1945","Korean War (1950-1953)","Vietnam War (1961-1975)","Persian Gulf War (1991)","Iraq War, 2003-2011","Afghan War, 2001-2021","Oral histories"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["12 cubic feet"],"extent_tesim":["12 cubic feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Oral histories"],"date_range_isim":[2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA small number of interviews carry donor access restrictions.  Most are available without restriction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews are not available online. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. 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Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Laura E. 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Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. 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One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. 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Most are available without restriction.","These interviews are not available online. Please contact the VMI Archives for information about accessing this material.","The bulk of this collection is available online.","The Military Oral History Project was orginally an initiative of VMI's John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History","Virginia Military Institute. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering","Tracy, Lisa (Elizabeth Kilbourne)","Saxe, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1918-?","Smith, Robert P. (Robert Pemberton), 1919-2017","Richards, Walter L. (Walter Leland), 1919-","Miller, Charles B. (Charles Bruce)","Gottwald, Floyd D., Jr.","Smith, Jeffrey G., Sr.","Doss, James V.","Taylor, Arthur C., Jr. (Arthur Canning)","Matheis, Richard, A., ?-2015","Morgan, James M., Jr. (James Markus), 1923-2021","Spach, Jule C.","Eliason, William A.","Siebert, Harry J. (Harry John)","Layman, Thomas O. (Thomas Orville)","Gantt, Joseph I., Sr. (Joseph Isley)","Suter,  Bruce H.","Abbitt, Charles W.","Anthony, Eiland E.","Ashley, Maurice C., Jr. (Maurice Cavileer), 1925-2015","Boyd, John T.","Crane, George A., Jr.","Dischinger, Hugh C. (Hugh Charles), 1924-?","Esser, Jefferson R. C. (Jefferson Randolph Cary)","Geary, Paul X.","Gialanella, John A.","Massenburg, Edgar A.","Mills, William C.","Naill, John D., Jr., 1924-?","Newton, Russell B.","Patton, John M. (John Mercer), 1921-?","Siegel, Ralph","Smaw, Daniel G., III","Smothers, Robert C.","Williams, John P., 1922-?","Winter, William D.","Alvarez, Alfred A., 1924-","Andrews, Ernest A., 1923-?","Argenzio, Joseph L., 1927-?","Bachman, Charles D.","Barrett, John G. (John Gilchrist), 1921-2013","Bodkin, Hobert","Brooks, Charles","Brown, Fred, 1923-?","Burnette, Guy B. (Guy Berry), 1921-?","Caulkins, Stanley","Cheatham, Robert L., Jr.","Clark, Allen E. (Allen Eugene), 1924-?","Cleckler, Glen","Collier, William H. (William Hurle)","Cousart, Cyril G.","Cowan, Chalmer E., 1919-?","Cvengros, George E., 1923-1985","Cvengros, David","Dazzo, Joseph O.","DeSantis, Nathan, 1921-?","Dexter, Robert F. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. 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Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. 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Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. 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Ryan's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert W. 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One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. 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(William Hurle)","Cousart, Cyril G.","Cowan, Chalmer E., 1919-?","Cvengros, George E., 1923-1985","Cvengros, David","Dazzo, Joseph O.","DeSantis, Nathan, 1921-?","Dexter, Robert F. (Robert Fred), 1925-?","Dixon, Mark R.","Duncan, Walter M., Sr., 1920-?","Dunfee, Howard","Evans, Allen D.","Fair, Robert R., 1925-?","Farmer, William C., 1926-?","Feightner, Edward L.","Funkhouser, William","Furman, Donald E., 1913-?","George, Roy, 1927-?","Haggerty, Frank J.","Halloran, R. \"Hap\"","Halsey, John S. (John Selden)","Harper, R. Marlowe","Holzman, Jerome","Howard, William, 1919-?","Irby, John P., III (John Poindexter), 1922-?","Jenkins, Carl F.","Kershaw, John R., 1925-?","King, Frank E., 1922-?","King, Jerome H., Jr.","Kinter, Edmund B.","Lawton, Leonard G., 1919-?","Luikart , Walter, 1925-?","Lypka, Demetrius, 1918-?","Marsh, Alexander","McKinney, Charles H., 1920-?","Michnewich, Alexander, 1923-?","Moberg, Robert, 1921-?","Muir, Malcolm, Sr., 1914-?","Murray, Wilma","Naughton, James B., 1926-?","Nicely, Guy C., Jr.","Noble, Edwin A., 1922-2013","Perna, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph)","Porter, George, 1921-?","Proffitt, Carl D.","Quarles, Julian M., Jr., 1917-?","Rathmell, Richard, 1925?-?","Reagan, Emmett F., 1924-?","Remaly, John M.","Repke, William","Riley, Charles A. 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He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. 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Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History","Virginia Military Institute. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering","Tracy, Lisa (Elizabeth Kilbourne)","Saxe, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1918-?","Smith, Robert P. (Robert Pemberton), 1919-2017","Richards, Walter L. (Walter Leland), 1919-","Miller, Charles B. 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Contact the VMI Archives for additional information."],"access_subjects_ssim":["World War, 1914-1918","World War, 1939-1945","Korean War (1950-1953)","Vietnam War (1961-1975)","Persian Gulf War (1991)","Iraq War, 2003-2011","Afghan War, 2001-2021","Oral histories"],"access_subjects_ssm":["World War, 1914-1918","World War, 1939-1945","Korean War (1950-1953)","Vietnam War (1961-1975)","Persian Gulf War (1991)","Iraq War, 2003-2011","Afghan War, 2001-2021","Oral histories"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["12 cubic feet"],"extent_tesim":["12 cubic feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Oral histories"],"date_range_isim":[2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA small number of interviews carry donor access restrictions.  Most are available without restriction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews are not available online. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. 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Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Laura E. 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Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. 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One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. 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He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History","Virginia Military Institute. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering","Tracy, Lisa (Elizabeth Kilbourne)","Saxe, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1918-?","Smith, Robert P. (Robert Pemberton), 1919-2017","Richards, Walter L. (Walter Leland), 1919-","Miller, Charles B. (Charles Bruce)","Gottwald, Floyd D., Jr.","Smith, Jeffrey G., Sr.","Doss, James V.","Taylor, Arthur C., Jr. (Arthur Canning)","Matheis, Richard, A., ?-2015","Morgan, James M., Jr. (James Markus), 1923-2021","Spach, Jule C.","Eliason, William A.","Siebert, Harry J. (Harry John)","Layman, Thomas O. (Thomas Orville)","Gantt, Joseph I., Sr. (Joseph Isley)","Suter,  Bruce H.","Abbitt, Charles W.","Anthony, Eiland E.","Ashley, Maurice C., Jr. (Maurice Cavileer), 1925-2015","Boyd, John T.","Crane, George A., Jr.","Dischinger, Hugh C. (Hugh Charles), 1924-?","Esser, Jefferson R. C. (Jefferson Randolph Cary)","Geary, Paul X.","Gialanella, John A.","Massenburg, Edgar A.","Mills, William C.","Naill, John D., Jr., 1924-?","Newton, Russell B.","Patton, John M. (John Mercer), 1921-?","Siegel, Ralph","Smaw, Daniel G., III","Smothers, Robert C.","Williams, John P., 1922-?","Winter, William D.","Alvarez, Alfred A., 1924-","Andrews, Ernest A., 1923-?","Argenzio, Joseph L., 1927-?","Bachman, Charles D.","Barrett, John G. (John Gilchrist), 1921-2013","Bodkin, Hobert","Brooks, Charles","Brown, Fred, 1923-?","Burnette, Guy B. (Guy Berry), 1921-?","Caulkins, Stanley","Cheatham, Robert L., Jr.","Clark, Allen E. (Allen Eugene), 1924-?","Cleckler, Glen","Collier, William H. (William Hurle)","Cousart, Cyril G.","Cowan, Chalmer E., 1919-?","Cvengros, George E., 1923-1985","Cvengros, David","Dazzo, Joseph O.","DeSantis, Nathan, 1921-?","Dexter, Robert F. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. 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Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. 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Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. 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Ryan's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis interview covers Robert W. 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One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eManuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. 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(William Hurle)","Cousart, Cyril G.","Cowan, Chalmer E., 1919-?","Cvengros, George E., 1923-1985","Cvengros, David","Dazzo, Joseph O.","DeSantis, Nathan, 1921-?","Dexter, Robert F. (Robert Fred), 1925-?","Dixon, Mark R.","Duncan, Walter M., Sr., 1920-?","Dunfee, Howard","Evans, Allen D.","Fair, Robert R., 1925-?","Farmer, William C., 1926-?","Feightner, Edward L.","Funkhouser, William","Furman, Donald E., 1913-?","George, Roy, 1927-?","Haggerty, Frank J.","Halloran, R. \"Hap\"","Halsey, John S. (John Selden)","Harper, R. Marlowe","Holzman, Jerome","Howard, William, 1919-?","Irby, John P., III (John Poindexter), 1922-?","Jenkins, Carl F.","Kershaw, John R., 1925-?","King, Frank E., 1922-?","King, Jerome H., Jr.","Kinter, Edmund B.","Lawton, Leonard G., 1919-?","Luikart , Walter, 1925-?","Lypka, Demetrius, 1918-?","Marsh, Alexander","McKinney, Charles H., 1920-?","Michnewich, Alexander, 1923-?","Moberg, Robert, 1921-?","Muir, Malcolm, Sr., 1914-?","Murray, Wilma","Naughton, James B., 1926-?","Nicely, Guy C., Jr.","Noble, Edwin A., 1922-2013","Perna, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph)","Porter, George, 1921-?","Proffitt, Carl D.","Quarles, Julian M., Jr., 1917-?","Rathmell, Richard, 1925?-?","Reagan, Emmett F., 1924-?","Remaly, John M.","Repke, William","Riley, Charles A. 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Eisenhower, \nChief of Staff, III Army, \nSmith-Young Tower, \nSan Antonio, Texas ","Dear Ike:  \nI have been so darn busy that I have not told you how delighted I am over your new assignment. I am not in on the \"makes\" but I feel sure your name will be on the next list of B.G.'s. You have certainly earned such recognition.","Washington is a madhouse as usual. First the Russo situation made us do some fast thinking and long-range estimating. I do not think that the Germans are moving as fast as they expected to, but in my opinion they will lick the Russians before winter sets in. Wish it could be otherwise. ","Would liked to have kept the Japs quiescent for a few months longer but they had \"ants in their pants\" and just had to move somewhere. Indo-China looked like a cripple so they walked in. I rather doubt that they will move south and feel that they will sit tight in the north until Germany trims Russia. \nEven our brothers in South America seem to be bitten by the war bug. Ecuador and Peru caused us a little extra work over the week end. Of course, the Axis powers are back of most of these disturbances. ","My health is fine and I hope to keep it so. Exercise is limited to occasional golf on Sunday. I would like to have more time outdoors. We limit our social activities to official affairs. I am too old to work all day and then play all night.","Mary Louise joins me in love to Mamie and yourself. I would love to see you both. \nDevotedly,","Fort George Meade, Maryland \n1942 April 19","Major General D. D. Eisenhower, \nOperations Division, \nWar Department General Staff, \nMunitions Building, Washington DC ","Dear Ike: \nThis is a long delayed note of congratulations on your promotion. I did not know of it until Mamie told me the day she was out here. As a matter of fact, I was so sure of it coming through very shortly that I had considered the appointment as actually made. The third star is just a matter of a few months, No one will be happier than I when you pin it on. ","My division is moving to A. P. Hill in echelons. One regiment left this morning, and the remainder of the division will complete its concentration next week. The Command Post will close here at noon on April 21st. All preparations have been made at A. P. Hill. ","I am still like a child with a new toy, and feel that I am really accomplished something. Have lost about ten pounds and feel fine. A. P. Hill will give us a wonderful opportunity to get in some real field training. If the War Department will stop stealing my units, personnel and equipment, this Division will be ready to go places by the end of July.","Hope you are not working too hard. Judging from the newspapers, the situation, except in Burma and the Indian Ocean, is not so bad. I chuckle about the press reports I see concerning command in the Southwest Pacific. The underground story must be good. ","Will be seeing you soon. Best of love to Mamie and yourself. \nFrom,","Headquarters \nEuropean Theater of Operations \nUnited States Army  \n16 July, 1942. ","Dear Gee, \nYour letter of July 6th arrived today. You are quite right about the speed with which I moved during the last few days I was in Washington. When I got on the plane, it was only by the grace of God and with the help of the entire Operations Division, that I had any baggage whatsoever.","I knew, of course, that when I got a letter from you it would contain all the nice things you had to say about my appointment here. Better than that, I knew that in your case they would be honest and sincere. In return, I can only any that there is, as you know, no one else in the whole army whose good opinion means so much to me as yours. I hope also that you will not for one minute, believe that you are stymied in division command. While anyone commanding one of our divisions has a man-sized job and need not be bothering his head about anything else, the fact is that you are so eminently fitted for the highest commands that they will never be able to let you stay there long. My visits here merely bear out the conviction you and I have held for many years, that corps, army, and even higher commanders, have to be relatively young men. ","Another thing I have noted in going about here, that two things which cannot be over-emphasized are, physical condition of the men, and skill in handling motor transportation. The other day I ran into a division which had just completed ninety miles in three days. It was in fine shape, and it was easy to see that those Britishers were exceedingly proud of what they had done. On the other hand, I do not believe they have made as great advances in handling motor transport as we have. The problem of having it when you want it, using it as you need it, and then getting it out of the way when you don't want it, is really something to solve. ","I sincerely hope that your division will get the men and equipment it needs, and then be left alone under your guidance. It they do that, it will be a top-flight outfit and I should be proud to have it here. Which reminds me that I have not looked up to see whether we are asking for divisions by name or merely by total number - I'll have to find out about that. Since you wrote, the powers-that-be have given me a promotion. I'm quite well aware that this does not put any more brains into my thick skull, but it is noticeable that it helps considerably in dealing with the British officers, particularly here in London where much of my work is with the War Office, the Chief of Air Force and so on. Also it places, in the eyes of the British, a certain War Department stamp of approval upon me, thus allowing me to speak in a little louder voice in some of our meetings. I have been quite astonished to find that these people do not seem to resent my frequently fluent flow of Western Kansas profanity. In fact they seem to like it. ","Scrappy is doing a good job in the 5th Corps and has two fine Division Commanders, Ward and Ryder. Just today he at last got rid of an unsatisfactory Chief of Staff, and I feel very content with the progress in that sector. J.C.H. Lee is doing well with the S.O.S., and Spaatz with the Air Force. I sincerely hope that soon you will bring your division over here, although I suspect it will be a corps rather than a division that you bring. ","With best of luck and much love to Mary-Louise. \nAs ever, \nIke ","Major General Leonard T. Gerow, \nCommanding 29th Division, \nA.P.O. No. 29, \nFredericksburg, Va.","15 February 1943 ","Dear Ike: \nJust a note to tell you how delighted I am over your four-star promotion. I know of no one in our service who has done as much to merit such recognition, or who is as well qualified for the job as you are. You have carried out a most difficult assignment in an outstanding manner in spite of many obstacles, both political and military. Most of my news is gathered from the press, but knowing something of such matters I have been able to read between the lines. ","Hartle very kindly let me have a copy of your secret letter, dated January 15th, on training. It is absolutely in accord with my own views on the subject, and just what I have been trying to accomplish in this division. It takes all one's drive and energy to get the real picture down to the Grade 7 soldier. I find inertia and a lack of appreciation of real warfare in all echelons of command, and my most difficult job has been to educate and build up enthusiasm in subordinate commanders. When I can reach the soldier direct, I get an immediate and intelligent response. With due regard to secrecy, I am personally reading your letter to all officers of the division in the hope and belief that it will drive home to them the seriousness of this game and the necessity of perfection in all details. ","I shall miss Everett on my infrequent trips to London. In addition to the help he gave me in supply matters, my talks with him always boosted my morale and sent me back to the country with a new lease on life. I am glad you have him with you. He is loyal, unselfish and sound. Lean on him. Give him my best. ","Best of luck and every good wish for future successes. I am proud of you. Don't bother to answer this. I know how busy you are.","ALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS \nOffice of the Commander-in-Chief  \n24 February, 1943. ","Dear Gee: \nI could never be too busy to answer such a letter as your latest one to me. Of all the oongratulations and felicitations that I have received on this latest promotion yours, more than in any other case, I know to be absolutely sincere and disinterested. I especially appreciate your sentiments because I can never get over the feeling, one that I have held ever since I made Second Lieutenant, that in every respect you have deserved recognition far above myself. If, therefore, I felt that personal fortune and promotion had any slightest importance in this war, I should have to feel almost regretful that such a distinction came to me instead of to you. But you must know, as well as I do, that certain fortuitous circumstances, more than any indication of peculiar merit, were responsible for my advancement.","The letter I wrote to Hartle on training was from my heart. Moreover, it is not nearly as strong in its language as I would like to make it. I got back this morning from the battlefront. I wish that every Division Commander in the United States Army could go up there right now and see the consequences, the appalling consequences, of failure to achieve in advance some measure of battlefield discipline, to teach his men the essentials of scouting, patrolling and security, to insist upon initiative on the part of every leader from Corporal up, and finally to harden his men to the point that the physique of man can achieve no more. After the first few days our men did splendidly but in those first few we paid a big price. We have the greatest material in the world but our men meat learn what a serious business this is, they must know that their own lives depend upon the thoroughness with which they learn the lessons taught, and officers that fail to devote themselves completely and exclusively to the task must be ruthlessly weeded out. Considerations of friendship, family, kindliness and nice personality have nothing whatever to do with the problem. We owe it to the service to which we belong and certainly we owe it to the men, whose lives depend upon the energy, keenness and thoroughness that we display. ","I feel so strongly on this subject that I could write reams. It is enough to say that yours is one division in which I know that everything that one man can do will be done. The only thing on which I would venture to give the slightest advice is that you must be tough. You may not be able to discover among your men those that will be the best battle leaders, but you can find those who are this minute endangering the battle success of your whole command. They are the lazy, the slothful, the indifferent or the complacent. Get rid of them if you have to write letters the rest of your life. Special subjects I would bring to your attention are mine detection, the use of land mines in defense, thorough training in every possible means of anti-tank defense, and in defense against low-flying aircraft. Ground troops themselves must provide their own protection against the dive-bomber. The 50 caliber and rifle fire must be used. Insist that your men get under cover and start a volume of well directed fire into the air. If you don't, in their first battle they will be demoralized, an easy prey to the enemy's infantry and tanks that may come along even in inconsequential numbers. Battle casualties among personnel from the dive-bomber are almost nil, but their moral effect is tremendous. Your truck and vehicle discipline must be perfect; otherwise the enemy's aircraft will knock out 40 or 50 at a whack. That is a sad sight to see along the road when you realize how much shipping space you gave up to bring those same trucks thousands of miles across the ocean. For God's sake don't keep anybody around that you say to yourself \"He may get by\"--he won't. Throw him out and I am sure that your Theater Commander, knowing the deadly seriousness of all this, will back you up to the hilt. ","Your letters are always a treat. Write me again when you have the chance, and again many thanks for the thoughtfulness of your note. \nAs ever, \nIke ","The Leonard T. Gerow papers consist of documents and photographs (approximately 120 items) from the military career of United States Army General Gerow. The collection includes correspondence with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, autobiographical material, speeches (1945 to 1948), and photographs. Material complementary to this collection is in Gerow's student/alumni file, which is located in the VMI Archives.","Letter states that Leonard T. Gerow needs Dwight D. Eisenhower in the War Plans Division.","In the letter, Leonard T. Gerow withdraws his request for Dwight D. Eisenhower's \"detail to\" the War Plans Division.","Written from Fort Lewis, Washington. The letter expresses Leonard T. Gerow's regret that Dwight D. Eisenhower will not be assigned to the War Plans Division.","Written from Fort Lewis, Washington. In the letter, Leonard T. Gerow asks Dwight D. Eisenhower if he would like to come to Washington as his executive or remain as Chief of Staff.","In the telegram, Dwight D. Eisenhower states that it is \"unwise to leave Lewis in the near future.\"","Written from San Antonio, Texas. The letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's orders to Lewis, current staffing, and family matters.","Letter regards news of the War, matters in Washington, D.C., and Leonard T. Gerow's health.","The letter reads \"congratulations and all good wishes from us both.\"","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his promotion and regards the current status of the War Department.","Letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment. Letter also mentions that Leonard T. Gerow's division is moving to \"Carolina for two months\" maneuver.","Letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment and day-to-day activities.","Letter regards military missions and family news.","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on North African operations.","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his four-star promotion and mentions a \"secret letter\" on training.","Letter regards the importance of training and Dwight D. Eisenhower's military-related advice to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter regards news of the War and a recent trip taken by Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow's recent promotion. Letter also congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his \"continued success.\"","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his \"grand victory.\" Letter also contains an enclosure (dated September 9, 1943) from General Sir Hugh Ellis to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter thanks Leonard T. Gerow for his congratulations and provides general news of the War.","Letter regards a recent trip taken by Dwight D. Eisenhower.","Letter regards a package of cheese and mentions the capture of Cherbourg, France.","Letter regards general news of the War.","Letter thanks Leonard T. Gerow for lunch and mentions having Gerow visit soon.","Letter encloses a copy of a strategic military idea proposed by Donald C. Smick, a solider under Dwight D. Eisenhower.","Letter regards the end of the Combined Command.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow's retirement party.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow's retirement.","Letter regards general news and greetings.","In the letter Dwight D. Eisenhower wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy anniversary.","Letter regards a recent trip to Virginia.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow and his wife.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow serving as Grand Marshal of the Inaugural Parade.","Letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's new position.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter invites Leonard T. Gerow to a dinner on June 24, 1954. Also included is a list of dinner guests and notes about the evening.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow and his wife.","Letter is an invitation to the Inagural ceremonies.","Letter invites Letter Leonard T. Gerow and his wife to sit in the Reviewing Stand for the Inaugural Parade.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter mentions D-Day and expresses gratitude for Leonard T. Gerow.","Appointment book contains very brief entries noting assignments and promotions.","Map of Normandy beachhead, 33.5 inches x 40 inches, labeled \"Operation Map of the V Corps Attack and landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. This map was carried ashore on D-Day by Lt. General L. T. Gerow, then Major General and Commander of the V Corps, VMI Class of 1911.\"","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may not be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks and Oversized Case 2","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Gerow, Leonard T. (Leonard Townsend), 1888-1972","Eisenhower, Dwight D. 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Stationed in Kansas, South Dakota, Texas, and Vera Cruz, Mexico. 1918 April-1919 October Signal Corps Officer, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), France. Officer in charge of purchasing and disbursing. 1919-1921 Commanding Officer, Signal Corps School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 1921-1941 December Served in Washington D.C., the Philippines, and China. During this period, Gerow graduated from the Advanced Course, Infantry School, Fort Benning (1925), the Command and General Staff School (1926), and the Army War College (1931). 1941 December-1942 February Named Chief of War Plans Division and Assistant Chief of Staff. 1942 February Named Commander of the 29th Infantry Division, Fort George Meade, Maryland. 1942 October 29 Division to England. 1943 July Named Commanding General, Fifth (V) Corps. 1945 January 15 Assumed command of the Fifteenth Army, European Theater. 1945 October Returned to the United States and was assigned as Commandant of the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 1948 January Assumed command of the Second Army, with headquarters at Fort George Meade, Maryland. 1950 July 31 Retired as a Lieutenant General. 1954 July Appointed as a four-star General by an act of Congress. 1972 October 12 Died at age 84 in Fort Lee Army Hospital, Petersburg, Virginia."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJuly 28, 1941\u003cbr\u003e\nColonel D. D. Eisenhower,\u003cbr\u003e\nChief of Staff, III Army,\u003cbr\u003e\nSmith-Young Tower,\u003cbr\u003e\nSan Antonio, Texas \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Ike:\u003cbr\u003e \nI have been so darn busy that I have not told you how delighted I am over your new assignment. I am not in on the \"makes\" but I feel sure your name will be on the next list of B.G.'s. You have certainly earned such recognition.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWashington is a madhouse as usual. First the Russo situation made us do some fast thinking and long-range estimating. I do not think that the Germans are moving as fast as they expected to, but in my opinion they will lick the Russians before winter sets in. Wish it could be otherwise. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWould liked to have kept the Japs quiescent for a few months longer but they had \"ants in their pants\" and just had to move somewhere. Indo-China looked like a cripple so they walked in. I rather doubt that they will move south and feel that they will sit tight in the north until Germany trims Russia. \nEven our brothers in South America seem to be bitten by the war bug. Ecuador and Peru caused us a little extra work over the week end. Of course, the Axis powers are back of most of these disturbances. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy health is fine and I hope to keep it so. Exercise is limited to occasional golf on Sunday. I would like to have more time outdoors. We limit our social activities to official affairs. I am too old to work all day and then play all night.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMary Louise joins me in love to Mamie and yourself. I would love to see you both.\u003cbr\u003e\nDevotedly,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFort George Meade, Maryland\u003cbr\u003e\n1942 April 19\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMajor General D. D. Eisenhower,\u003cbr\u003e\nOperations Division,\u003cbr\u003e\nWar Department General Staff,\u003cbr\u003e\nMunitions Building, Washington DC \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Ike:\u003cbr\u003e\nThis is a long delayed note of congratulations on your promotion. I did not know of it until Mamie told me the day she was out here. As a matter of fact, I was so sure of it coming through very shortly that I had considered the appointment as actually made. The third star is just a matter of a few months, No one will be happier than I when you pin it on. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMy division is moving to A. P. Hill in echelons. One regiment left this morning, and the remainder of the division will complete its concentration next week. The Command Post will close here at noon on April 21st. All preparations have been made at A. P. Hill. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI am still like a child with a new toy, and feel that I am really accomplished something. Have lost about ten pounds and feel fine. A. P. Hill will give us a wonderful opportunity to get in some real field training. If the War Department will stop stealing my units, personnel and equipment, this Division will be ready to go places by the end of July.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHope you are not working too hard. Judging from the newspapers, the situation, except in Burma and the Indian Ocean, is not so bad. I chuckle about the press reports I see concerning command in the Southwest Pacific. The underground story must be good. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWill be seeing you soon. Best of love to Mamie and yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHeadquarters\u003cbr\u003e\nEuropean Theater of Operations\u003cbr\u003e\nUnited States Army\u003cbr\u003e \n16 July, 1942. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Gee,\u003cbr\u003e\nYour letter of July 6th arrived today. You are quite right about the speed with which I moved during the last few days I was in Washington. When I got on the plane, it was only by the grace of God and with the help of the entire Operations Division, that I had any baggage whatsoever.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI knew, of course, that when I got a letter from you it would contain all the nice things you had to say about my appointment here. Better than that, I knew that in your case they would be honest and sincere. In return, I can only any that there is, as you know, no one else in the whole army whose good opinion means so much to me as yours. I hope also that you will not for one minute, believe that you are stymied in division command. While anyone commanding one of our divisions has a man-sized job and need not be bothering his head about anything else, the fact is that you are so eminently fitted for the highest commands that they will never be able to let you stay there long. My visits here merely bear out the conviction you and I have held for many years, that corps, army, and even higher commanders, have to be relatively young men. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnother thing I have noted in going about here, that two things which cannot be over-emphasized are, physical condition of the men, and skill in handling motor transportation. The other day I ran into a division which had just completed ninety miles in three days. It was in fine shape, and it was easy to see that those Britishers were exceedingly proud of what they had done. On the other hand, I do not believe they have made as great advances in handling motor transport as we have. The problem of having it when you want it, using it as you need it, and then getting it out of the way when you don't want it, is really something to solve. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI sincerely hope that your division will get the men and equipment it needs, and then be left alone under your guidance. It they do that, it will be a top-flight outfit and I should be proud to have it here. Which reminds me that I have not looked up to see whether we are asking for divisions by name or merely by total number - I'll have to find out about that. Since you wrote, the powers-that-be have given me a promotion. I'm quite well aware that this does not put any more brains into my thick skull, but it is noticeable that it helps considerably in dealing with the British officers, particularly here in London where much of my work is with the War Office, the Chief of Air Force and so on. Also it places, in the eyes of the British, a certain War Department stamp of approval upon me, thus allowing me to speak in a little louder voice in some of our meetings. I have been quite astonished to find that these people do not seem to resent my frequently fluent flow of Western Kansas profanity. In fact they seem to like it. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eScrappy is doing a good job in the 5th Corps and has two fine Division Commanders, Ward and Ryder. Just today he at last got rid of an unsatisfactory Chief of Staff, and I feel very content with the progress in that sector. J.C.H. Lee is doing well with the S.O.S., and Spaatz with the Air Force. I sincerely hope that soon you will bring your division over here, although I suspect it will be a corps rather than a division that you bring. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWith best of luck and much love to Mary-Louise.\u003cbr\u003e\nAs ever,\u003cbr\u003e\nIke \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMajor General Leonard T. Gerow,\u003cbr\u003e\nCommanding 29th Division,\u003cbr\u003e\nA.P.O. No. 29,\u003cbr\u003e\nFredericksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 February 1943 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Ike:\u003cbr\u003e\nJust a note to tell you how delighted I am over your four-star promotion. I know of no one in our service who has done as much to merit such recognition, or who is as well qualified for the job as you are. You have carried out a most difficult assignment in an outstanding manner in spite of many obstacles, both political and military. Most of my news is gathered from the press, but knowing something of such matters I have been able to read between the lines. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHartle very kindly let me have a copy of your secret letter, dated January 15th, on training. It is absolutely in accord with my own views on the subject, and just what I have been trying to accomplish in this division. It takes all one's drive and energy to get the real picture down to the Grade 7 soldier. I find inertia and a lack of appreciation of real warfare in all echelons of command, and my most difficult job has been to educate and build up enthusiasm in subordinate commanders. When I can reach the soldier direct, I get an immediate and intelligent response. With due regard to secrecy, I am personally reading your letter to all officers of the division in the hope and belief that it will drive home to them the seriousness of this game and the necessity of perfection in all details. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI shall miss Everett on my infrequent trips to London. In addition to the help he gave me in supply matters, my talks with him always boosted my morale and sent me back to the country with a new lease on life. I am glad you have him with you. He is loyal, unselfish and sound. Lean on him. Give him my best. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBest of luck and every good wish for future successes. I am proud of you. Don't bother to answer this. I know how busy you are.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS\u003cbr\u003e\nOffice of the Commander-in-Chief\u003cbr\u003e \n24 February, 1943. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDear Gee:\u003cbr\u003e\nI could never be too busy to answer such a letter as your latest one to me. Of all the oongratulations and felicitations that I have received on this latest promotion yours, more than in any other case, I know to be absolutely sincere and disinterested. I especially appreciate your sentiments because I can never get over the feeling, one that I have held ever since I made Second Lieutenant, that in every respect you have deserved recognition far above myself. If, therefore, I felt that personal fortune and promotion had any slightest importance in this war, I should have to feel almost regretful that such a distinction came to me instead of to you. But you must know, as well as I do, that certain fortuitous circumstances, more than any indication of peculiar merit, were responsible for my advancement.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letter I wrote to Hartle on training was from my heart. Moreover, it is not nearly as strong in its language as I would like to make it. I got back this morning from the battlefront. I wish that every Division Commander in the United States Army could go up there right now and see the consequences, the appalling consequences, of failure to achieve in advance some measure of battlefield discipline, to teach his men the essentials of scouting, patrolling and security, to insist upon initiative on the part of every leader from Corporal up, and finally to harden his men to the point that the physique of man can achieve no more. After the first few days our men did splendidly but in those first few we paid a big price. We have the greatest material in the world but our men meat learn what a serious business this is, they must know that their own lives depend upon the thoroughness with which they learn the lessons taught, and officers that fail to devote themselves completely and exclusively to the task must be ruthlessly weeded out. Considerations of friendship, family, kindliness and nice personality have nothing whatever to do with the problem. We owe it to the service to which we belong and certainly we owe it to the men, whose lives depend upon the energy, keenness and thoroughness that we display. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI feel so strongly on this subject that I could write reams. It is enough to say that yours is one division in which I know that everything that one man can do will be done. The only thing on which I would venture to give the slightest advice is that you must be tough. You may not be able to discover among your men those that will be the best battle leaders, but you can find those who are this minute endangering the battle success of your whole command. They are the lazy, the slothful, the indifferent or the complacent. Get rid of them if you have to write letters the rest of your life. Special subjects I would bring to your attention are mine detection, the use of land mines in defense, thorough training in every possible means of anti-tank defense, and in defense against low-flying aircraft. Ground troops themselves must provide their own protection against the dive-bomber. The 50 caliber and rifle fire must be used. Insist that your men get under cover and start a volume of well directed fire into the air. If you don't, in their first battle they will be demoralized, an easy prey to the enemy's infantry and tanks that may come along even in inconsequential numbers. Battle casualties among personnel from the dive-bomber are almost nil, but their moral effect is tremendous. Your truck and vehicle discipline must be perfect; otherwise the enemy's aircraft will knock out 40 or 50 at a whack. That is a sad sight to see along the road when you realize how much shipping space you gave up to bring those same trucks thousands of miles across the ocean. For God's sake don't keep anybody around that you say to yourself \"He may get by\"--he won't. Throw him out and I am sure that your Theater Commander, knowing the deadly seriousness of all this, will back you up to the hilt. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eYour letters are always a treat. Write me again when you have the chance, and again many thanks for the thoughtfulness of your note. \nAs ever,\u003cbr\u003e\nIke \u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription","Transcription"],"odd_tesim":["July 28, 1941 \nColonel D. D. Eisenhower, \nChief of Staff, III Army, \nSmith-Young Tower, \nSan Antonio, Texas ","Dear Ike:  \nI have been so darn busy that I have not told you how delighted I am over your new assignment. I am not in on the \"makes\" but I feel sure your name will be on the next list of B.G.'s. You have certainly earned such recognition.","Washington is a madhouse as usual. First the Russo situation made us do some fast thinking and long-range estimating. I do not think that the Germans are moving as fast as they expected to, but in my opinion they will lick the Russians before winter sets in. Wish it could be otherwise. ","Would liked to have kept the Japs quiescent for a few months longer but they had \"ants in their pants\" and just had to move somewhere. Indo-China looked like a cripple so they walked in. I rather doubt that they will move south and feel that they will sit tight in the north until Germany trims Russia. \nEven our brothers in South America seem to be bitten by the war bug. Ecuador and Peru caused us a little extra work over the week end. Of course, the Axis powers are back of most of these disturbances. ","My health is fine and I hope to keep it so. Exercise is limited to occasional golf on Sunday. I would like to have more time outdoors. We limit our social activities to official affairs. I am too old to work all day and then play all night.","Mary Louise joins me in love to Mamie and yourself. I would love to see you both. \nDevotedly,","Fort George Meade, Maryland \n1942 April 19","Major General D. D. Eisenhower, \nOperations Division, \nWar Department General Staff, \nMunitions Building, Washington DC ","Dear Ike: \nThis is a long delayed note of congratulations on your promotion. I did not know of it until Mamie told me the day she was out here. As a matter of fact, I was so sure of it coming through very shortly that I had considered the appointment as actually made. The third star is just a matter of a few months, No one will be happier than I when you pin it on. ","My division is moving to A. P. Hill in echelons. One regiment left this morning, and the remainder of the division will complete its concentration next week. The Command Post will close here at noon on April 21st. All preparations have been made at A. P. Hill. ","I am still like a child with a new toy, and feel that I am really accomplished something. Have lost about ten pounds and feel fine. A. P. Hill will give us a wonderful opportunity to get in some real field training. If the War Department will stop stealing my units, personnel and equipment, this Division will be ready to go places by the end of July.","Hope you are not working too hard. Judging from the newspapers, the situation, except in Burma and the Indian Ocean, is not so bad. I chuckle about the press reports I see concerning command in the Southwest Pacific. The underground story must be good. ","Will be seeing you soon. Best of love to Mamie and yourself. \nFrom,","Headquarters \nEuropean Theater of Operations \nUnited States Army  \n16 July, 1942. ","Dear Gee, \nYour letter of July 6th arrived today. You are quite right about the speed with which I moved during the last few days I was in Washington. When I got on the plane, it was only by the grace of God and with the help of the entire Operations Division, that I had any baggage whatsoever.","I knew, of course, that when I got a letter from you it would contain all the nice things you had to say about my appointment here. Better than that, I knew that in your case they would be honest and sincere. In return, I can only any that there is, as you know, no one else in the whole army whose good opinion means so much to me as yours. I hope also that you will not for one minute, believe that you are stymied in division command. While anyone commanding one of our divisions has a man-sized job and need not be bothering his head about anything else, the fact is that you are so eminently fitted for the highest commands that they will never be able to let you stay there long. My visits here merely bear out the conviction you and I have held for many years, that corps, army, and even higher commanders, have to be relatively young men. ","Another thing I have noted in going about here, that two things which cannot be over-emphasized are, physical condition of the men, and skill in handling motor transportation. The other day I ran into a division which had just completed ninety miles in three days. It was in fine shape, and it was easy to see that those Britishers were exceedingly proud of what they had done. On the other hand, I do not believe they have made as great advances in handling motor transport as we have. The problem of having it when you want it, using it as you need it, and then getting it out of the way when you don't want it, is really something to solve. ","I sincerely hope that your division will get the men and equipment it needs, and then be left alone under your guidance. It they do that, it will be a top-flight outfit and I should be proud to have it here. Which reminds me that I have not looked up to see whether we are asking for divisions by name or merely by total number - I'll have to find out about that. Since you wrote, the powers-that-be have given me a promotion. I'm quite well aware that this does not put any more brains into my thick skull, but it is noticeable that it helps considerably in dealing with the British officers, particularly here in London where much of my work is with the War Office, the Chief of Air Force and so on. Also it places, in the eyes of the British, a certain War Department stamp of approval upon me, thus allowing me to speak in a little louder voice in some of our meetings. I have been quite astonished to find that these people do not seem to resent my frequently fluent flow of Western Kansas profanity. In fact they seem to like it. ","Scrappy is doing a good job in the 5th Corps and has two fine Division Commanders, Ward and Ryder. Just today he at last got rid of an unsatisfactory Chief of Staff, and I feel very content with the progress in that sector. J.C.H. Lee is doing well with the S.O.S., and Spaatz with the Air Force. I sincerely hope that soon you will bring your division over here, although I suspect it will be a corps rather than a division that you bring. ","With best of luck and much love to Mary-Louise. \nAs ever, \nIke ","Major General Leonard T. Gerow, \nCommanding 29th Division, \nA.P.O. No. 29, \nFredericksburg, Va.","15 February 1943 ","Dear Ike: \nJust a note to tell you how delighted I am over your four-star promotion. I know of no one in our service who has done as much to merit such recognition, or who is as well qualified for the job as you are. You have carried out a most difficult assignment in an outstanding manner in spite of many obstacles, both political and military. Most of my news is gathered from the press, but knowing something of such matters I have been able to read between the lines. ","Hartle very kindly let me have a copy of your secret letter, dated January 15th, on training. It is absolutely in accord with my own views on the subject, and just what I have been trying to accomplish in this division. It takes all one's drive and energy to get the real picture down to the Grade 7 soldier. I find inertia and a lack of appreciation of real warfare in all echelons of command, and my most difficult job has been to educate and build up enthusiasm in subordinate commanders. When I can reach the soldier direct, I get an immediate and intelligent response. With due regard to secrecy, I am personally reading your letter to all officers of the division in the hope and belief that it will drive home to them the seriousness of this game and the necessity of perfection in all details. ","I shall miss Everett on my infrequent trips to London. In addition to the help he gave me in supply matters, my talks with him always boosted my morale and sent me back to the country with a new lease on life. I am glad you have him with you. He is loyal, unselfish and sound. Lean on him. Give him my best. ","Best of luck and every good wish for future successes. I am proud of you. Don't bother to answer this. I know how busy you are.","ALLIED FORCE HEADQUARTERS \nOffice of the Commander-in-Chief  \n24 February, 1943. ","Dear Gee: \nI could never be too busy to answer such a letter as your latest one to me. Of all the oongratulations and felicitations that I have received on this latest promotion yours, more than in any other case, I know to be absolutely sincere and disinterested. I especially appreciate your sentiments because I can never get over the feeling, one that I have held ever since I made Second Lieutenant, that in every respect you have deserved recognition far above myself. If, therefore, I felt that personal fortune and promotion had any slightest importance in this war, I should have to feel almost regretful that such a distinction came to me instead of to you. But you must know, as well as I do, that certain fortuitous circumstances, more than any indication of peculiar merit, were responsible for my advancement.","The letter I wrote to Hartle on training was from my heart. Moreover, it is not nearly as strong in its language as I would like to make it. I got back this morning from the battlefront. I wish that every Division Commander in the United States Army could go up there right now and see the consequences, the appalling consequences, of failure to achieve in advance some measure of battlefield discipline, to teach his men the essentials of scouting, patrolling and security, to insist upon initiative on the part of every leader from Corporal up, and finally to harden his men to the point that the physique of man can achieve no more. After the first few days our men did splendidly but in those first few we paid a big price. We have the greatest material in the world but our men meat learn what a serious business this is, they must know that their own lives depend upon the thoroughness with which they learn the lessons taught, and officers that fail to devote themselves completely and exclusively to the task must be ruthlessly weeded out. Considerations of friendship, family, kindliness and nice personality have nothing whatever to do with the problem. We owe it to the service to which we belong and certainly we owe it to the men, whose lives depend upon the energy, keenness and thoroughness that we display. ","I feel so strongly on this subject that I could write reams. It is enough to say that yours is one division in which I know that everything that one man can do will be done. The only thing on which I would venture to give the slightest advice is that you must be tough. You may not be able to discover among your men those that will be the best battle leaders, but you can find those who are this minute endangering the battle success of your whole command. They are the lazy, the slothful, the indifferent or the complacent. Get rid of them if you have to write letters the rest of your life. Special subjects I would bring to your attention are mine detection, the use of land mines in defense, thorough training in every possible means of anti-tank defense, and in defense against low-flying aircraft. Ground troops themselves must provide their own protection against the dive-bomber. The 50 caliber and rifle fire must be used. Insist that your men get under cover and start a volume of well directed fire into the air. If you don't, in their first battle they will be demoralized, an easy prey to the enemy's infantry and tanks that may come along even in inconsequential numbers. Battle casualties among personnel from the dive-bomber are almost nil, but their moral effect is tremendous. Your truck and vehicle discipline must be perfect; otherwise the enemy's aircraft will knock out 40 or 50 at a whack. That is a sad sight to see along the road when you realize how much shipping space you gave up to bring those same trucks thousands of miles across the ocean. For God's sake don't keep anybody around that you say to yourself \"He may get by\"--he won't. Throw him out and I am sure that your Theater Commander, knowing the deadly seriousness of all this, will back you up to the hilt. ","Your letters are always a treat. Write me again when you have the chance, and again many thanks for the thoughtfulness of your note. \nAs ever, \nIke "],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLeonard T. Gerow papers, 1911-1970. MS 0100. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Leonard T. Gerow papers, 1911-1970. MS 0100. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Leonard T. Gerow papers consist of documents and photographs (approximately 120 items) from the military career of United States Army General Gerow. The collection includes correspondence with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, autobiographical material, speeches (1945 to 1948), and photographs. Material complementary to this collection is in Gerow's student/alumni file, which is located in the VMI Archives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter states that Leonard T. Gerow needs Dwight D. Eisenhower in the War Plans Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the letter, Leonard T. Gerow withdraws his request for Dwight D. Eisenhower's \"detail to\" the War Plans Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten from Fort Lewis, Washington. The letter expresses Leonard T. Gerow's regret that Dwight D. 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Gerow papers consist of documents and photographs (approximately 120 items) from the military career of United States Army General Gerow. The collection includes correspondence with General Dwight D. Eisenhower, autobiographical material, speeches (1945 to 1948), and photographs. Material complementary to this collection is in Gerow's student/alumni file, which is located in the VMI Archives.","Letter states that Leonard T. Gerow needs Dwight D. Eisenhower in the War Plans Division.","In the letter, Leonard T. Gerow withdraws his request for Dwight D. Eisenhower's \"detail to\" the War Plans Division.","Written from Fort Lewis, Washington. The letter expresses Leonard T. Gerow's regret that Dwight D. Eisenhower will not be assigned to the War Plans Division.","Written from Fort Lewis, Washington. In the letter, Leonard T. Gerow asks Dwight D. Eisenhower if he would like to come to Washington as his executive or remain as Chief of Staff.","In the telegram, Dwight D. Eisenhower states that it is \"unwise to leave Lewis in the near future.\"","Written from San Antonio, Texas. The letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's orders to Lewis, current staffing, and family matters.","Letter regards news of the War, matters in Washington, D.C., and Leonard T. Gerow's health.","The letter reads \"congratulations and all good wishes from us both.\"","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his promotion and regards the current status of the War Department.","Letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment. Letter also mentions that Leonard T. Gerow's division is moving to \"Carolina for two months\" maneuver.","Letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment and day-to-day activities.","Letter regards military missions and family news.","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on North African operations.","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his four-star promotion and mentions a \"secret letter\" on training.","Letter regards the importance of training and Dwight D. Eisenhower's military-related advice to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter regards news of the War and a recent trip taken by Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow's recent promotion. Letter also congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his \"continued success.\"","Letter congratulates Dwight D. Eisenhower on his \"grand victory.\" Letter also contains an enclosure (dated September 9, 1943) from General Sir Hugh Ellis to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter thanks Leonard T. Gerow for his congratulations and provides general news of the War.","Letter regards a recent trip taken by Dwight D. Eisenhower.","Letter regards a package of cheese and mentions the capture of Cherbourg, France.","Letter regards general news of the War.","Letter thanks Leonard T. Gerow for lunch and mentions having Gerow visit soon.","Letter encloses a copy of a strategic military idea proposed by Donald C. Smick, a solider under Dwight D. Eisenhower.","Letter regards the end of the Combined Command.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow's retirement party.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow's retirement.","Letter regards general news and greetings.","In the letter Dwight D. Eisenhower wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy anniversary.","Letter regards a recent trip to Virginia.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow and his wife.","Letter regards Leonard T. Gerow serving as Grand Marshal of the Inaugural Parade.","Letter regards Dwight D. Eisenhower's new position.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter invites Leonard T. Gerow to a dinner on June 24, 1954. Also included is a list of dinner guests and notes about the evening.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow and his wife.","Letter is an invitation to the Inagural ceremonies.","Letter invites Letter Leonard T. Gerow and his wife to sit in the Reviewing Stand for the Inaugural Parade.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter wishes Leonard T. Gerow a happy birthday.","Letter is a personal greeting to Leonard T. Gerow.","Letter mentions D-Day and expresses gratitude for Leonard T. Gerow.","Appointment book contains very brief entries noting assignments and promotions.","Map of Normandy beachhead, 33.5 inches x 40 inches, labeled \"Operation Map of the V Corps Attack and landing on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. This map was carried ashore on D-Day by Lt. General L. T. 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Most are available without restriction.","These interviews are not available online. Please contact the VMI Archives for information about accessing this material.","The bulk of this collection is available online.","The Military Oral History Project was orginally an initiative of VMI's John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. Kurt Zeppenfeld's experiences in Pusan, Korea.","Manuscript collections in the VMI Archives are made available for educational and research use. The VMI Archives should be cited as the source. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any copyright holders. Materials from our collections may \nnot be redistributed, published or reproduced without permission from the VMI Archives. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information.","Manuscripts stacks","Virginia Military Institute Archives","Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History","Virginia Military Institute. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering","Tracy, Lisa (Elizabeth Kilbourne)","Saxe, Ira N. (Ira Nelson), 1918-?","Smith, Robert P. (Robert Pemberton), 1919-2017","Richards, Walter L. (Walter Leland), 1919-","Miller, Charles B. (Charles Bruce)","Gottwald, Floyd D., Jr.","Smith, Jeffrey G., Sr.","Doss, James V.","Taylor, Arthur C., Jr. (Arthur Canning)","Matheis, Richard, A., ?-2015","Morgan, James M., Jr. (James Markus), 1923-2021","Spach, Jule C.","Eliason, William A.","Siebert, Harry J. (Harry John)","Layman, Thomas O. (Thomas Orville)","Gantt, Joseph I., Sr. (Joseph Isley)","Suter,  Bruce H.","Abbitt, Charles W.","Anthony, Eiland E.","Ashley, Maurice C., Jr. (Maurice Cavileer), 1925-2015","Boyd, John T.","Crane, George A., Jr.","Dischinger, Hugh C. (Hugh Charles), 1924-?","Esser, Jefferson R. C. (Jefferson Randolph Cary)","Geary, Paul X.","Gialanella, John A.","Massenburg, Edgar A.","Mills, William C.","Naill, John D., Jr., 1924-?","Newton, Russell B.","Patton, John M. 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(Robert Fred), 1925-?","Dixon, Mark R.","Duncan, Walter M., Sr., 1920-?","Dunfee, Howard","Evans, Allen D.","Fair, Robert R., 1925-?","Farmer, William C., 1926-?","Feightner, Edward L.","Funkhouser, William","Furman, Donald E., 1913-?","George, Roy, 1927-?","Haggerty, Frank J.","Halloran, R. \"Hap\"","Halsey, John S. (John Selden)","Harper, R. Marlowe","Holzman, Jerome","Howard, William, 1919-?","Irby, John P., III (John Poindexter), 1922-?","Jenkins, Carl F.","Kershaw, John R., 1925-?","King, Frank E., 1922-?","King, Jerome H., Jr.","Kinter, Edmund B.","Lawton, Leonard G., 1919-?","Luikart , Walter, 1925-?","Lypka, Demetrius, 1918-?","Marsh, Alexander","McKinney, Charles H., 1920-?","Michnewich, Alexander, 1923-?","Moberg, Robert, 1921-?","Muir, Malcolm, Sr., 1914-?","Murray, Wilma","Naughton, James B., 1926-?","Nicely, Guy C., Jr.","Noble, Edwin A., 1922-2013","Perna, Anthony J. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. 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Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. 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Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. 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He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. 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Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. 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Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. 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Most are available without restriction.","These interviews are not available online. Please contact the VMI Archives for information about accessing this material.","The bulk of this collection is available online.","The Military Oral History Project was orginally an initiative of VMI's John A. Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve.","This oral history collection spans the World War II era through recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. One interview (Frank Buckles) covers World War I service. The majority of the interviews were conducted by VMI cadets taking courses in military history. The interview files and recordings are housed in the VMI Archives.","This series consists of transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2014 to 2015 with VMI alumni who served during World War II. The interviewer is journalist Lisa Tracy. These interviews contain information about cadet life during the War, as well as wartime service of individuals.","This sub-series consists of oral histories of World War II era VMI alumni conducted by cadets taking History 393, World War II, taught by Lieutenant Colonel Bradley L. Coleman (Fall 2015). The interviews cover cadet experiences from the era as well as military service.","This interview covers Alfred A. Alvarez's service during World War II.","This interview covers Ernest A. Andrews' service during World War II.","This interview covers Joseph L. Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. 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The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eErnest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovember 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarch 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJune 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAugust 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovember 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. 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Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoward Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Presidential Unit citations\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eone personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDemetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJulian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEmmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLuther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorean Service Medal with the Silver Star\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Defense Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresidential Unit Citation (three times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited Nations Service Medal\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKorea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTechnical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the 17th Aviation Group\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTerry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFloyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdmiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, United States Second Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief, battlestaff, Looking Glass\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBase Commander at a classified location\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7th Infantry Division, Korea\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInstructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRonald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nRud retired from active duty in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Advisor to the Secretary of State\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSenior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTimothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKeith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnited States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRVN\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContinental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSteven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVictoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDonald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNeel's deployments include:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983: Grenada\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeptember 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS St. Paul (CA 73)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOnboard the USS Haas (DE 424)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eValerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaptain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoss Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-47\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-58 crew member\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eF-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirector of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Director of Logistics at USAFE\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDefense Logistics Agency\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA security forces specialist\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn officer with the chief computer support section\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWide area network program manager\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternet protocol engineer\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChief military telephone command and control\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDarrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. 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Adams '71 Center for Military History and Strategic Analysis. The Center's first Director, Kip Muir (served 2002-2011) initiated the oral history program, in which VMI cadets interviewed veterans as part of their military history coursework. Subsequent cadet-conducted interviews were overseen by the Center's second Director, Bradley L. Coleman.  ","In addition, a 2015 collaborate effort between Coleman and journalist Lisa Tracy resulted in a number of interviews conducted by Tracy with VMI World War II alumni.","Alfred A. Alvarez was born in 1924 and grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He enlisted in July 1942, and following stateside training, joined the 1st Infantry Division in England. He took part in the Normandy invasion, hitting \"Easy Red,\" Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in the Champagne campaigns and at Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and in Czechoslovakia. ","Alvarez re-enlisted in the Reserves in 1945, and during his thirty-two years of duty served combat tours in Korea and Vietnam, and was deployed to Central and South America. He was inducted into the United States Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of Fame in April 2003. ","Ernest A. Andrews was born in 1923 in Tennessee and was drafted into the United States Army in 1943. He served in the 16th Infantry, H Company, First Infantry Division (Big Red One) until the end of the World War II, and was in combat at Normandy, and in the Rhineland, Central Europe, and Ardennes, France.","Joseph L. Argenzio was born in 1927 New York City, New York. He entered the United States Army in 1944 and, following training, was assigned to the First Infantry Division, 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry, M Company. On D-Day he was part of the first wave at Omaha Beach, France. Argenzio subsequently saw combat in France, Belgium, and Germany, and participated in the liberation of Falkenau concentration camp in Czechoslovakia.","Charles D. Bachman enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and became a part of the V12 Unit in Champaign, Illinois. A summary of his military services includes:\n November 1944–1945: Attended Midshipmens School at Columbia University, New York March 1943–1945: Attended Destroyer Schools in Norfolk, Virginia June 1945–August 1945: Attended Tactical Radar School in Hollywood Beach, Florida August 1945–October 1945: Attended Fighter Director School in St. Simons, Georgia November 1945–August 1946: Served as deck officer, Combat Information Center watch officer, and fighter director on board the USS Warrington (DD-843)","John Gilchrist Barrett was born in 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1942 he joined the United States Naval Reserves and was commissioned following his graduation from Wake Forest University. Barrett served in the Pacific Theater on the LCI(L)-1052 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). He was discharged in 1946 and enrolled in graduate school, receiving a PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barrett was a Professor of History at VMI from 1953 until his retirement in 1987. He died in 2013 in Lexington, Virginia.","Hobert Bodkin joined the United States Marine Corps in September 1942 and was assigned to the 1st Marine Division in March 1944. He went into combat during the invasion of Peleliu Island, Palau, and in April 1945 took part in the invasion of Okinawa, Japan.","Charles Brooks, a native of North Carolina, was drafted in May 1943. Following stateside service with an Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) unit, he was shipped to Europe where he was assigned to Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. He served as a first scout until the end of World War II.","Fred Brown was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19. After receiving training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, he shipped out to the European theater. Brown took part in the Normandy invasion, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest.","Guy B. Burnette was born in 1921 in North Carolina and was drafted in 1942. After training, his unit was stationed in Hawaii for island defense, and after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, he was sent there for occupation duty.  Following World War II,  Burnett returned to North Carolina where he raised a family and was a farmer and construction worker.","Stanley Caulkins served as a B-17 radio operator in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.","Robert L. Cheatham, Jr. graduated from Clemson University, South Carolina, and was commisioned as a second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program in August 1942. Following training he was shipped overseas and arrived in North Africa on December 26, 1942. On February 13, 1943 he was assigned to C Company, 26th Infantry, First Division. Cheatham was captured by the Germans at Kasserine Pass, Tunisia on February 20, 1943 and was a prisoner of war until he was liberated on April 29, 1945.","Allen E. Clark enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served during World War II in the Pacific Theater on Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. He was a member of B Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.","Glen Cleckler served with the United States Marine Corps during World War II from February 1943 to December 1945. His service included participation in the Battle of Iwo Jima.","William H. Collier served in World War II in the 106th Cavalry Regiment (mechanized). He participated in several campaigns in Europe, including Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. He also served in the Army of Occupation in Austria. His later career included postings in Korea, Germany, Hawaii, Vietnam, and the Pentagon. He retired in 1971, having obtained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Cyril G. Cousart enlisted in the United States Army in 1942 and became a flight crew member on the B-29 bomber. His unit was stationed at Saipan in the Marianas and he flew on 35 missions over mainland Japan.","Chalmer E. Cowan was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania and was drafted in the United States Army in October 1941. After basic training, he was assigned to Battery A, 27th Field Artillery Battalion. He fought throughout North Africa and Italy during World War II. Cowan was discharged in July 1945.","George E. Cvengros (1923-1985) served in the 134th Infantry Regiment, Company \"F.\" His unit landed on Omaha Beach on July 5, 1944 and fought throughout France and Germany. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany, and was in Hannover, Germany when World War II ended.","Joseph O. Dazzo joined the United States Army in 1940 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic. He served in North Africa and Sicily, and took part in the Normandy invasion. His unit subsequently fought through France, Belgium, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Dazzo was discharged in September 1945.","Nathan DeSantis joined the Merchant Marines in December 1941 and is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy, Class of 1944. He served throughout World War II on various vessels that carryied cargo in support of combat operations. DeSantis spent his entire career in the Merchant Marines and retired in 1988.","Robert Fred Dexter was born in Massachusetts in 1925. He joined the United States Army in January 1944 and served in World War II, Korea, Central and South America, and in Vietnam. Following the end of his Army service in 1971, he began a career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.","Mark R. Dixon grew up on a farm in York County, South Carolina, and was drafted in the United States Army in July 1945. He served one year with the First Infantry Division during the post-World War II occupation of Germany.","Walter M. Duncan, Sr. entered the United States Army Air Forces in November 1943 and received flight training on several aircraft before being assigned to the B-24.","Howard Dunfee was drafted in 1943 into the United States Army and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division. He landed in Normandy on three days after D-Day and served as a front line infantryman, machine gun bearer, and gunner until he was seriously wounded near Aachen, Germany. After receiving treatment in several hospitals, Dunfee returned to the United States and was discharged in April 1945.","Allen D. Evans was born and raised in Indiana and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He enlisted in the United States Army in December 1942 and served in Europe with the 76th Field Artillery Battalion. He was a Staff Sergeant in charge of the Fire Direction Center and saw action throughout the European Theater of Operations (ETO), including the battles at Remagen, Germany and Ardennes Forest, France.","Robert R. Fair was born in Kansas in 1925. After spending a semester at Louisiana State University in the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP), he entered the regular United States Army in mid-December 1943. He was assigned to the 100th Infantry Division, arriving in Europe (Marseille, France) in October 1944. Fair fought on the front lines as the Division moved through France and Germany until he was wounded in April 1945.","William C. Farmer was born in 1926 and joined the United States Navy after graduating from high school in 1944. He was stationed aboard an LSM (Landing Ship Medium) serving in the Pacific theater. His vessel operated in the Mariana Islands and supported the invasion of Okinawa, Japan in the Spring of 1945.","Edward Feightner was designated as a Naval Aviator in 1942, commissioned as an Ensign from that date, and subsequently progressed in rank to that of Rear Admiral 1971. During his distinguished career, he served in World War II as an Engineering Officer for various squadrons that operated in the Pacific theater. He was a test pilot and a member of the \"Blue Angels,\" and has over twenty years of experience in command of squadrons, airwings, ships, training units, and major staffs.","William Funkhouser, a decorated veteran of World War II, grew up in the Shenandoah Valley near Strasburg, Virginia. He joined the United States Army in February 1943 and served with F Company, 16th Regiment, First Infantry Division (Big Red One). He landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge.","Donald E. Furman grew up in Pennsylvania and was drafted in 1941. He served as a light tank driver in the European theater where his unit was assigned to reconnaissance duty.","Roy George was born in 1927 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Navy in August 1944. During his time in service, he completed Aviation A and B Schools and was assigned to service seaplanes and other aircraft. George received an honorable discharge in August 1948, leaving the Navy as an Aviation Metalsmith, 2nd Class Petty Officer.","Frank J. Haggerty enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941, one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Following stateside training as an aircraft mechanic, he shipped overseas and was stationed at Polebrook Army Air Force Station (Northamptonshire, United Kingdom) home of the Eighth Air Force. Haggerty's unit (320th Service Squadron attached to the 351st Bomb Group) serviced the B-17 Flying Fortress. At the end of World War II Haggerty remained in the Air Force for a total of 20 years, retiring in 1962.","R. \"Hap\" Halloran served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was a B-29 navigator with the 73rd Wing, 499th Bomb Group, 878th Squadron, flying missions over Japan from a base in Saipan, northern Marianas. Halloran was shot down over Japan on January 27, 1945 and became a prisoner of war.","John Selden Halsey, VMI Class of 1943, entered the United States Army in May 1943. A decorated combat veteran, he served in Europe with the 116th Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron and was wounded in action in Germany in February 1945.","R. Marlowe Harper was attending the University of Alabama when he was drafted in 1942. He was trained in radar and was ground crew member for the B-29 bomber, maintaining the gun laying set. Harper spend the last 8 months of World War II on Guam, where he supported missions bombing oil refineries in Japan. He was attached to the 20th Air Force, 15th Bomb Wing, 21st Squadron.","Jerome \"Bud\" Holzman served in Europe with the United States Army 94th Infantry Division from March 1945 to August 1945. As World War II came to an end, his unit was assigned to patrol, guard, and similar occupation duties in Germany and Czechoslovakia. He spent the final three months of his overseas duty at George S. Patton's 3rd Army Headquarters.","William Howard enlisted in the United States Navy in 1939 and attended boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Station, Illinois. He served in the Asiatic Fleet from 1939-1943. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a munitions factory.","John Poindexter Irby III, VMI Class of 1944, was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, graduated from Officer Candidate School in 1944 and was first assigned to the 30th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in Fort Riley, Kansas.","Carl F. Jenkins grew up on a dairy farm near Gastonia, North Carolina. He was drafted in August 1944 at the age of 18. After completing basic training, he was sent overseas as a replacement in the Big Red One during the Battle of the Bulge. Jenkins was wounded by scrapnel on February 28, 1945 and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.","John R. Kershaw, a World War II veteran, served as a B-17 bomber pilot in Europe. Following training he was assigned to the 92nd Bomb Group, 327th Squadron, at Podington, England. Kershaw flew numerous combat missions, bombing targets over Germany.","Frank E. King was born in 1922 in Wythe County, Virginia. He volunteered for the United States Army in September 1942 and served with Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division throughout World War II. King was in North Africa, Sicily, and landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day. He subsequently saw action in other major battles, including Huertgen Forest, Germany, and the Battle of the Bulge. King served overseas for more than 30 months and was awarded several decorations, including the Bronze Star.","Vice Admiral Jerome H. King, Jr. received his commission in the United States Navy in 1941, following his graduation from Yale University. His distinguished career began with service in the Pacific Theater during World War II and continued for over three decades until his retirement from active duty in 1974.","Edmund B. Kinter joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943 and served on Liberty ships carrying ammunition and supplies across the Atlantic.","Leonard G. Lawton was born in 1919 in Orlando, Florida and entered the United States Marine Corps following his graduation from Stetson University in 1941. After completing boot camp and officer training, he served with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater where he saw extensive action and witnessed firsthand the conditions of jungle fighting. Lawton was awarded:\n The Silver Star for action on Guadalcanal The Purple Heart for a wound received in November 1942 Two Presidential Unit citations one personal letter of citation from Admiral William Halsey","Walter Luikart joined the United States Merchant Marines in 1943. He served on nine ships, including Liberty ships that carried cargo and on troop ships in the English Channel that delivered soldiers and vehicles to the beachhead. Luikart's assignments took him to the North Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. He left the service in 1947.","Demetrius \"Pete\" Lypka was born in 1918 in New Jersey and enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 16th Infantry, Company G and served until the end of World War II, seeing action in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. Lypka was discharged in July 1945 and returned home to start a career as a carpenter.","Alexander Marsh enlisted in the United States Army in June 1942. He served as a 57mm anti-tank gun platoon commander with the 106th Infantry and was deployed to Europe. He was captured in the Ardennes, France on December 16, 1944 and spent three months in Stalag IX, Germany.","Charles H. McKinney was born in 1920 in Selma, Alabama and joined the United States Army during the early days of World War II. After completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1942, he joined the 509th Parachute Battalion in North Africa. He subsequently saw combat in Italy, France, and Belgium. McKinney also fought with the 505th Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War. He retired from active duty in 1962.","Alexander Michnewich was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1905th Aviation Battalion, and was stationed in the China-Burma-India theater.","Robert Moberg joined the United States Marine Corps in April 1943. After initial assignments, his unit was sent to Camp Tarawa, Hawaii, to join the 5th Marine Division and train for the invasion of Japan. He was en route to Japan when World War II ended, and went into Japan as part of the occupation forces.","Malcolm Muir, Sr. served with the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1945 as an Armed Guard officer on board the SS Booker T. Washington (troop ship, Liberty ship), the Sinclair H-C (merchant tanker), and the SS Carleton Ellis (merchant tanker, Liberty ship).","Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.","James B. Naughton served for three years in the United States Marine Corps. Much of that time was spent in the hospital due to serious injuries received as a result of combat action during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Naughton is a successful accountant and worked at Naughton, Cesario and Company, which he began following his military service.","Guy C. Nicely, Jr. grew up in Lexington, Virginia and is a decorated veteran of World War II. He was drafted in the United States Army in February 1943 and soon joined the First Division, the Big Red One. After serving briefly in Sicily, Italy, his unit was sent to England to train for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He landed on Omaha Beach and later fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He received both the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.","Edwin A. \"Ned\" Noble grew was born in 1922 in Bethel, Vermont and attended Tufts University after graduating from high school. He was drafted in the United States Army in 1944 and was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, serving in the Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. He subsequently served as Acting Battalion Sergeant major during occupation duty in Nuremberg, Germany. Noble died on January 3, 2013 in Washington, D.C.","Cononel Anthony J. Perna (Retired) had a distinguished thirty year career in the United States Air Force and was among the youngest officers to reach the rank of Colonel. During World War II he served as a flight instructor for B-17s and B-24s. He was subsequently involved in both the Berlin Airlift (Germany) and in the creation of the United States flight simulation program. Perna also had assignments as the Defense Attaché to Israel during the Six Day War, in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the Cold War, and he served on the staff of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon.","George Porter enlisted in the United States Army at the beginning of the World War II and served at the famed Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama as a mechanic ground crew chief. He worked primarily on the P-40 and was responsible for training the mechanics who supported the Tuskegee Fighter Squadrons.","Carl D. Proffitt enlisted in the National Guard of Virginia in 1939 and reported for active duty on February 3, 1941, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. He shipped overseas to England in September of 1942. He served with K Company, 116th Infantry, 29th Division, for the D-Day Invasion. Among his numerous decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, three Purple Hearts, the Good Conduct Medal, the Pre Pearl Harbor Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the French Freedom Medal, and the State of Virginia Distinguished Service Award.","Julian M. Quarles, Jr. served as an United States Army infantry officer (36th Division) during World War II, taking part in the landing at Salerno, Italy. He and another officer were captured, escaped from the prison train carrying them to Germany, and then made their way back to their outfit after 33 days behind German lines.","During World War II, Richard Rathmell served as a 3rd Assistant Engineer on a merchant marine vessel. His ships made ammunition runs in support of the war effort, including a North Atlantic crossing to supply the Battle of the Bulge.","Emmett F. Reagan was born in 1924 in Norfolk, Virginia and joined the United States Navy in 1942. After completing flight school, he served as a pilot in the Pacific Theater flying search and destroy missions.","John M. Remaly served in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1945. He was an engineer on a B-24 Liberator bomber, flying in India, Burma, and China with the 10th Army Air Force. He was seriously burned when his plan made a crash landing on July 29, 1944.","William Repke enlisted in the United States Army in 1938 with the 102nd Cavalry. He went overseas to England in September 1942, then to Algiers, Africa in January of 1943. His unit was transferred to Italy and went into combat in Rome. He made the invasion of South France with the 117th Cavalry Squadron. Repke received a Battlefield Commission in October 1944, transferred to the 36th Infanty Division and then served six months in combat with Company B, 142nd Infantry. He was discharged in September 1945, having received the European Theater of Operations (ETO) Service Ribbon with five battle stars and one arrowhead, the Presidential Unit Citation, Combat Infantry Badge, Silver Star, and Bronze Star.","Charles A. Riley joined the United States Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. During World War II he served with the Navy's Scouts and Raiders, participating with the United States Marines in several campaigns, including the landing at Iwo Jima, Japan. Following the War he enrolled in college and subsequently joined the United States Army (Airborne) and then transferred to the Air Force, serving as an aviator. He flew missions in both Korea and Vietnam. Riley retired from active duty in 1970.","Kenneth D. Rupe was drafted into the United States Army in May 1942 and was assigned to hospital administration in the 300th General Hospital. The unit shipped overseas in the fall of 1943 and Rupe spent the bulk of the war in Naples, Italy in the 300th Headquarters.","Edward A. Ryan served with the United States Army, 29th Infantry, from 1943 to 1946.","Robert Sams enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1943. He spent 17 months at sea aboard the USS Cambria (APA 36) and participated in landing troops in the Marshall and Mariana Islands, the Philippines, Saipan, and Okinawa (Japan). Sams was also part of the first United States forces to land at Nagasaki, Japan six weeks after an atomic bomb destroyed the city.","Luther J. Schilling served with the United States Army, G-3 106th Infantry Division, Army of Occupation in Germany from 1944 to 1946.","Arthur Schintzel is a decorated veteran of World War II and the recipient of two Purple Hearts. He was drafted in 1942 and served in Europe with the United States Army 16th Infantry, First Infantry Division. He took part in the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day and was seriously wounded in action.","Charles B. Shaeff served in the United States Navy Reserves from June 24, 1943 to March 24, 1946.","First Lieutenant Gale Shreffler joined the United States Army Air Force in 1941. He was a B-29 Navigator based on Tinian Island, Marianas Islands where he served with the 313th Bomb Wing, 504th Bomb Group. Shreffler took part in bombing raids over Japan and crash landed on Iwo Jima in July 1945.","Alfred St. Clair was born in Bedford County, Virginia in 1918. He was drafted into the United States Army in July 1941 and served until the end of World War II. He was with the Fifth Army in England, North Africa, and Italy, including the Battle of Anzio (Italy). He is the recipient of the Purple Heart.","Philip O. Stewart enlisted in the United States Army in 1941. His first assignments were stateside with an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. In 1944 he shipped overseas and joined the First Division at the Roer River (Germany) crossing. Stewart fought with the unit in Germany until he was seriously wounded near the end of World War II.","Jack Talbot grew up in New Jersey and was working as a riveter when he was drafted into the United States Army in 1942. He shipped overseas in March 1943 and was assigned as a radioman at Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry. Talbot's unit served in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany until the end of World War II.","Samuel Tarkenton grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and was drafted into the United States Army in March 1944. He shipped overseas as an infantry replacement in Company D, 26th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in Czechloslovakia, and during the early part of the occupation was assigned to the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Tarkenton was discharged in March 1946 and returned home to a career at the Norfolk Shipyard.","George J. Tompkins, Jr. enlisted in the United States Army in September 1942. He went overseas in 1943 and was assigned as a radio operator with the 1st Signal Company, 1st Infantry Division. Following time in North Africa, Sicily, and England, Tompkins participated in the Normandy (France) landing on D-Day and subsequently went into Belgium and Germany where he was in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. He was discharged in October 1945.","Captain Meeks B. Vaughan commissioned into the United States Army Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant in June 1942 while at the University of Tennessee. From March 1944 to October 1945 he was stationed at Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), Bougainville (Solomon Islands), Leyte (Philippines), Morotai (Indonesia), and Palawan (Philippines), serving as an Intelligence Officer (S-2) and Captain.","A decorated veteran of World War II, William H. Wills was born in 1919 in New York City. He joined the United States Army in October 1940 and was assigned to the First Infantry Division, First Engineer Combat Battalion, B Company. Wills served for the entire war, fighting in North Africa, Tunisia, Sicily (Italy), and taking part in the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach (France). He subsequently fought in the Battle of the Bulge and ended the War in Czechoslovakia. After the War he served for 27 years as an officer with the New York City Police Department.","Colonel Tyson Wilson served with the United States Marine Corps (active duty and Reserves) from 1941 to 1977. For his service he received the Bronze Star with Combat V, the Purple Heart, and two Presidential Unit Citations (Guadalcanal and Tarawa).","William D. Badgett graduated from VMI in 1953 and served in the United States Air Force as a 1st Lieutenant from November 1953 to July 1955. From July 1954 to 1955 he was stationed in Korea. He served with the 608th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, first with Detachment #1 (Target Director Post) and then with Detachment #2 on the island of Pyongyang-do (radar surveillance). Badgett joined the VMI faculty in the fall of 1955 and spent his entire teaching career at VMI.","In 1957 Ovid Belt enlisted in the United States Army and served two years active duty and two years in the reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry Division.","Colonel Wesley L. Fox enlisted in the United States Marines on August 4, 1950, and served two tours with the 1st Marine Division in Korea. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1966, and was first assigned to the 2nd Force Reconnaissance. He subsequently had numerous other assignments during his long and distinguished career. Fox's many decorations include the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.","Vernon A. Good served with the United States Marines from September of 1950 through November of 1951. He in the Inchon–Seoul Campaign, Wonsan Hungnam Chosin Campaign, North Korea. Good has received the following awards:\n Korean Service Medal with the Silver Star National Defense Medal Presidential Unit Citation (three times) United Nations Service Medal Korea Presidential Unit Citation–Foreign (two times)","Technical Sergeant Raymond A. Johnson served with the United States Marine Corps from 1948 to 1952.","Joseph W. Kovac enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 and served during the Korean War aboard the destroyer USS Allen M. Sumner (DD 692). The ship was active in Pusan, Korea, where the mission was to prevent the progress of enemy supply trains. Kovac left the Navy in 1954 and returned to civilian life.","Leonard L. Lewane commissioned in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1950 and rose to the rank of Colonel before retiring in 1974. During the Korean War (1950-1953) he served with the 72nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division and the 64th Tank Battalion, 3rd Infantry Divison. During the Vietnam War (1965-1966) he served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry \"Quarter Horse\", 1st Division \"Big Red One.\" Lewane's Cold War assignments in Germany included Commander, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division (1972-1973) and Chief of Staff, United States Army Berlin (1973-1974).","Charles W. McKellar served with the United States Army Transport Service (1944-1945), the United States Marine Corps (1945–1949 and 1951–1966), and with the United States Marine Corps Reserve (1949–1951).","Bill Rivers Penn, MD, served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1955. This included a tour of duty with the United States Marines from November 1952 to May 1953 as a Fleet Marine Force (FMF) corpsman.","John T. Pepper served with the Air National Guard as a mechanic prior to the Korean War. During the War he served as an infantryman.","From 1972 to 1973, Terry G. Allison served in the United States Navy as an Petty Officer Second Class, Aviation Storekeeper in San Diego  (California), Millington (Tennessee), Yorktown (Virginia), and Vietnam.","Brigadier General Norman Michael Bissell graduated from VMI in 1961 and commissioned in the United States Army, retiring in 1987. He served two tours as a combat helicopter pilot in Vietnam. His other assignments included:\n Commander of the 17th Aviation Group Commander of the Joint Republic of Korea Army and the United States Army Combined Aviation Force Director of the United States Army Flight Training and Deputy Chief and Acting Chief of Staff of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Two years in the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon as Executive Officer to the Director of Operations (J3).","Lawrence E. Boese joined the United States Air Force following his graduation from VMI in 1966 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General before retiring in 1996.","After commissioning in 1967, Michael L. Bozeman spent three years in the United States Army, including a year in Vietnam, where he served with distinction as a platoon leader and commanded a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. His awards and decorations include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He is also a retired Brigadier General in the United States Army Reserve.","George M. Brooke, III, was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1994, retiring at rank of Colonel. A summary of his military service includes:\n 1968-1969: First Marine Division, Vietnam, as an artillery forward observer and battery fire direction officer 1969-1972: United States Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an Instructor, Gunnery Department 1973-1974: Third Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan, as a Rifle Company Commander 1974-1975: Marine Detachment, USS Canopus (AS-34), Holy Loch, Scotland, as a Commanding Officer 1976-1979: Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as a Battalion Operations Officer, Logistics Officer, and Artillery Battery Commanding Officer 1983-1984: Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., as a Maritime Prepositioning Ships (MPS) Program Project Officer 1985-1986: III Marine Amphibious Force, Okinawa, Japan, as a Force Plans Officer 1986-1991: 1st Marine Corps District, Garden City, New York, as a Commanding Officer, Executive Officer, and Operations Officer 1991-1994: Joint Staff, Pentagon, in Washington, D.C., as a Division Chief, J-7 Directorate.","Bayes L. Bryant was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Army in March 1968. He served until January 1972, completing two combat tours in Vietnam.","Captain Lloyd C. Burger graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and served with the Coast Guard from 1960 to 1988.","Colonel Leland H. Burgess commissioned at the University of Alabama as a 2nd lieutenant of artillery in May of 1965. He entered active duty in February of 1966 and underwent Artillery Basic Training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Burgess was a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War from July 1967 to February 1968.","Richard F. Cayo served with the United States Navy from 1952 to 1973, serving on the USS Rushmore (LSD-47), USS Rankin (AKA-103), USS Cambria (APA-36), USS Okinawa (LPH-3), and USS DuPont (DD-941).","An infantry officer, Colonel William H. Dabney served 37 years in the Marine Corps, including two tours in Vietnam. He earned numerous citations, including the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and two Vietnamese Crosses of Gallantry, and the Navy Cross. While in Vietnam, he commanded India Company, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, on Hill 881S during the Battle of Khe Sanh, for which he was awarded the Navy Cross in 2005.","Charles L. Dailey grew up in Pennsylvania, attending college there and in Indiana. He joined the United States Army in 1957, went through flight school, and was rated to fly both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Dailey served two tours of duty in Vietnam, piloting the U-1A \"Otter\" and the twin-engine U-8D.","Terry J. Davis commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant in April 1968 and entered active duty at Fort Bliss, Texas in September. He was assigned to the 1st Air Cavalry Division, serving in the Vietnam War from September 1969 to June 1970. Davis was a forward observer attached to an infantry company responsible for patrolling the jungles in the region known as the \"corridors\" to Saigon. He also participated in the invasion of Cambodia.","Lieutenant Colonel Lee S. Dewald served on active duty with the United States Army from 1969 to 1992. His military service included time as a Brigade Assistant (Operations), 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Vietnam, during which he planned combat intelligence operations for two air cavalry troops, a ranger company, and was involved in many other intelligence-related assignments. Dewald also was a Professor of Applied Mathematics at VMI, retiring in 2017.","Blaise S. DiMartino served in the United States Navy from September 1966 to August 1970 as a machinery repairman, 3rd class. He spent one year in Vietnam aboard a river boat repair ship and 24 months aboard the USS Monticello (LSD-35), in the Pacific Region.","Floyd H. Duncan graduated from VMI in 1964 and was on active duty in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He subsequently served in the Army Reserves. From 1978 to 2013 he was a member of the VMI faculty.","Captain Ronald A. Erchul spent twenty years in the United States Navy following his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1961. An ocean engineer, he received a Master's degree from the Naval Post-Graduate School and a PhD from the University of Rhode Island.","Alan F. Farrell was born in 1945 in Hanover, New Hampshire  and joined the United States Army (Special Forces) in 1966, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Following his Army service, Farrell received a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD from Tufts University and began a career in higher education.","Admiral William J. Flanagan commissioned in the United States Navy in 1967 and was selected for flag rank in his 20th year of service. He was subsequently among the youngest officers to achieve four star rank. During his 29-year career, he served in all theaters of operations,  including the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Iraq War. Flanagan served as:\n Commander, United States Second Fleet Commander of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Striking Fleet Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet NATO's Commander-in-Chief, Western Atlantic \nAmong his many military decorations are the Navy and Defense Distinguished Service Medals. Flanagan retired from the Navy in 1996.","Robert L. Gardner served in the Vietnam War as a United States Army avionics technician in the 56th Battalion, 330th Company and attached to the 611th Company. He worked primarily on helicopters.","William Grady went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and then on to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he was with the 1st Division, 26th Infantry, C Company. He served in Vietnam and left the armed services as a Specialist 4.","Thomas Turner went through United States Army basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and then went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for medical training. In Vietnam he served as a line medic for approximately eleven months in the field, one month in the rear. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in the flight surgeon's office.","Arbury Daryl Hooker was drafted in June of 1969 into the United States Army Special Forces and served with Project Phoenix during the Vietnam War. During his military career he was stationed in Korea (1973-1974), Fort Bragg, California (1974-1976), Fort Greely, Alaska (1979), and Fort Eustis, Virginia (1979-1983). He also served with Task Force 160th Delta Force from 1983 to 1987 and in 1987, the Virginia Army National Guard.","Colonel Robert M. Hudson served as a pilot with the United States Air Force and was a prisoner of war for 93 days in Vietnam. During his career he flew the T-39, B-52F, B-52D, B-52H, FB-111, F-100 and F-16. He served as:\n Chief, battlestaff, Looking Glass Base Commander, Brooks Air Force Base, Texas Base Commander at a classified location Inspector General, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Director of Strategic Air Command, Strategic Communication Division","Brigadier General William C. Jones was appointed to the United States Air Force Academy in 1960 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in 1964. Upon completion of F-105 training in 1967, he was assigned to the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Takhli, Thailand, where he flew 189 combat missions, 123 over North Vietnam. Jones is a command pilot with over 6,000 flying hours in the T-33, T-37, T-38, F-102, F-105, F-106, A-7, C-26, and F-16 aircraft, including over 562 combat hours. He served as Assistant Adjutant General for Air, Headquarters, Virginia Air National Guard, based at Richmond International Airport, in Sandston. He retired in May 2001.","General John P. Jumper, VMI Class of 1966, retired in 2005 after a distinguished 39 year career. He served as the 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2005.","Ronald W. Kosh enlisted in the United States Air Force in October 1962 and trained in air traffic control and combat control. His overseas deployments included assignments in the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. Missions during the Vietnam War included deployment with Special Forces units and providing forward air control for interdiction of North Vietnamese Army materiel.","Captain Jerold L. Krumwiede graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1954 and served until 1980. Following graduation he was assigned duty as Gunnery Officer on USS Frank Knox (DDR 742). In 1957, he attended United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, earning an Master of Science in physics. His West Coast career focused on nuclear weapons at the Nuclear Weapons Training Command, and engineering assignments on USS Yorktown (CV 10) and Commander Destroyer Squadron 17 Staff. He became the Executive Officer of USS Morton (DD 748) serving tours in Vietnam theater.","On the East Coast, Krumwiede attended the Naval War College, concurrently earning an Master of Science in international affairs. This duty was followed by two years on the academic staff of the United States Naval Academy. This was followed by two years as Commanding Officer, USS Mullinix (DD 944). He served as Surface Operations Officer on COMCARGROUP FOUR Staff, followed by two years as Fleet Readiness Officer, CINCUSNAVEUR Staff, London, England. Following this duty he served four years on the Deputy \nChief of Naval Operations for Surface Warfare Staff, in command and control and electronic warfare programs.","Major General James E. Livingston retired in 1995 after more than 33 continuous years of active duty in the United States Marine Corps. His last assignment was as Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, Louisiana. He commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1962 and promoted to Captain in 1966, serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV 18), before joining the 3rd Marine Division (Reinforced) in the Republic of Vietnam in August 1967.","On May 2, 1968, while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Livingston distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty in action against enemy forces and earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. After his second tour in Vietnam, he served as an instructor at the Army's Infantry School, Director of Division Schools for the 1st Marine Division and, later, as the S-3 for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines. In March 1975, he returned to Vietnam and served as the Operations Officer for the Vietnam evacuation operations which included Operation \"Frequent Wind,\" the evacuation of Saigon. ","Lieutenant Colonel Paul B. Maini (VMI Class of 1966) served 20 years with the United States Army Infantry, Aviation. He servied in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970 and Korea from 1977 to 1979.","Richard C. Marshall, Jr. (VMI Class of 1965) entered the United States Air Force in December 1966 and trained as an F-4 Phantom pilot. He served three tours of duty in Vietnam where he was a forward air controller and also participated in rescue operations for downed pilots.","Colonel John G. Miller served in the United States Marines Corps from 1957 to 1985. During his career he spent two tours in Vietnam, the first as a rifle company commander and battalion assistant operation officer (1965-1966), and the second time as a Co-van advisor to the Vietnamese Marines (1970-1971).","Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Miller (Retired) graduated from VMI in 1960 and commissioned in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry. His active duty assignments include:\n 7th Infantry Division, Korea 5th Special Forces Group, Vietnam Analyst in the Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Army Assistant Professor (mathematics) at West Point, New York Instructor at the United States Navy Postgraduate School, California \nMiller retired from active duty in 1980.","William Moriarty commissioned in the United States Marine Corps in 1959. In May 1964 he participated in an On the Job Training (OJT) program and was assigned to the 32nd Vietnamese Ranger Battalion as an advisor. In 1967 he was assigned to the Vietnamese Marine Corps.","Jeffrey H. Mosher served in the United States Army from 1970 through 1973, during which time he achieved the rank of Specialist and was a helicopter crew chief door gunner. At the time of this interview he was a Chief Petty Officer with the United Navy Seabees.","Sergeant Major (Retired) John Ohmer enlisted in the United States Army in 1963. He received aviation training as a crew chief, working with Cobra and Huey helicopters during his three tours of duty in Vietnam. He subsequently worked as a recruiter, retiring from service in 1990.","Wesley I. Rahn joined the United States Air Force in 1961 and retired in 1981. He was stationed at Ft. George G. Meade (at the time, Tipton Army Air Field), Maryland as a weather equipment repairman. From 1966 to 1969 he served in Ramstein, Germany, installing weather equipment throughout Europe. From 1971 to 1972 Rahn was stationed in Vietnam as a tech sergeant. Upon his return to the United States he was stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia in intermediate electronics maintenance. Following this service he became an instructor at the Military Airlift Command Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy, was stationed at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, and taught at the Senior Enlisted Academy.","Rahn worked with Lockheed Aircraft Company in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, teaching management and leadership to Saudi officers working in the Air Force. Subsequently, he worked for the Director of Air Training at Riyadh, Saudi Air Force headquarters, also teaching Royal Saudi Air Force officers advanced management courses. In Saudi Arabia, Rahn also worked for Dallah Avco at R Staff Headquarters, McDonald-Douglas, and also taught at a field training center in Dhahran, where he was promoted to be the superintendent of the facility, working for the Royal Saudi Air Force supervising Saudis and McDonald-Douglas employees who were training Saudis on how to maintain aircraft.","Ronald Ray was born in Kentucky in 1942 and graduated from Centre College (Kentucky) and the University of Louisville School of Law. He commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve in 1964 and spent the next five years on active duty. He was deployed to the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, and served as an advisor in Vietnam from March 1967 to March 1968. Ray served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense during the Reagan administration, on two presidential commissions, and as a military historian at the United States Marine Corps Historical Center.","Colonel William R. Ricks served with the United States Air Force from 1964 to 1987 as a pilot of F-105s, F-4s, and F-15s.","Colonel John W. Ripley served for 35 years on active duty in the United States Marines Corps. He served two tours in Vietnam. During the second (1971-1972) he was Senior Advisor to the 3rd Vietnamese Marine Battalion, which operated along the demilitarized zone.","From January 1968 to August 1971, Joseph E. Rosinski served with the United States Air Force, Tactical Air Command (TAC) 38th and 37th Airlift Squadron Headquarters at Langley, Virginia as a Staff Sergeant, supply and logistics.","Gilman Rud entered the United States Navy's Aviation Officer Candidate program following his 1966 graduation from North Dakota State University. His distinguished 28 year career included 5,600 hours of flight time and 786 carrier landings. He also flew combat missions during the Vietnam War. He served as:\n Commanding Officer of Attack Squadron 192 (Golden Dragons) Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels) Captain of the Fleet Replenishment Oiler, USS Wabash (AOR 5) Commander of the the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) \nRud retired from active duty in 1995.","Lieutenant Colonel William P. Saunders served in the United States Air Force as an Aircraft Commander (AC-47), Flight Scheduler, 4th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Thuy Air Base/Bien Hoa Air base, Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Air Force through 1988.","Glenn A. Thieme was born in Wisconsin in 1931 and served in the United States Navy from July 1949 to June 1975, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander.","Lieutenant Commanders Thomas D. Todd enlisted in the United States Navy in 1953. He served in the Inactive Reserves from 1957 to 1961, was an aviation officer candidate in 1961, a Naval officer from 1961 to 1968, and served in the Active Reserves from 1968 to 1982. He also served as Legal Officer VR-22 in Norfolk, Virginia from 1962 to 1965, as Assistant Air Intelligence Officer on the USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) from 1965 to 1967, and as a political analyst for FICUR NASJAX, Florida.","James R. Treadwell served in the United States Air Force as an aircraft mechanic and engine and crew chief (1971-1973), and as a KC-135 boom operator and flight engineer (1973-1979). During the Vietnam War he flew on missions to refuel fighter aircraft flying over Cambodia.","Blair P. Turner commissioned into the United States Navy on April 10, 1970 as a Surface Warfare Officer. He served two overseas deployments during the Vietnam War (1970-1971), and was assigned to the USS Windham County (LST 1170). Turner left active duty in 1973, remaining in the Reserve through 1975. At the time of this interview he was a Professor of History at the Virginia Military Institute.","Lieutenant Colonel Steven M. Yedinak (Retired) commissioned into the United States Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-1967 and 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of \"Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam\" (Random House, 1998). Yedinak retired from the Army in 1989.","Frank Yusi attended United States Navy boot camp in January of 1965 as a seaman recruit, but was then picked up for Officer Candidate School (OCS) and graduated in April. In November 1965 he began service in the South China Sea on a destroyer. From August 1967 to January 1969 he served in Vietnam on river patrol boats (River Division 533 in the Mekong Delta). Following this service Yusi went to OCS as an instructor at Newport, Rhode Island and then returned to destroyers as an engineer. He served for several tours on destroyers, as well as two tours at the Naval War College, one as a student and one on staff. In 1984 he returned as a senior student at the Naval War College and finished his career after being in command and being an Executive Officer on destroyers and frigates, Naval Training Service Center School for Recruits at Great Lakes, Illinois.","General Anthony C. Zinni was an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines in 1967. Subsequent assignments include the following:\n Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Central Command Commanding General, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Commander, Combined Task Force for Operation United Shield Chief of Staff and Deputy Commanding General of combined task force Provide Comfort Special Advisor to the Secretary of State Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies \nZinni's decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V and gold star in lieu of a second award, and the Purple Heart.","Steven L. Amato, a 1983 VMI graduate, entered active duty in October 1983. He trained as a B-52 navigator and was deployed during Operation Desert Storm (January 1991). In addition to his many assignments, he served at the Pentagon and worked on President George W. Bush's first inaugural. Amato also served as the Head of VMI's Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) detachment.","William F. Andrews graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1980 and began pilot training the same year. He has flown the T-37, EF-111, and the F-16. He was deployed in Operation Desert Storm and was a prisoner of war for eight days. Andrews subsequently served as an F-16 squadron and group commander, staff officer for the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., and taught at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.","Jim Carver had a distinguished career as a senior non-commissioned officer in the United States Army Special Forces. He was deployed to Operation Desert Storm while assigned to Operational Detachment Alphas 326, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), serving as an Engineer Sergeant. Carver subsequently held senior special forces training and operations management positions at Fort Bragg, California, and served as an Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Military Science Instructor at the University of Richmond, Virginia.","Timothy Heely graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and comissioned that same year. He trained as a pilot and served with distinction for 30 years, rising to the rank of Read Admiral.","Colonel James G. Kyser, a United States Naval Academy graduate, had a distinguished career in the Marines Corps from 1985 to 2009. His many deployments included Desert Shield and Desert Storm (1990-1991), special operations missions in Europe and Africa, and the Iraq War. Kyser retired in July 2009 after 24 years of service.","Captain Charles H. Litz received his Bachelor of Science from the United States Naval Academy and his Master of Science from the National War College. From June 1976 to July 2002 he served a carrier helicopter pilot flying the SH-3H. Litz participated in Desert Storm as part of Airwing on the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).","Commander Tom A. Magno spent 22 years as a United States Navy flight officer, piloting E-2 Hawkeyes and F-14A/F-14B Tomcats. He accrued 2500 flight hours/650+ arrested landings, and saw combat tours in Libya (1986), Bosnia (1993), and Iraq (Operation Desert Shield, 1990). Magno retired in 2003.","Commander Timothy S. McElhannon entered the United States Navy in May 1980 upon graduation from the University of Georgia, received his commission in August 1980, and earned his Naval Aviator wings in July 1981. His operational tours include Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Thirty-Four in Norfolk, Virginia and Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light Forty-Three in San Diego, California. McElhannon deployed to the Persian Gulf twice (1983 and 1989) during the Iran/Iraq War where he participated in the escort of re-flagged tankers during the final stage of the War. He subsequently was selected for naval attache duty.","Following his distinguished career in the United States Army, General J. H. Binford Peay III became VMI's 14th Superintendent in 2003. Detailed biographical information is avaliable upon request.","Captain Brian L. Quisenberry graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1981 and commissioned in the United States Navy.","Robert J. Cook was on active duty with the United States Army for over 20 years, first as an enlisted soldier and subsequently as an officer. He is a decorated combat veteran who was deployed to Afghanistan, with a background in military intelligence and aviation. From 2005 to 2006 he served as aide-de-camp to the Commanding General at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Cook has served twice in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) department at VMI.","Captain Steven Craig is a UH-1N helicopter pilot and a decorated veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He enlisted in the United States Marines Corps in 1989 and subsequently was commissioned and went to flight school. He was deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2005 to 2006. In 2010 Craig was assigned to the VMI Naval ROTC Department as a Marine Corps Instructor.","Following his graduation from VMI in 1989, Gary A. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army and trained as a helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty, he has continued to serve in the Army National Guard and the Reserves, and was deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Lieutenant Colonel William Bither first served with the United States Army 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Lewis, Washington as a rifle platoon leader. He then joined United States Army Special Forces and has been stationed in Korea, Quantico (Virginia), the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School, Germany, Fort Bragg (California), Kuwait, and Iraq.","Captain Thomas A. Brashears was 9 3/4 years active with the 18th Field Artillery Brigade Airborne, 1st Armored Division. He deployed to Kosovo from May to December, 2000 and to Iraq as Battery Commander from April 2003 to July 2004.","Major Robert Churchill served with the United States Air Force from May 19, 1991 to August 15, 2005, and since August 16, 2005 he has served with the United States Air Force Reserves. He attended graduate Space Training and then went into Space Command as an orbit analyst in Space Ops. He then went into pilot training, to Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and then on to F-16 training. At the time of this interview, Churchill was with the 302nd Fighter Squadron.","At the time of this interview Jose L. Crespo was a logistics officer in the United States Air Force. He has been deployed to Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan.","Major Tim Daniel began serving with the United States Air Force in January of 1983. He has been an A-10 pilot, T-37 instructor pilot, and an OA-10 pilot, and has 3500 hours of flight time with 100 hours of combat time in Iraq and Afghanistan.","Major Frank Diorio graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1996 and immediately commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. He has been deployed to the Kuwait/Iraqi border (1997-2000), Djibouti, Africa (2004), and Al Anbar Province, Iraq (2005).","A combat engineer, Captain Jon A. Drake served in support of Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo. He later deployed to Iraq in February 2004 as a company commander for Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion.","Michael Johnson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in August 1993. At the time of this interview, he was a Military Occupational Specialty 0629 (MOS) Communications Chief (E-7). Johnson has served:\n With 1st Anglico/Camp Pendleton As a drill instructor at Parris Island, South Carolina With the 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company As Assistant Marine Officer Instructor (AMOI) at VMI \nJohnson deployed in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.","Benjamin Kimsey is a member of the VMI Class of 2009. From 2002 to 2005 he was on active duty in the United States Army in the 116th Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, and was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Afghanistan. Kimsey subsequently became a member of the National Guard, in Delta 1 of the 19th Special Forces Group in Kingwood, West Virginia.","Phillip A. Suydam served in the United States Air Force for 21 years as an Air Force Security Forces Officer. He provided security, police services, force protection planning, and information security program management. His assignments took him to Germany, Guam, and the United Arab Emirates. In 2004 Suydam deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq as the Commander of the 332d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","James G. Wicker entered the United States Navy in 1979, serving on deployments to the Persian Gulf as an Executive Officer to a minesweeper during the Iran-Iraq War, and deployed to the Mediterranean, the Pacific, and Indian Oceans. During his career he served on board the USS Goldsborough (DDG 20), the USS Sides (FFG 14), the USS Elusive (AM 225), and the USS Bainbridge (CGN 25).","At the time of this interview, Lance Corporal Patrick Young was serving in the United States Marine Corps Reserves and was a member of the Virginia Military Institute Class of 2009. His unit was B. Company, 4th Combat Engineer Battalion out of Roanoke, Virginia. Young is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.","Keith R. Anderson served as an active duty Marine Corps officer for eleven years (1980-1992). During his career he flew the H-53 Sea Stallion helicopter, and in addition, spent four years as a Marine One pilot (HMX, presidential helicopter squadron) during the Reagan and Bush administrations. Since leaving military service, Anderson has worked as a jet pilot in corporate aviation.","Thomas Arendes joined the United States Navy following his graduation from high school in 2006. At the time of this interview he was an Electrician's Mate, 3rd Class, in the nuclear field, and was serving on the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).","Kenneth W. Baity served in the United States Navy on the USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609). His enlisted rate was Machinist Mate/Engineering Laboratory Technician Nuclear.","Brandon A. Bissell accepted a commission in the United States Army following his graduation from VMI in 1998. He served with the 101st Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, flying Black Hawk helicopters. He also has been a company Executive Officer, platoon leader, S-1 and S-3. Bissell subsequently spent two years in Korea.","Lieutenant Colonel Marti J. Bissell commissioned in the United States Army in 1988. She trained as a helicopter test pilot and has served on active duty in Korea, Germany, and Fort Riley, Kansas.","Brigadier General Charles F. Brower, IV served in the United States Army from 1969 to 2001, serving in:\n United States Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR) RVN Continental United States in the 4th Armored Division, 101st Airborne Division, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), and 23rd Infanty Division Cavalry Troop Commander, RVN, from 1971 to 1972 \nBrower was an Professor, departments of History and Behavior Sciences and Leadership, at the United States Military Academy. He also served as Deputy Superintendent and Dean of the Faculty at VMI from 2001 to 2008.","Lieutenant Kenneth R. Brown enlisted in the Navy in 1994. He received a four-year Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to Norwich University and received his commission in 1999. He has served as a Surface Warfare Officer.","Frank Woodruff Buckles was born in 1901 and grew up on a farm in Missouri. He enlisted age 16 and joined the United States Army Ambulance Corps, arriving in France a few months before the end of World War I. At the beginning of World War II he was working as a civilian in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held in a prisoner of war camp for more than three years.","Rear Admiral Steven E. Day enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1967 and received his commission in 1979. His long career has included numerous posting stateside and overseas.","Colonel Eicher served with the United States Marine Corps for 26 years as an aviator, commissioning in November 1970.","Steven V. Ferguson served with the United States Navy, four years active and two years reserve. He served on the USS Gearing (DD-710).","Victoria P. Friedensen holds an Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina and and Master of Science from Virginia Tech. Her career has included positions at the National Academy of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. At the time of this interview, Friedensen was a civilian employee at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she was the acting program manager of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.","John D. Gober, M.D., served as a United States Navy flight surgeon.","Paul F. Gorman is a retired United States Army General whose active duty spanned an enlistment in the United States Navy toward the end of World War II, graduation from West Point in 1950, three years of infantry combat in Korea and Vietnam, and two decades of assignments in the upper echelons of the Pentagon.","Colonel William R. Grace was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1981. Upon completion of the Basic School he reported to Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, for flight training and was designated a Naval Aviator in 1983. He received his initial AH-1J training with Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 303 at Camp Pendleton, California. During his distingished career, Grace has served with numerous Marine Corps Helicopter Squadrons, including Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which supports White House missions worldwide. He led presidential detachments on four continents while serving under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.","Lieutenant Chris Gray graduated from the Naval Academy in 2001. He subsequently reported to Nuclear Power School and then went to Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina. He was first assigned to the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) in Kings Bay, Georgia. Gray spent three years on board the USS Tennessee and was an instructor with VMI's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program.","Colonel George F. Hafkemeyer served for 30 years in the United States Army as a an officer in the areas of maintenance, material management, and logistics. In addition to his stateside assignments, he served overseas in Germany, Kuwait, and Sweden.","At the time of this interview, Evan T. Hanks, VMI Class of 2007, served with the 192nd Maintenance Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard as an aircraft structural mechanic and corrosion control journeyman.","Alexis Hart commissioned with the United States Navy in May 1993. From August 1993 to April 1994 she was a student at the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia. From May 1994 to June 1997, she served as Division Officer on board the USS Essex (LHD 2), and was first woman assigned to an amphibious ship. From July 1997 to June 1999, Hart served as Instructor at the Navy Supply Corps School.","Rear Admiral Maurice B. Hill, Jr. served in the United States Navy Dental Corps on both active duty and in the reserves.","Seargeant Major Alvin N. Hockaday, United States Marine Corps (Retired), was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. After completing high school in 1960, he enlisted in the Marine Corps where he was trained as a Marksmanship Instructor and Rifle Team Member. In 1965, Hockaday served his first tour of duty in Vietnam until he was wounded in 1966. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School. He returned to Vietnam in 1968 and was wounded again in 1969. ","Hockaday returned to the United States in 1974 and was assigned as the first enlisted Marine Instructor at the VMI. In 1977 he was assigned to The Marine Corps Ceremonial Units at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Following his retirment from the Marine Corps in 1990, Hockaday became the first Seargeant Major to the Corps of Cadets at VMI, a position he held until 2003.","Donald B. Holt enlisted in the United States Navy in 1971 and after boot camp trained in electronics and nuclear power. He served as a reactor operator on the submarine USS Billfish (SSN 676), and subsequently was an instructor in a nuclear power training unit. Holt received his honorable discharge in 1979 after serving almost nine years.","Captain Vernon C. Honsinger enlisted in the Navy in 1951 and served for 30 years. Among his many assignments were those of Operations Officer and Chief Engineer on the USS Laffey (DD 724) in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and Weapons Officer and Assistant Engineering Officer on the USS Seadragon (SSN 584), Pacific Ocean.","Rodney A. Hottle, VMI Class of 1976, served in the United States Air Force from 1977 to 2003. He was a Missile Officer from 1977 to 1996 and subsequently transferred into Services.","Dr. Reed Johnson graduated from VMI in 1953 with a degree in physics. After completing post-graduate work at the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT), he was employed by Electric Boat and was involved in testing and designing radiation shields for the earliest nuclear submarines, including the Nautilus (SSN 571) and the Seawolf. He subsequently worked in many other nuclear projects during the 1950s, including the United States Army Package Power Reactor.","Kristopher G. Kowalczyk was born in 1982 and enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 17. He trained as an ammunition specialist and subsequently went to flight school, becoming an Apache helicopter pilot. Among his assignments was a 12 month deployment to Kosovo, Serbia.","Major Daryl Laninga joined the United States Marine Corps in 1983. He served as an enlisted infantryman (mortar man) for nine and a years, commissioned via the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program in 1992.","Lieutenant Commander (retired) Jerome Leugers commissioned in the United States Navy 1973 and spent his career as a naval aviator, flying the C-1, Saberline, C-9, and A-6. He served on active duty for ten years and subsequently in the reserves, retiring after 20 years.","Commander Mark G. Martin commissioned in the United States Navy in April 1985 and earned his Aviator wings in June 1986.","Commander Robert McMasters served with the United States Navy on the USS Will Rogers (SSBN 659) as division officer from September 1979 to June 1982. From  June 1982 to June 1984 he served as the S1W Prototype leading engineering officer of the watch, Idaho Falls, Idaho.","Robert P. McMullen enlisted in the United States Marines in December 2000 and served for four years. He was assigned to the Legal Services Support Section (LSSS) and the unit was deployed to Kuwait from 2002 to 2003.","Colonel Thomas B. Moncure, VMI Class of 1972, commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1972 through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at VMI. He graduated from pilot training in May 1973 and he served as a command pilot with over 3150 flying hours in B-52, T-38, FB-111A, F-111F, and B-1 aircraft. His other assignments included that of Deputy Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at Air Force ROTC Det 880, VMI. Moncure retired from the Air Force in 2002.","James M. Morgan, Jr. (1923-2021) was a member of the VMI Class of 1945. He subsequently received a PhD in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins University. He spend 38 years at VMI as a professor and later head of the Civil Engineering Department. Morgan then served as Dean of the Faculty and retured from VMI in 1984.","John L. Neel joined the United States Army in 1976 and was trained as a Parachute Infantryman. His first assignment was with the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg North Carolina. He served over 15 years with the 505th in a variety of positons. He has served three tours with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Izmir, Turkey as an Operations Sergeant, and  s the Senior Enlisted Advisor and Sergeant Major for Joint Command Southeast. ","Neel also served for two years on Her Majesty's service as Platoon Sergeant, 8 Platoon, 1st Battalion, British Parachute Regiment. From July 1997 to July 2000 he served as Sergeant Major of the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Department at VMI.","Neel's deployments include:\n 1983: Grenada 1992: Joint Task Force 6 along the New Mexico/Mexico border 1995: Operation Harvest Bear in Panama to quell the riots in the Cuban refugee camps September 2000: Kosovo as the Operations Sergeant, J3, Headquarters Kosovo Force (KFOR)-4","Laura E. Niebel graduated from George Washington University and commissioned in the United States Navy in 1999. At the time of this interview she was a helicopter pilot (SH-60B Seahawk) and had been deployed twice to the Arabian Gulf.","Eugene Ostlund enlisted in the United States Navy in 1940, went through boot camp at Great Lakes, and qualified for a Class A school, attending Aviation Metalsmith School in Pensacola, Florida. He was subsequently sent to Naval Air Station, North Island, where he stayed until 1943, and was then transferred to a carrier aircraft service unit. He later qualified for the Navy V-12 program and enrolled in the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota and the University of Michigan.","In 1947 he was commissioned an ensign in the regular Navy. He served:\n On board the USS St. Paul (CA 73) On the staff of the Commander Seventh Fleet operating in Korean waters On board the USS Gearing (DD 710), a destroyer which operated in the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean where he was the communication officer and the operations officer Onboard the USS Haas (DE 424) As Commanding Officer of the USS Lansing (DER 328) \nUpon completion of the tour of duty on the USS Lansing, Ostlund was assigned to the Command and Staff College of the Air Force Air University in Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama. He was then assigned to the Defense Communication Agency in Washington, D.C.","Valerie Overstreet graduated from Virginia Tech in 1991. While at Tech, she was a member of the Corps of Cadets on a United States Navy scholarship. After commissioning and initial flight training, she selected carrier aviation and was assigned to the E-2C. Overstreet has also served as an instructor pilot and studied at the Naval War College. At the time of this interview she was the second female Commanding Officer in the history of United States Navy combat aviation.","Stephen D. Patchin grew up in Wisconsin and joined the United States Navy in 1958 at the age of 18. He served until 1979 in the field of aviation maintenance. After his retirement from the Navy, he continued to work in naval aviation mechanics and planning as a civilian contractor.","Captain Robert C. Peniston served 10 sea tours on nine ships. He commanded the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, and USS Albany. He was navigator of the Presidential yacht Williamsburg from 1951 to 1952 and served seven shore tours, officer distribution (two tours), Bureau of Naval Personnel (two tours) and was Director of Naval Education Development Staff of Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET).","Commander Mark D. Pistochini served with the United States Navy from June 26, 1968 through September 1, 1996, and retired as a Commander (OS). He served as a Communications Intelligence Evaluator (COMEVAL) with the United States Naval Security Group, Detachment Atsugi, Japan from March 1978 through August 1981. He accrued over 2,000 hours in the VA-1 EP-3 aircraft.","Lieutenant Colonel Russell Rivers graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1982 and commissioned in the United States Air Force. He received his Naval Aviator wings in 1984. Rivers has flown several type/model/series aircraft, ranging from turboprop trainers to rotary wing and jet aircraft, accumulating over 3600 hours of flight time as of this interview date.","Lieutenant Colonel Frederick C. Rody entered the United States Marine Corps in 1983 and spent 12 years on active duty and 11 years in the Reserves. He trained as a pilot and flew the F-18.","William B. Rutherford grew up in Cape May, New Jersey and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1953. After three years in the Marines, he transferred to the United States Navy and attended nuclear power school. Rutherford saw duty on several nuclear powered subs, serving as a chief electrician. He retired after 20 years of military service.","Ross Schmoll commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1959 after graduating from Cornell University, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the late 1980s. Assignments included:\n B-47 B-58 crew member F-11 crew member (radar navigator bombardier) stationed at Royal Air Force Upper Hayford (England) and subsequently in Thailand Deputy commander for maintenance, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina (four squadrons of F-4Es) Director of maintenance at the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Assistant Director of Logistics at USAFE Defense Logistics Agency","Major Anthony Shea served in the United States Air Force from 1985 to 1994 as:\n A security forces specialist An officer with the chief computer support section Wide area network program manager Internet protocol engineer Chief military telephone command and control Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies for Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Virginia Military Institute","Lieutenant Jared Smith received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering and commissioned into the United States Navy through Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing Navy Nuclear Power School and other courses, he was assigned as a submarine officer on the USS Maryland (SSBN 738). He was subsequently assigned to Virginia Military Institute's Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit (December 2006 to February 2009).","Dennis Stone commissioned into the United States Army in June 1970 and was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia for the Infantry Basic Officer Course (IOBC), Airborne Ranger. From June 1971 to May 1973 he served with the 1148IMF as 3rd Armored Division Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, and Detachment Commander. From May 1973 to December 1974 he served at the Arctic Test Center at Fort Greely, Alaska, where he tested cold weather equipment and commanded troops involved in testing. Other assignments included the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Virginia National Guard, and the 11th Special Forces Group. Stone retired in June 1973 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.","Robert Walston Todd II, United States Navy, has served on the USS George Washington (CVN-73) as a Reactor Operator, Electronics Technician 2nd Class since September 2004. He attended A-School and Power School in Charleston, South Carolina from January 2003 to 2004 and Nuclear Prototype School in Ballston Spa, New York from February 2004 to August 2004.","Colonel James O. Tubbs commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1980 and has served as the following:\n 1983-1986: Standardization and Evaluation Pilot at the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina 1987-1989: Flight Commander and Instructor Pilot, 496th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hahn Air Base, Germany 1989-1993: Instructor Pilot and Assistant Operations Officer, 314th Fighter Squadron, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona 1995-1997: Operations Officer and Chief of Strategy Division, 32nd Air Operations Squadron 1997-1999: Squadron Operations Officer and Special Assistant to the Operations Group Commander, 31st Fighter Wing 1999-2001: Air Staff Action Officer and Deputy Chief of Joint Issues Division for Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review 2002-2004: Senior Military Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resources and Plans, acting as advisor for all Air Force program, budget and acquisition issues Military Assistant to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, Washington D.C.","Major Colin S. Turnnidge II enlisted in the United States Army in May 1980 and trained as a Special Forces combat medic. He served on active duty for three years with the 7th Special Forces Group, deploying to Central America. He subsequently served 10 months in the Special Forces Reserves (11th Group) before leaving the service. He reenlisted in 1991 and served with the 3rd Group, attending Physicians Assistant School, and receiving a direct commission in 1995. Turnnidge served as a physician assistant until his retirement in 2006.","Darrell G. Van Ness began his service as a United States Army private in 1978, completing his basic training and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) in Armor School at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He went on to Ft. Bliss, Texas to 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) and was assigned to 3rd ACR F Troop. From 1980 to 1981 Van Ness was stationed in Garlstedt, Germany, in the AD4,  and from 1981 to 1984 he served with the 3rd and 7th Cavalry B Troop.","Commander Clifford L. J. Wade grew up in Ohio and graduated from Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). He commissioned into the United States Navy and became a Naval Flight Officer, spending 21 years of his 27 year career outside of the continental United States (Hawaii, Bermuda, Japan, Spain, and England). His last duty station was at the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NROTC) unit at Virginia Military Institute.","R. Kurt Zeppenfeldserved with the United States Marine Corps from 1977 to 1981 and with the United States Naval Reserve."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name of Interviewee] Interview, Military oral history collection, 2003-2014. MS 0510. 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Argenzio's service in World War II.","This interview covers Charles D. Bachman's service in World War II.","This interview covers Stanley Caulkins' service during World War II.","This interview contains extensive information about \tRobert L. Cheatham, Jr.'s experiences as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers Glen Cleckler's experiences during World War II.","This interview primarily covers William H. Collier's service in World War II.","In this interview, David Cvengros recounts the World War II service of his father George E. Cvengros (1923-1985).","This interview covers Walter M. Duncan, Sr.'s stateside pilot training.","This interview covers Edward L. Feightner's experiences throughout his career, including his service in World War II and as a test pilot and member of the \"Blue Angels.\"","This interview covers R. \"Hap\" Halloran experiences on B-29 missions and his time as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John P. Irby III's training and includes coverage of his service in World War II with Company C of the 86th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 6th Armored Division, in General George S. Patton's 3rd Army, and the 3rd Armored Division.","This interview covers Malcolm Muir, Sr.'s experiences in World War II.","This interview covers James B. Naughton's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers George Porter's experiences during and after World War II, and includes discussion of the racial prejudice that black soldiers encountered in the United States Army and in society at large.","This interview covers Carl D. Proffitt's experiences in World War II.","This interview covers John M. Remaly's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers William Repke's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Charles A. Riley's post-World War Two United States Air Force career.","This interview covers Edward A. Ryan's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Luther J. Schilling's experiences during World War II.","This interview covers the invasion of Normandy, France and Charles Shaeff's time in the United States Navy Reserves.","This interview covers Samuel Tarkenton's experiences during his United States Army service.","This interview covers Meeks B. Vaughan's early years growing up in Timpton County, Tennessee, as well as his experiences during World War II.","This interview covers Tyson Wilson's service in World War II (2nd Marine Division) and briefly his time teaching Combat Intelligence at Quantico, Virginia, and his years teaching with the Economics, History and Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) departments at Virginia Military Institute.","This interview covers William D. Badgett's experiences in Korea.","This interview covers Vernon A. Good's experiences during the Korean War.","This interview covers Raymond A. Johnson's United States Marine Corps career and his experiences during the Korean War.","This interview primarily covers Charles W. McKellar's experiences in the Korean War.","This interview covers Bill R. Penn's experiences in the Korean War as a corpsman and as a prisoner of war.","This interview covers John T. Pepper's years of military service.","A collection addition in 2021 added supplemental material related to Craig D. Caldwell, Paul A. Robblee, Jr., Paul Wagner, Dale W. Saville, Randolph W. Urmston, and Edwin Y. Hines.","This file contains one book titled \"VietNam 1968-1969\" by Edwin Y. Hines.","This interview covers Terry G. Allison's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lawrence E. Boese's three tours of duty in Vietnam (1968-1972) with particular emphasis upon Operation Linebacker. During the \"Linebacker\" period, he served as a F-4D/E aircraft commander, instructor pilot, and mission commander with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.","This interview covers Michael L. Bozeman's service in Vietnam.","This interview covers George M. Brooke III's career with the United States Marine Corps.","This interview covers Leland H. Burgess' career as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Lee S. Dewald's military career and experiences in Vietnam and the Hague as well as his time as a cadet at the Citadel.","This interview covers Blaise S. DiMartino's service in the United States Navy.","This interview focuses on Floyd H. Duncan's tour of duty in Vietnam (1966-1967) and on his service in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam era.","This interview covers Ronald A. Erchul's years of active duty (1961-1981).","These interviews cover Alan F. Farrell's Special Forces training and experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Arbury D. Hooker's experiences in the Vietnam War, Korea, and Grenada.","This interview primarily covers Robert M. Hudson's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers James E. Livingston's experiences in Vietnam.","This interview covers Paul B. Maini's service in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers John G. Miller's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers William Moriarty's experiences during the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Jeffrey H. Mosher's experiences in the Vietnam War.","This interview covers Wesley I. Rahn's experiences throughout his United States Air Force career.","This interview covers William R. Ricks' experiences as a pilot, his experiences in the Vietnam War, and his observations of Air Force participation in Operation Desert Storm.","This interview covers John W. Ripley's experiences during his second tour in Vietnam (1971-1972).","This interview covers Joseph E. Rosinski's time in the service from 1967 to 1971.","This interview covers Glenn A. Thieme's entire career, including his deployment to Vietnam in 1971.","This interview covers Thomas D. Todd's years of military service.","This interview covers James R. Treadwell's military career.","This interview primarily covers Frank Yusi's service in the Vietnam War, but also his time at the Naval War College, Rhode Island.","This interview covers Anthony C. Zinni's experiences as an advisor with the South Vietnamese Marines (1967).","This interview covers Timothy S. McElhannon's career through 2002.","The first interview covers J. H. Binford Peay III's years as a VMI cadet (1958-1962). The second interview contains reflections on his military service and the challenges facing the army.","This interview covers Brian L. Quisenberry's assignments throughout his active duty and reserves career.","This interview covers Thomas A. Brashears' experiences in Iraq.","This interview covers Robert Churchill's career with the United States Air Force and the United States Air Force Reserves.","This interview covers Benjamin Kimsey's active duty service and his experience as a VMI cadet.","This interview covers James G. Wicker's United States Navy career.","This interview primarily covers Patrick M. Young's combat experiences during his deployment to Iraq in 2005.","This interview covers Thomas P. Arendes' service to date and in particular his training as a nuclear operator.","This interview covers Charles F. Brower IV's service as Army Aide to President Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1984.","This interview covers James Eicher's experience flying the OV-10 and the AV-8 (\"The Harrier\"), and his thoughts on military flight technology.","This interview covers Steven V. Ferguson's United States Navy career.","This interview covers John D. Gober's various training and assignment experiences.","This interview concentrates on United States and Latin American security relations during the Ronald Reagan administration.","This interview covers Chris Gray's military education and career through 2006.","These two interviews cover Evan T. Hanks' experiences working on F-15s and F-16s.","This interview covers Alexis Hart experiences on board the USS Essex (LHD 2).","This interview covers Daryl Laninga's service in the United States Marine Corps through 2005.","This interview covers Mark G. Martin's career through 2006.","This interview covers Robert McMasters' naval career.","Transcript of interview with James M. Morgan, Jr., VMI Class of 1945. The interview covers Morgan's years during World War II at VMI and in the Army Enlisted Reserve Corps (ERC), recollections about graduate school work, and his early teaching career at VMI. The bulk of the discussion covers the years 1941 to 1957.","This interview covers Laura E. Niebel's United States Navy career up to 2007, including details about training and deployments.","This interview covers Eugene Ostlund's United States Navy career through 1965.","This interview covers Robert C. Peniston's time aboard the USS Savage, USS Tattnall, USS New Jersey, USS Albany, and the Presidential yacht Williamsburg.","This interview covers Mark D. Pistochini's experiences in Atsugi, Japan.","This interview covers Frederick C. Rody's 23 years of experience in United States Marine Corps aviation.","This interview covers Anthony Shea's United States Air Force career from 1985 to 2005.","This interview covers Dennis Stone's time in Germany and at the Arctic Test Center, Alaska.","This interview covers Robert W. Todd II's service on the USS George Washington (CVN 73).","This interview covers R. 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