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  2. Sally Murphy (U.S. Army officer) - Wikipedia

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    After 27 years of service, Murphy retired as a colonel in 1999 and received the U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute Veteran Commendation . In March 2009, she was honored at a ceremony at Fort Myer in Arlington County, Virginia. During the service, she was lauded as a groundbreaker who made progressing through the army easier for the women who ...

  3. Colonel (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Subdued insignia as worn on the current USMC Combat Utility Uniform and previously worn on the former Desert Camouflage Uniform and Battle Dress Uniform.. A colonel (/ ˈ k ɜːr n əl /) in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier ...

  4. Burst of Joy - Wikipedia

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    From left to right, Lt Col Robert L. Stirm, Lorrie Stirm, Bo Stirm (Robert L. Stirm Jr.), Cindy Stirm, Loretta Stirm, and Roger Stirm. Burst of Joy is a Pulitzer Prize -winning photograph by Associated Press photographer Slava "Sal" Veder, taken on March 17, 1973, at Travis Air Force Base in Solano County , California , United States involving ...

  5. Gregory D. Gadson - Wikipedia

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    Gregory Dimitri Gadson (born February 19, 1966) is an American actor and motivational speaker; and a retired colonel in the United States Army and former commander of the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir garrison. [1]

  6. William R. Richardson - Wikipedia

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    William Rowland Richardson was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu, China, on 25 March 1929, to missionary parents.Richardson graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1951 and was commissioned in the Infantry.

  7. List of The Citadel alumni - Wikipedia

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    MajGen Harry K. Pickett (1911) Commanding officer of the Marine barracks at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.; LtGen James T. Moore (1916) early Marine aviator who held important command positions in USMC aviation during World War II, famous as Pappy Boyington's boss in the South Pacific air war and featured in the 1970s TV show Baa Baa Black Sheep.

  8. Donald Conroy - Wikipedia

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    After retirement, Conroy moved to Atlanta, Georgia.He died from colon cancer on May 9, 1998, and is interred at Beaufort National Cemetery, South Carolina.As Bull Meecham/Meechum is killed in the crash of his fighter in both the novel and movie versions of The Great Santini, and his funeral scene was filmed at the same cemetery for the movie, Conroy joked while planning his own funeral that it ...

  9. Joseph C. Rodríguez - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, Rodriguez retired from the Army with the rank of colonel. Rodríguez was residing with his wife, Rose, in El Paso, Texas, at the time of his retirement. He spent the next ten years as Facilities Director at the University of Texas. He dedicated much of his time of his last fifteen years to national speech engagements addressing young ...