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After being rapidly promoted through the enlisted ranks to sergeant, he was admitted to the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School (OCS) and commissioned at 18 years old (making him one of the youngest officers in American history) and making Christian the youngest commissioned officer of the 20th century. [8]
Duane D. Hackney (June 5, 1947 – September 3, 1993) was a United States Air Force pararescueman.He was the most decorated enlisted man in USAF history and the recipient of 28 decorations for valor in combat and more than 70 awards and decorations in all.
Vincent Hichiro Okamoto (November 22, 1943 – September 27, 2020) was an American attorney, judge, author, and retired United States Army officer. An Army Ranger during the Vietnam War , he was the most highly decorated Japanese American to survive the war.
Late Air Force veteran William H.F. Page, Maury County native, was the branch's most-decorated veteran, with 38 honors and 10,000 hours in the air.
San Ramon Valley High School, San Ramon: 2011 World Championships, 2008 and 2010 World Cross Country Championships: Jahvid Best: 2007 1st 100m, 2nd 200m Salesian High School, Richmond: Running back for the Detroit Lions, 2016 Olympian for St. Lucia: Ato Bolden: 1991 3rd 200m Piedmont Hills High School, San Jose: 4 Olympic medals 1997 World ...
The school is notable for its succession of twenty-four CIF Central Section championships in cross country between 1987 and 2013. [4] The success of the team is documented in the 2015 Walt Disney Pictures film McFarland, USA starring Kevin Costner as James White, a cross country coach at McFarland. [4]
In high school, he continued playing sports, and took a summer job as a lifeguard at the Brookhaven town beach in Lake Ronkonkoma, New York. He returned to the job every summer throughout his college years. [4] Murphy was known to his friends as "Murph" and as "The Protector" in his high school years.
Colonel David Haskell Hackworth (November 11, 1930 – May 4, 2005) was a United States Army officer and journalist, who was decorated in both the Korean War and Vietnam War. Hackworth is known for his role in the formation and command of Tiger Force , a military unit from the 101st Airborne Division that used guerrilla warfare tactics against ...