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John Cary "Red" Morgan (August 24, 1914 – January 17, 1991) was a United States Army Air Forces pilot in World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 1943 bombing run over Germany, which also inspired the character of 2nd Lieutenant Jesse Bishop in the novel and film Twelve O'Clock High.
Morgan's other assignments include serving in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the Deputy for Acquisition Strategy in the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, the Senior Military Assistant to the United States Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information, Plans and Strategy. He retired in 2008.
John E. Sterling Jr. 3 May 2010 Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (DCG/COFS TRADOC), 2010–2012. 2 1976 : 34 (1953– ) 5 John W. Morgan III: 5 May 2010 Commander, Allied Force Command Heidelberg (CDRAFC Heidelberg), 2010–2012. 2 1974 : 36: 6 Daniel P. Bolger: 21 May 2010
John Morgan (admiral) (born 1950), United States Navy admiral John Hunt Morgan (1825–1864), Confederate general during the American Civil War; J. H. Morgan (1876–1955), British general and lawyer
John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 – September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. In April 1862, he raised the 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, fought at Shiloh , and then launched a costly raid in Kentucky, which encouraged Braxton Bragg 's invasion of that state.
The American liberty ship SS John Morgan was setting out from Baltimore on its maiden voyage with a cargo of explosives, and accidentally rammed the tanker SS Montana, which was entering the harbor. Sixty-five of the 68 men on the Morgan were killed in the blast, while 18 of the 82 men on the Montana were burned to death in the subsequent blaze ...
U.S. Brig. Gen. James M. Shackelford destroyed Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's remaining Confederate cavalry and captured Morgan, ending Morgan's Raid. It was the northernmost military action involving an official command of the Confederate States Army.
Site of Morgan's surrender, sketched by Henry Howe from an 1886 photograph. Morgan encountered Capt. James Burbeck, one of Lisbon's militia commanders, along the road. [citation needed] Morgan convinced Burbeck to allow him to surrender his command, provided Burbick promised to take the sick and wounded soldiers and allow Morgan and his officers to be paroled so they could return home to Kentucky.