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As of 2020, Virginia Military Institute alumni include two previous Governors of Virginia, the current Secretary of the Army, a Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, two Lieutenant Governors of Virginia, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Pulitzer Prize winners, 13 Rhodes Scholars, Medal of Honor recipients, an Academy Award winner, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, a martyr recognized by ...
That resource is a free online portal called the Virginia Veterans Network, whose launch Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Veterans Day at an annual veterans’ luncheon in Virginia Beach ...
Earl Edward Anderson (June 24, 1919 – November 12, 2015) was a U.S. Marine four-star general. [1] He was the youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of general and the first active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4-star rank.
James Henry Binford "Binnie" Peay III (born 10 May 1940) is a retired four-star general of the United States Army.He served as the 14th superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute from 2003-2020, [1] and as chairman of the Allied Defense Group from 2001-03.
The Armed Forces Service Medal is a round bronze medal 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (32 mm) in diameter. The obverse of the medal bears a demi-torch, as held by the Statue of Liberty, with rays radiating from behind the torch. Encircling at the top is the inscription ARMED FORCES SERVICE MEDAL.
After completing The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, in June 1963, Vargas was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division.For his actions in the Battle of Dai Do, Republic of Vietnam in 1968 as a captain, Vargas was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard M. Nixon in a May 1970 ceremony at the White House.
The Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal (MOVSM) is a military award which was created under Executive Order 12830 by George H. W. Bush on January 9, 1993. The medal was designed by the Institute of Heraldry and was first issued in December 1993. [5] [6]
Jimmie Watters Monteith Jr. was born on July 1, 1917, in Low Moor, Virginia.His family moved to Richmond, Virginia, when he was nine years old.After elementary school, he attended Thomas Jefferson High School, where he played a year each of varsity football and varsity basketball.