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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 ...
(The Center Square) — Veterans and transitioning service members now have an additional resource to make post-service life and veterans’ benefits more accessible to navigate in Virginia.
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams (October 2, 1923 – June 29, 2022) was a United States Marine Corps Reserve warrant officer and United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans service representative who received the Medal of Honor, the United States military's highest decoration for valor, for heroism above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Jan Craig Scruggs (born March 11, 1950) is a United States Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, and later founded the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Scruggs was the President of the foundation until 2015, when he retired.
The Philadelphia VA Medical Center was renamed the "Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center" in his honor on May 2, 2015. [4] An 8-foot tall bronze statue honoring Cpl. Crescenz is part of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial. He is the only Philadelphian to receive the Medal of Honor for the Vietnam War ...
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.
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.