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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 ...
James Livingston was born on January 12, 1940, in Towns, Georgia.He graduated from Lumber City High School in 1957. He entered North Georgia College and State University (The Military College of Georgia) in 1957 and was a member of the school's nationally recognized Corps of Cadets until he transferred to pursue a major that the school did not offer.
Air Medal w/ four 5 ⁄ 16" Gold Stars Combat Action Ribbon: Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation w/ two 3 ⁄ 16" Bronze Stars: Navy Unit Commendation: American Defense Service Medal: American Campaign Medal: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ one 3 ⁄ 16" silver star and one 3 ⁄ 16" bronze star World War II Victory Medal: Armed ...
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.
Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal (3) Fred Vann Cherry (March 24, 1928 – February 16, 2016) [ 1 ] was a colonel and command pilot in the U.S. Air Force .
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.
The Medal of Honor, in an earlier iteration, was first established in 1861, and there have been 3,519 recipients, including more than 1,500 during the Civil War. There were 472 honored for acts of ...
General Via on Jay Leno's Garage describing the Army's fuel efficient demonstration vehicle FED Alpha. Dennis L. Via (born c. 1958) is a retired United States Army four-star general who last served as the 18th commanding general of the United States Army Materiel Command [1] from 7 August 2012 to 30 September 2016.