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United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point (also known as USMA, West Point, or Army) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. Established in 1802, USMA is the oldest of the United States's five service academies. The military garrison at West Point...
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Henry A. du Pont
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David Petraeus
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- 1963
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Laban Jackson
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Dana G. Mead
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- 1957
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Marshall O. Larsen
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Patrick Emmet Duffy
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John Eisenhower
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower (born August 3, 1922) is the son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife Mamie. He is a retired United States Army officer and the author of several books of military history. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to...
Jerry York
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George Washington Cullum
George Washington Cullum (February 25, 1809 – February 28, 1892) was an American soldier, engineer and writer. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Western Theater.
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George Olmsted
Major General George H. Olmsted (March 18, 1901, Des Moines, Iowa - October 8, 1998) was an American military officer and insurance executive. He was the second of four children of Ernest and Alice Lockwood Olmsted.
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Franklin L. Hagenbeck
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Doc Blanchard
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- 1946
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- 1944
Earl Blaik
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Joseph Gardner Swift
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Glenn Woodward Davis
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Douglas MacArthur
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Thomas Benton Smith
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Ernest T. Cragg
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Bryant Moore
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Ronnie McAda
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Henry Granville Sharpe
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Zenas Bliss
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Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr.
Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen, Sr. (April 1, 1888 – September 12, 1969) was a United States Army officer who was featured on the cover of Time magazine during World War II. He was a World War I veteran who during World War II was the...
Robert T. Marsh
Robert T. Marsh is a retired United States Air Force four star general who served as Commander, Air Force Systems Command (COMAFSC) from 1981 to 1984.
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Bryce Poe II
Bryce Poe II was a United States Air Force four star general who served as Commander, Air Force Logistics Command (COMAFLC) from 1978 to 1981.
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Jonathan O. Seaman
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Joseph B. Plummer
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Hugh J. McGrath
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Rank and organization...
Charles S. Farnsworth
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Henry A. Byroade
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Edmund Brooke Alexander
Edmund Brooke Alexander (6 October 1802 – 3 January 1888) was an officer in the United States Army in the Mexican-American War through the American Civil War who rose to the rank of brevet Brigadier General in 1865.
Alexander was an 1823 graduate of...
James J. Lovelace
James J. Lovelace is a retired Lieutenant General and a native of Richmond, Virginia. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in Field Artillery upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1970.
His military education includes the...
Benjamin Brice
Benjamin William Brice (November 30, 1809 – December 4, 1892) was a lawyer and soldier who served in the United States Army during the Black Hawk War and Mexican-American War. Later employed as the Paymaster General of the Union Army during the...
Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr.
Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr. M.Sc. M.B.A. P.Eng. is the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army.
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Francis A. Shoup
Francis Asbury Shoup (March 22, 1834 – September 4, 1896) was a lawyer from Indianapolis, Indiana, who decided to become a brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Shoup was born near Laurel, Indiana, the...
Jack Forrest
John Franklin "Jack" Forrest (June 20, 1927-May 27, 1997) was a 1949 graduate of the United States Military Academy and a career U.S. Army officer and combat commander during the Korean War and Vietnam War era.
Forrest was born in Mexia, Texas, the...
