Sergeant Major Evans was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in July 1950. After basic training, he served with the 46th Air Defense Artillery Battalion at Fort Bliss, Texas, and was eventually assigned to duty with the Battalion S-4...

General Hospelhorn was born in Hudson, Illinois, on 3 January 1921, and began his military career as an Infantry private in 1943. He graduated from Engineer Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in 1944, and from there served as a platoon leader and...

Colonel Jackson entered the U.S. Army during World War II, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Artillery upon graduating from Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in July 1942. He was assigned to Italy as a Commander in Battery B, 597th Field...

Colonel Kirshrot began his military career as an Enlisted Soldier at Camp Lee, Virginia, in March 1942. He attended basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and after graduating from Quartermaster Officer Candidate School was commissioned second lieutenant in 1943....

General Van Lydegraf graduated from the University of Oregon in 1944, the same year he completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Infantry. He immediately joined the 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry...

CSM Shepherd entered military service at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in April 1960, and attended Advanced Individual Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. His subsequent military education included graduating from the Primary Leadership Development Course, Basic and...

General Wright was born on 10 August 1944, in Houston, Texas. After attending Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. His education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of...

CSM D’Amato enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 1943. Following eight weeks of Infantry basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, he volunteered for airborne school, and upon earning his wings was assigned to the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment in France. His team...

General Gerace graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1941 and received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. During World War II, he distinguished himself as an Officer in the 543rd Quartermaster Group, European Theater, and stayed in...

Colonel Horn was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps on 15 June 1956, and spent his two years detailed as an Infantry Company Commander. Over the remaining twenty-six years of active duty service, he held ever increasing positions of...

Colonel Hulsey entered the U.S. Army on 11 July 1941, five months before Pearl Harbor, attended Infantry Officer Candidate School and was commissioned Second Lieutenant upon graduation in November 1942. In the last two years of the war, he served as an Infantry...

Mr. Kowalcyzk served as an active-duty Quartermaster officer for thirty years, from 1954 until his retirement as a Colonel in 1984. He then had a second very distinguished career as a Senior Executive Service Civilian in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for...

CW5 Revels entered the Army in 1958, serving twelve years as an Enlisted Soldier before being commissioned a Quartermaster Warrant Officer in August 1970. He served in the latter capacity until his retirement in April 1995 – for a total of 37 years active-duty...

CW5 Zimmerman began his military career as an Enlisted Soldier at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 1960. Following his discharge in 1963, he served with the Georgia Army National Guard until he was recalled to active duty as a Supply Warrant Officer in August 1967. He...

Colonel Bartlett was drafted into the Army in May 1966 and was commissioned through Quartermaster Officer Candidate School in May 1967. After successive tours as a platoon leader and company commander in Europe (1967-69), he studied Vietnamese at the Defense Language...

General Beale graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Caroline, in June 1964, with an Economics degree. A distinguished military graduate in the ROTC program, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. During his 32 years...

General Dreska graduated from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, in 1960, with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics, and later earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a graduate of the...

After graduating from North Georgia College ROTC in June 1963, Major General Guest entered service as an Infantry second lieutenant. As a company grade officer he served as a platoon leader with the Berlin Brigade in Germany (1963-65) and commanded the 600th...

Colonel Saulnier saw enlisted service in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1955 to 1962. He became a distinguished military graduate from the University of Rhode Island ROTC program and was commissioned an Infantry second lieutenant in 1962. During his 23 years of...

General Stalcup was born in Butler, Tennessee, on 3 February 1935, and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from East Tennessee State University. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1958, he served over 30 years as an active duty officer, until his...