by Amy McClure | Aug 5, 2022
General Thompson had five years enlisted service prior to receiving a direct commission. As a Second Lieutenant, Quartermaster, in 1969. A career logistician, he commanded the Headquarters company, 329th Supply and Service Battalion, the 520th Maintenance...
by Amy McClure | Aug 5, 2022
General Mahan was commissioned as a Quartermaster Second Lieutenant in 1968 following his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point. His phenomenal career spanned over thirty five years that includes operational service during Vietnam, the...
by Amy McClure | Aug 5, 2022
LTC Horn, the son of a circuit-riding minister, was born in Dorton, Pike County Kentucky in March I903. During his childhood, he lived in poverty and was sent to the deep shaft mines at the age of twelve. At sixteen, he was a gandy dancer on the Baltimore and Ohio...
by Amy McClure | Aug 5, 2022
CW5 Meeks entered the Army Reserve on August 23, 1965, at the age of eighteen and began his 41 years of military career in the 398th Engineer Company, Greenville, North Carolina. CW5 Meeks entered basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and completed his...
by Amy McClure | Aug 5, 2022
First Sergeant Shipp enlisted in the Army in 1984, and embarked on a 27 year career of dedicated military service. He served in multiple stateside and overseas locations in key leadership positions at all levels up to his final assignment as the First Sergeant for a...
