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Oct 4, 2023

Lt. Gen. Claudius “Bud” Watts III (1936–2023), past president of The Citadel 

Lt. Gen. Claudius “Bud” Watts III was a United States Air Force veteran who served as president of The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina, from 1989 to 1996.

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Oct 18, 2021

Colin Powell (1937–2021), four-star general and former Secretary of State

Colin Powell was a four-star general in the U.S. Army who went on to become National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the first Black U.S. Secretary of State.

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Oct 11, 2021

Raymond T. Odierno (1954–2021), former U.S. Army chief of staff

Raymond T. Odierno was a U.S. Army general who helped shape the Iraq War and became the Army’s chief of staff.

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Dec 8, 2020

Chuck Yeager (1923–2020), first human to go faster than the speed of sound

Chuck Yeager was a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general who was the first human to break the sound barrier.

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Jun 24, 2019

Robert Friend (1920–2019), one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Robert Friend directed the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigating UFOs.

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Jan 31, 2019

Rosemary Mariner (1953–2019), first female navy fighter pilot

First woman to command an operational air squadron.

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Jul 31, 2018

Alene Duerk (1920 – 2018), Navy’s first female rear admiral

Enlisted in the Navy Nurse Corps during World War II and ascended the ranks over 30 years.

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