He also led the Carolina Financial Corporation when it became a public company.
Military Leaders
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A retired four-star general, he helped found the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, N.C.
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He was the first Black U.S. Secretary of State.
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He was one of the architects of the Iraq War.
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Yeager tested the boundaries of flight, achieving ever-greater speed records.
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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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First woman to command an operational air squadron.
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Enlisted in the Navy Nurse Corps during World War II and ascended the ranks over 30 years.