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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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Aug 8, 2023
Gen. James J. Lindsay (1932–2023), Special Operations Command leader
James J. Lindsay was a retired four-star general in the United States Army who served as Special Operations Command (SOCOM)'s first leader and helped found the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.
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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.
