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		GEN Hugh Shelton (Ret.) General Retired General Shelton was born in Tarboro, NC on January 2, 1942.  He served two tours in Vietnam with 5th Special Forces Group.  After the Gulf War he commanded one of the most prestigious units in the world, the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  General Shelton is a highly decorated officer earning a Purple Heart, a bronze star with 3 oak leaf clusters and combat V device, an army commendation medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, and many others.  General Shelton has earned many badges to include, the combat infantryman’s badge, air assault, pathfinder, Ranger tab, and Special Forces tab, along with others.  Upon retirement, General Shelton was appointed to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he served until 2001.
		GEN Daniel K. McNeill General Retired General McNeill was born in Warsaw, North Carolina on July 23, 1946.  General McNeill attended North Carolina State University and upon commission served in the Army from 1968 – 2008 and held many command positions.  Some of the commands that he held are the International Security Assistance Force, US. Army Forces Command, Combined Joint Task Force-180, XVIII Airborne Corps and the 82nd Airborne Division.  General McNeill served in the Vietnam War, the invasion of Panama, the Gulf War, and the War in Afghanistan.  General McNeill has numerous awards and decorations some of which are, the Army Distinguished Service Medal with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster, legion of merit with 4 bronze oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters, Expert Infantryman Badge, United States Aviator Badge, Special Forces Tab, and various others.
		Major General William C. Lee Major General Retired Major General William Lee was born on March 12, 1895 in Dunn, North Carolina.  He attended Wake Forest University and North Carolina State University, the latter of the two is where he received his commission from in 1917.  Major General Lee served in World War I with the American Expeditionary Force in France.  He organized the first paratroop platoon and became the first commander of the new parachute school at Fort Benning, Georgia.  Major General Lee earned the Distinguished Service Medal for his early leadership of Airborne Forces.  In August of 1942, Major General Lee became the first commander of the 101st Airborne Division in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.  He assisted in the planning of the D-Day drops into Normandy.  Major General Lee trained with his soldiers in order to prepare for the airborne operation and right before the D-Day invasion he got sent back to the states due to a heart attack or a stroke.  He was replaced by General Maxwell Taylor and to honor their “father” the paratroopers yelled out “Bill Lee!” as they jumped on D-Day.  After all of Major General Lee’s contributions to the paratroopers and his leadership, he achieved the title of “Father of the U.S. Airborne”.
		BG William C. Kirkland Commander, 88th Regional Support Group Class of 1976, Commanded troops in diverse assignments to include: A Troop, 3rd Squadron, 337th Cavalry Regiment; 2nd Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment; 1st Battalion, 84th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 84th Division (Training); 1st Brigade, Infantry One Station Unit Training, 84th Division (Institutional Training.)