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The school can not predict what will happen after our academic influence fades. When the student or employee leaves they leave with the best we had to offer. However, we like to think that in their later lives we had some bearing on their character, thinking and their pursuits in life.

Bruce P. Crandall was a student in 1954 in Wheeler Hall. On the right he is receiving his MOH from President Bush 26 February 2007

Major, Corps of Engineers, while serving as an aviator with 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), La Drang Valley, Vietnam, 14 November 1965. Major Bruce P. Crandall distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism as a Flight Commander in the Republic of Vietnam, while serving with Company A, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). On 14 November 1965, his flight of sixteen helicopters was lifting troops for a search and destroy mission from Plei Me, Vietnam, to Landing Zone X-Ray in the la Drang Valley. On the fourth troop lift, the airlift began to take enemy fire, and by the time the aircraft had refueled and returned for the next troop lift, the enemy had Landing Zone X-Ray targeted. As Major Crandall and the first eight helicopters landed to discharge troops on his fifth troop lift, his unarmed helicopter came under such intense enemy fire that the ground commander ordered the second flight of eight aircraft to abort their mission. As Major Crandall flew back to Plei Me, his base of operations, he determined that the ground commander of the besieged infantry battalion desperately needed more ammunition. Major Crandall then decided to adjust his base of operations to Artillery Firebase Falcon in order to shorten the flight distance to deliver ammunition and evacuate wounded soldiers. While medical evacuation was not his mission, he immediately sought volunteers and with complete disregard for his own personal safety, led the two aircraft to Landing Zone X-Ray. Despite the fact that the landing zone was still under relentless enemy fire, Major Crandall landed and proceeded to supervise the loading of seriously wounded soldiers aboard his aircraft. Major Crandall's voluntary decision to land under the most extreme fire instilled in the other pilots the will and spirit to continue to land their own aircraft, and in the ground forces the realization that they would be re-supplied and that friendly wounded would be promptly evacuated. This greatly enhanced morale and the will to fight at a critical time. After his first medical evacuation, Major Crandall continued to fly into and out of the landing zone throughout the day and into the evening. That day he completed a total of 22 flights, most under intense enemy fire, retiring from the battlefield only after all possible service had been rendered to the Infantry battalion. His actions provided critical resupply of ammunition and evacuation of the wounded. Major Crandall's daring acts of bravery and courage in the face of an overwhelming and determined enemy are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army

All pilots, especially combat pilots have "nicknames". Bruce's was SNAKE. His huey crew gave it to him because he flys lower then snakeshit.

If you saw the 2002 Mel Gipson movie "We were Soldiers" Bruce was played by Greg Kinnear

MOH This site is well worth a few minutes

Crandall's Home Page A truly GREAT site. I spent over on hour in this site and plan on returning as often as I can

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Jeanne Elmore was an employee and Graphic Artist.

Our Jeanne is on the right

Lorena Bobbitt the cutter just under here on the left

Bobbitt During the night of June 23, 1993, John Wayne Bobbitt arrived at the couple's apartment in Manassas, Virginia, highly intoxicated after a night of partying. According to testimony given by Lorena Bobbitt in a 1994 court hearing, he then raped her. Afterwards, Lorena Bobbitt got out of bed and went to the kitchen for a drink of water. According to an article in the National Women's Studies Association Journal, while in the kitchen she noticed a carving knife on the counter and "memories of past domestic abuses raced through her head." Grabbing the knife, Lorena Bobbitt entered the bedroom where John was sleeping and proceeded to cut off almost half of his penis. She then went for a ride and threw it out the window then called 911. After an exhaustive search, the penis was located, packed in ice, and taken to the hospital where John Bobbitt was being treated.The penis was reattached during a nine-and-a-half-hour operation.

Like many of use that receive that dreaded letter to report for “Jury Duty” we most often seek ways to duck that civic duty. Jeanne didn't. She served proudly and listened intently during the two day trial and said her piece during the 6 hour jury deliberation. Although all 12 jurors did not agree on exactly when Lorena Bobbitt snapped, in the end they were unanimous in their belief that she did. "We felt she'd been really abused, a victim. Unfortunately, over a period of time, most of us would be able to react" in a more rational way. "We didn't feel she was strong enough. She had been stripped of everything at that point." "In my mind in a way," Elmore said, "she went after what threatened her most." />

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Manuel Noriega Was a student here before he was a dictator.

Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (Spanish pronunciation: [ma'nwel no'?je?a]; born February 11, 1934) is a Panamanian politician and soldier. Noriega was a career soldier, receiving much of his education at the Military School of Chorrillos in Lima, Peru. He also received intelligence and counterintelligence training at the School of the Americas at the U.S. Army base Fort Gulick in 1967, as well as a course in psychological operations (psyops) at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.School records and fitness report said - "Requires Supervision". His tour at our school is a bit murky. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989.

Depending on who is in power in Washington DC many times dictate who goes to our military US schools

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Leon Van Autreve

Van Autreve attended the Survey Course during WWII and came back to visit the school during his tenure as SMA. Leon L. Van Autreve was the fourth Sergeant Major of the Army. He was sworn in on July 1, 1973 and served until June, 1975. He was born in Eeklo, Belgium, on January 29, 1920 and died March 14, 2002, in San Antonio, Texas

SMA Van Autreve saw increasing the standards of the Army's noncommissioned officer corps as his highest priority. As part of the rejuvenation of the NCO Corps, SMA Van Autreve gave NCOs more voice in command decisions, reduced the Army's reliance on soldiers' councils, increased professional standards for NCOs, developed the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, and encouraged NCOs to have the moral courage to police their own ranks.

Sergeant Major Van Autreve attended George Washington University, University of Toledo, University of Maryl and Alaska Methodist University, and was a member of Phi Alpha Theta.

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Carlos Sellers

Carlos was the School SGM in the very early '90s. Carlos Loved to fish and took that to another level (professional) post retirement:

You can see more of Carlos here

As a PS, Carlos has not quit his day job - yet.

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Charles William Vincent Lundmark

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