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David Mastran
Upon graduation from West Point, David Mastran was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force. He served a year in Vietnam assessing the bombing campaign, followed by a tour in the Air Force Operations Analysis Office at the Pentagon. After leaving the service, he worked as a civilian in the Departments of Defense and Health, Education, and Welfare, and as a consultant in the private sector. He then founded Maximus, Inc., a company that provides business services to government agencies, as well as Quaver Music, which creates technology products for use in music education. Here, he discusses the experiences and values that have enabled him to succeed in his many endeavors.
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Sandy Thames
Resilience and Community – an Army Spouse during the Vietnam Era
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Joe Anderson
Joe Anderson: Furthering the Ideals of West Point
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Rosemarie (Stanton) Kuhn
A Homecoming Queen Comes Home To West Point: The Love Story Of Rosemarie And Dave Kuhn ‘65
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Tadahiko Ono
A Japanese-American Gymnastics Team Captain At West Point In The 1960s
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Robert Campbell Jones
Survival and Determination in the Hanoi Hilton
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Joseph (and Lynne) DeFrancisco
“Gladly Accepting Hard Missions”: In Vietnam, Panama, and Beyond
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Dennis Coll
“West Point, A Way Of Life”: A Life Of Service And Giving Back To The Academy
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Paul Bucha
The Final Test: Courage and Commitment During and After the Vietnam War
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Joseph R. Barkley
A Vietnam Vet on War, Business, and the Twin Towers
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Patty Shinseki
“When You Help Others, The Returns Are Multiplied”: Caring For Army Families
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Gilbert Curl and Virginia Hemingway Curl
“Values Carried Through Life”: West Point, Vietnam, And Reunions
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James S. Conley
Translating Military Experience Into Corporate Success
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Harry Dermody
"Carry This Forward": Exemplifying West Point's Ideals of Selfless Service
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Charles (Chuck) H. Moseley Jr.
A Combat Engineer In Vietnam Becomes A Leader In Nuclear Power Back Home
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Dean Loftin
Principles of Leadership: From Leading Troops in Combat to Testing Complex Weapons Systems
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Kent Brown
Life Is A Highway: A Professional Engineer From The Class Of ’65 Reflects On Combat, Construction, And Community
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Paul Bucha
Symbols Versus Substance: Heroism and the Cult of Celebrity
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Thomas S. Abraham Jr.
“When You Get Tired Of Losing, You’ll Start Winning”: Success At West Point, In The Army, And In Business
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Robert Radcliffe
Leadership Challenges: Combat, Cadet Honor Scandals, And Recruiting An All-Volunteer Army
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David Mastran
Service and Success: A Lifetime of Analysis and Innovation
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Dan Christman
Continuing to Give Back: A Former Superintendent's Post-Army Career
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Eric Shinseki
“A Chance To Care For People”: Service As The Chief Of Staff And The Secretary Of Veterans Affairs
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Carl Roland “Rollie” Stichweh
Upon The Friendly Fields of Strife: Army Football, Leadership, and Character Development
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Charles F. “Skip” O’Donnell III
“The Best Feeling I Ever Had”: Saving American Lives With Artillery In Vietnam
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Frederick Smith
The Challenges of Protecting the “Street Without Joy”
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Bruce Clarke
Expendable Warriors: One Soldier’s Perspective On The Battle Of Khe Sanh
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Tadahiko Ono
“Strength And Drive”: A Japanese-American Gymnast And Engineer
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Fredric Laughlin
“People Died Because We Tried To Save Face:” Disillusioned With The Vietnam War, But Not With West Point
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John Longhouser
An Army Gymnast On Discipline And Leadership On The Battlefield And In Industry
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Robert T. Frank
Fighting and Surviving the Vietnam War
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Dan Christman
West Point and Beyond: Trial and Leadership in the Modern Age
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Stephen C. Darrah
“I Did Everything I Could To Bring Everybody Home”: An Attack Helicopter Pilot In Vietnam
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Frederick R. Grates
“My Life Is A Series Of Happy Incidents”: Memories Of A Dustoff Pilot
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Christopher Needels
“Go With Your Heart”: Strike A Balance And Find Your Path In The Army
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Ralph Locurcio
“Have The Courage To March To A Different Tune”: Life As A Civil Engineer In The Army And In The Community
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Robert Wolff
Dedicated To Service: Leading Transformation As An Army Engineer, A DOD Civilian, And Curator Of The West Point Jewish Chapel
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Jim Wood
Principled, Wide-Ranging Leadership: Observations From Three Decades In The Army
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John M. Pickler
A Lifetime of Leadership: Standards, Respect, and Competence
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Thomas Barron
Change Over Time in Post-Colonial Africa and the Business World
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Tom Kovach
“We Took A Vote To Die”: Fighting Side By Side With ARVN Rangers
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Donald E. Nowland
“Make The Most Of What You Have”: Overcoming Tragedy And Standing On Principle
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Preston Motes
“I Always Liked Where I Was”: Air Defense In The U.S., Greece, Vietnam, And Germany
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James Golden
“Responsibility Beyond The Narrow Scope Assigned”: Reflections From The Head Of The Social Sciences Department
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Sherry Gill
The Military is A Family: Observations on Taking Care of People
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John Harrington
From Rice Paddies To The Pentagon: A Multi-Faceted Career
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Robert A. Doughty
“Fighting The Wolves At The Door”: From Advisor In Vietnam To Department Head At West Point
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Ken Yoshitani
Broad Horizons: An Engineer Officer Reflects on West Point, Vietnam, and Lifelong Learning
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Dennis P. Cicconetti & Ron Riley
The Conscientious Objector And The Platoon Leader
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Russ Campbell
An Artillery Forward Observer in Vietnam
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John Alger
“Dai Uy, I Could Have Killed Those Children” Combat Ethics in Vietnam
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A. Ross Wollen
Recollections Of Interviewing President Eisenhower In 1964
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Clair Frederick Gill
“A Mighty Fine Pile of Rock”: An Engineer Officer On Building Infrastructure and Leaders
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Art Hester
Toward Diversity: An African-American at West Point in the 1960s
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Karl Savatiel
“Breaking Bread Was A Great Way To Make Relationships”: Forming Friendships That Last A Lifetime
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Stephen Bliss
“A Monumental Undertaking”: Supplying the Vietnam War
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Diane Barkley
Married to the Army
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Joe Anderson
Before and After "The Anderson Platoon": A Lifetime of Leadership, Service, and Achievement
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David B. Kuhn
“Low And Slow Over The Ho Chi Minh Trail”: Flying An AC119K In Vietnam
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