Henry E. Emerson Military person

Henry Everett "Hank" Emerson (born May 28, 1925) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general best known for being the commander of the 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea during the mid-1970s, when Colin Powell served as a battalion commander. Emerson is a 1947 graduate of the United States Military Academy.

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Birth dateMay 28, 1925

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award
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Silver Star
military operations
Vietnam War
military command
24px 2nd Infantry Division
24px XVIII Airborne Corps
service start1943
service end1977

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Henry E. Emerson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=rKNN3PV2kX8C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=onepage&q=Emerson&f=false
  2. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/utils/getfile/collection/p4013coll11/id/1636/filename/1637.pdf
  3. http://militarytimes.com/citations-medals-awards/recipient.php?recipientid=7481
  4. http://www.aarpmagazine.org/people/colin_powell.html