Gen. Merrill McPeak named chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission
Retired Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, on Friday was named chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission .As chairman, McPeak, 75, will lead the federal agency's management of American memorial cemeteries abroad, including Normandy American Cemetery in France.
McPeak, a Lake Oswego resident, flew combat missions in Vietnam and performed demonstrations in Thunderbird airshows and commanded the 20th Fighter Wing, the Twelfth Air Force and the Pacific Air Forces. He then served four years as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
After retiring, McPeak made a second career as an investor and a director of several public and private companies.
President Barack Obama appointed McPeak to the nine-member commission in July 2010. McPeak follows a line of chairmen who were also four-star generals.
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Merrill McPeak, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, was named chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission. As chairman, McPeak, 75, will lead the federal agency's management of American memorial cemeteries abroad, including Normandy
The monument to the Rangers and German observation bunker it sits upon had been closed to the public for a decade because of safety concerns from decades of cliff erosion. A nearly $5 million project of the American Battle Monuments Commission
Over the years we had shared with the American Battle Monuments Commission that we had complaints," says Gene Castagnetti, Director of Punchbowl Cemetery. Those complaints have now been answered. $945000 in federal funding has been set aside to build 4
McPeak is former a Chief of Staff of the US Air Force and a career fighter pilot. He was recently named chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission. >>Lake Oswego City Hall is hosting a blood drive on Friday. Interested donors can register at
6/4/2011 11:26 PM Belleau, France-The Aisne-Marne Memorial, located southwest of the village of Belleau, France, was built by the American Battle Monuments Commission to commemorate the 1060 departed who were never found or identified.
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Isaac “Ike” Skelton represented Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District from 1977 until early 2011 and is currently a partner at the law firm of Husch Blackwell LLP. During his career, Mr. Skelton chaired the House Armed Services Committee and was instrumental in bringing the Army Engineer School to Fort Leonard Wood and the B-2 Stealth bomber to Whiteman Air Force Base, both of which are located in his district. Before serving in Congress, Mr. Skelton was a State Senator from 1971 until 1976, and a Special Assistant Attorney General in Missouri from 1961 to 1963. He received his Associate of Arts degree from the Wentworth Military Academy and Junior College and his Bachelor’s degree and LL.B. from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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American battle monuments commission, Hearings before the Committee on foreign affairs, House of representatives, Sixty-seventh Congress, second and third sessions, on H.R. 9634 and H.R. 10801, for the creation of an American battle monuments commission to erect suitable memorials commemorating the services of the American soldier in Europe. March 15-20, November 28, December 7-9, 1922
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