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2747651Bectonhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/becton-9781612515564/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2200231/409dc578-1b5d-41de-a8d7-ddc470869d9b.jpg?v=638383647298930000354491MXNNaval Institute PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>This autobiography, published in cooperation with the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), highlights Lieutenant General Bectons remarkable career, reflects on his youth, his almost forty years of service in the U.S. Army, and his subsequent civilian appointments. Devotion to leadership, education, service, race, and his spiritual upbringing are all central themes in the book. Becton enlisted in a segregated Army at age eighteen and rose to the rank of lieutenant general over the course of nearly four decades. After receiving his commission as a second lieutenant of infantry, he subsequently fought with distinction in the Korean War. Integrated into the Regular Army in 1951, he went on to earn degrees in mathematics and economics and held combat commands in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam and the legendary 1st Cavalry Division in 197576. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1978, he served as commanding general of the U.S. VII Corps in Germany and deputy commander of Training and Doctrine Command and the Army Inspector of Training before retiring in 1983. Following retirement, he entered fields of international disaster assistance, emergency management, and education. In 2007 Becton was selected to receive the George Catlett Marshall Medal, the highest award presented by the AUSA for being a "soldier, combat commander, administrator, educator, public servant, government leader, and role model.</p>...2683479Becton354491https://www.gandhi.com.mx/becton-9781612515564/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2200231/409dc578-1b5d-41de-a8d7-ddc470869d9b.jpg?v=638383647298930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20089781612515564_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9781612515564_<p>This autobiography highlights Lt. Gen. Bectons remarkable career and reveals the influences that contributed to his success. It reflects on his youth in the suburban Philadelphia area, his parental and family influences, and his almost forty years of service in the U.S. Army and in subsequent civilian appointments.</p><p>Becton entered a segregated Army at age eighteen and over nearly forty years rose to the rank of lieutenant general. He is veteran of WWII, the Korean and Vietnam wars. He commanded at every level in the Army from platoon commander to commanding general of the US VII Corps in Germany. Following retirement from the Army in 1983 he entered fields of international disaster assistance, emergency management, and education. Becton joined the Reagan administration in 1984 as Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance for the Agency for International Development. From 1985 to 1989 he was director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He subsequently served as the fifth president of Prairie View A&M University. His final civilian post was as CEO/Superintendent of schools in Washington, DC.</p><p>His spiritual upbringing, race relations in America, and his devotion to leadership, education and service are all central themes in this inspiring book.</p>9781612515564_Naval Institute Presslibro_electonico_063f4f0f-cd52-3e63-af22-e73e188fd3e7_9781612515564;9781612515564_9781612515564Julius WesleyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-edf5a127-c9db-4463-8fe7-8035f40190f9.epub2008-02-15T00:00:00+00:00Naval Institute Press