Êtes-vous un étudiant de l'EPFL à la recherche d'un projet de semestre?
Travaillez avec nous sur des projets en science des données et en visualisation, et déployez votre projet sous forme d'application sur GraphSearch.
Concept
Don C. Faith Jr.
Résumé
Don Carlos Faith Jr. (August 26, 1918 – December 1, 1950) was an officer in the United States Army during World War II and the Korean War. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Korea from November 27, through December 1, 1950. In 1976 LTC Faith was posthumously inducted into the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Faith was born in Washington, Indiana on 26 August 1918, the son of Brigadier General Don Carlos Faith. He was found medically unfit for admission to United States Military Academy, and instead enrolled at Georgetown University.
With America's entry into the Second World War approaching, Congress passed the Selective Service Act in 1940. Don Faith was called in for his draft physical, but was rejected for the same dental disqualification that thwarted his admission to the United States Military Academy. However, Faith was able to successfully appeal the draft board's decision, and he was inducted on June 25, 1941 following graduation from Georgetown University, where he was a brother of Delta Phi Epsilon, Professional Foreign Service Fraternity. After completion of Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned on February 26, 1942.
Lieutenant Faith was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and spent the remainder of the war with the division. He served as both an aide to Brigadier General Matthew Ridgway, commander of the 82nd from 1942−1944, and as a staff officer in the division. In addition to participating in all of the division's combat jumps during the war in North Africa, Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Germany, Faith was awarded two Bronze Stars and was promoted to lieutenant colonel, on the staff of Major General Maxwell D. Taylor.
After World War II, Faith served with the military mission in China until it was withdrawn. His next assignment was with the 7th Infantry Division in Japan as a battalion commander. When the war in Korea broke out during the summer of 1950, Faith and the 7th Infantry were sent to help stop the invasion of South Korea.
Source officielle
À propos de ce résultat
Cette page est générée automatiquement et peut contenir des informations qui ne sont pas correctes, complètes, à jour ou pertinentes par rapport à votre recherche. Il en va de même pour toutes les autres pages de ce site. Veillez à vérifier les informations auprès des sources officielles de l'EPFL.