George Van Horn Moseley, Jr. was born in San Antonio, Texas in January 1905, the son of George Van Horn Moseley and Alice Austin Moseley. George Van Horn Moseley (born in Evanston Illinois, on September 28 1874 died November 7 1960 was a United States Army general He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1927, and served in Tientsin, China with the 15th Infantry Regiment during the 1930's. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, ( Postal map spelling: Tientsin) is the second largest city in northern coastal China. He commanded, trained and jumped into Normandy with the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment on D-Day 1944. During World War II, the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment ( 502nd PIR) was a Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States He was injured on the jump and returned to the United States to command the 2d Parachute Training Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia. Fort Benning is a United States Army post located southwest He attended the Naval War College at the end of World War II. The Naval War College (NWC is an education and research institution of the United States Navy that specializes in developing ideas for Naval warfare and passing them He retired in 1946 but returned to serve with HQ Far East Command during the Korean War. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart and died in 1976 in Montague, Massachusetts. The Legion of Merit is a military decoration of the United States armed forces that is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving Montague is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Register of Graduates, USMA