Squadron7 said:

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I distinctly remember something in one of the Stephen Ambrose books about Rudder jumping up and down shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" after scaling the cliff at Pont du Hoc.

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Squadron7 said:

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I distinctly remember something in one of the Stephen Ambrose books about Rudder jumping up and down shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" after scaling the cliff at Pont du Hoc.

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Squadron7 said:

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I distinctly remember something in one of the Stephen Ambrose books about Rudder jumping up and down shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" after scaling the cliff at Pont du Hoc.

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Even funnier if you know that Rudder basically blew off Cornelius Ryan when Ryan was collecting stories for The Longest Day.

In addition, Rudder had an unwritten policy of "Rangers don't need medals". There is a book That Fool Lieutenant by Edlin (name if both from memory, so probably wrong). He describes being put up for a MOH and talking to Rudder about it. Rudder told him no other Ranger had a MOH, so Edlin refused his.

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Irish_Man said:

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What did he do during the battle of the bulge?

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Squadron7 said:

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Squadron7 said:

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I distinctly remember something in one of the Stephen Ambrose books about Rudder jumping up and down shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" after scaling the cliff at Pont du Hoc.

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Even funnier if you know that Rudder basically blew off Cornelius Ryan when Ryan was collecting stories for The Longest Day.

In addition, Rudder had an unwritten policy of "Rangers don't need medals". There is a book That Fool Lieutenant by Edlin (name if both from memory, so probably wrong). He describes being put up for a MOH and talking to Rudder about it. Rudder told him no other Ranger had a MOH, so Edlin refused his.

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Plus....Rudder did some pretty important stuff during the Battle of the Bulge that really didn't come out until the Hatfield bio.six years ago.

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Following two months of moving into France, Colonel Rudder was given the command of the 109th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division on December 8, 1944 the eve of the Battle of the Bulge. The 109th was placed into offensive action at once, defending against a crippling German assault into the Hurtgen Forest and the Ardennes. Rudder entrenched his exposed left flank and armed to stop the German advance to Luxembourg. As the enemy moved down the Sure River, Rudder devised a delaying action and counter attack that halted and defeated the German advance at Grosbous and thus, proved a major factor in preventing the enemy from taking Bastogne at Christmas. Following this action, the U.S. Army formed "Task Force Rudder" to eliminate all enemy forces on the south side of the Sure River and west of the Oure River in advance of General George Patton's Third Army sweeping move into the heart of Germany. In January 1945 the 109th liberated Colmar, France one of the last major cities held by the enemy and liberated by Americans.

"Both the 109th Infantry Regiment and Colonel Rudder are due the rightful recognition for slowing down the German attack that was a major factor in the defense of Bastogne."
Thomas M. Hatfield

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ABATTBQ11 said:

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When did Randy become SECDEF?

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I am working on some research to debunk a couple of **** Medal of Honor fairy tales. I believe only two Medal of Honor recipients claimed by **** actually graduated from A&M. Of course, the biggest **** MOH fairy tale is that the MOH recipients had anything in common with today's ****, but that is a discussion for another day.

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With four former students serving as CEOs of some of the largest companies in the United States, Texas A&M has the most of any university in Texas and is only matched by the University of Michigan. Other schools on the Fortune list include Cornell University and Harvard University, both with three CEO graduates.

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Minor nitpick, TCU is Church of Christ, not Methodist.

And while it's easy to focus on the MOH recipients, countless others had amazing careers. I think the count of flag rank Aggies is now around 270. Countless Ags have received high honors, such as Olin E. Teague, who, speaking of computers, had the computer center at A&M named for him. It was where NASA astronauts came in the 1960s to train on computers, but I guess A&M doesn't know anything about computer science.

We've had CoS of the Air Force, pilots for AF1 and Marine One, Astronauts, etc. etc. An Aggie was the highest ranking combat casualty of Vietnam (Hochmouth). Bernard Shriever '31 achieved four-star rank, and was the father of the Air Force ICBM program.

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JR69 said:

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Minor nitpick, TCU is Church of Christ, not Methodist.

And while it's easy to focus on the MOH recipients, countless others had amazing careers. I think the count of flag rank Aggies is now around 270. Countless Ags have received high honors, such as Olin E. Teague, who, speaking of computers, had the computer center at A&M named for him. It was where NASA astronauts came in the 1960s to train on computers, but I guess A&M doesn't know anything about computer science.

We've had CoS of the Air Force, pilots for AF1 and Marine One, Astronauts, etc. etc. An Aggie was the highest ranking combat casualty of Vietnam (Hochmouth). Bernard Shriever '31 achieved four-star rank, and was the father of the Air Force ICBM program.

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Nope - Disciples of Christ

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CanyonAg77 said:

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Bernard Shriever '31 achieved four-star rank, and was the father of the Air Force ICBM program.

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