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W. Russell Todd
William Russell Todd (May 1, 1928 – February 12, 2023) was a United States Army major general who served as commander of the 1st Cavalry Division (United States), 1st Cavalry Division from 1976 to 1978. He graduated from Norwich University in 1950, and was the university's president from 1982 to 1992. Biography Todd was born in Seattle, Washington, on May 1, 1928. He graduated from Norwich University in 1950, and received his commission as a second lieutenant of cavalry in the United States Army. He led an Armor platoon in Korea during the Korean War. In 1964, Todd received a master of business administration degree from the University of Alabama. He subsequently commanded 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, after which he attended the Naval War College. After graduating, he commanded 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (United States), 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. From November 1976 to November 1978, Todd was commander of the 1st Cavalry Divisio ...
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Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the U.S. state, state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Nat ...
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was United States in the Vietnam War, supported by the United States and other anti-communism, anti-communist Free World Military Forces, allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. After the French 1954 Geneva Conference, military withdrawal from Indochina in 1954 – following their defeat in the First Indochina War – the Viet Minh to ...
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United States Army Personnel Of The Vietnam War
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