John A. Wickham Jr. John Adams Wickham Jr. is a retired United States Army general who served as the United States Army Chief of Staff from 1983 to 1987.Early life and education Wickham was born on June 25, 1928, in Dobbs Ferry, New York . He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1950, where he later served as a social sciences instructor, from 1956 to 1960.Military career Upon graduation from the Military Academy in 1950, Wickham was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 18th Infantry Regiment and then the 6th Infantry Regiment in Berlin. He served as a platoon leader and company executive officer in the 511th Airborne Infantry Regiment and served as an aide-de-camp to the commander in the 37th Infantry Division and 10th Infantry Division . He received master's degrees in economics and government from Harvard University and was a graduate of the National War College and Armed Forces Staff College . Wickham then served as operations officer of the 1st Battle Group, 5th Cavalry, in Korea, and was executive officer to Chief of Staff of the United States Army , General Harold Johnson . Later he commanded in combat the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment , 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam , where he was seriously wounded by a satchel charge explosive. Wickham spent over a year in the hospital recovering. He later commanded the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division in Germany. Wickham returned to Vietnam as the Deputy Chief of Staff , Military Assistance Command, Vietnam , and was responsible for negotiating release of all prisoners of war . He then commanded the 101st Airborne Division , was director of the Joint Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , and afterward, as a four-star general, became Commander in Chief of the United Nations Command and Commander of the United States Forces Korea and Eighth Army in Korea. In 1979, Wickham played a leading role in calming political tensions after the assassination of South Korean President Park Chung Hee , and wrote a book Korea on the Brink about the dangerous period. He also served as senior military assistant to Secretaries of Defense James R. Schlesinger and Donald Rumsfeld . In 1983, President Ronald Reagan appointed Wickham Chief of Staff of the United States Army.Later work Wickham retired from the United States Army in 1987 after 37 years of active service. He was twice awarded the Silver Star for battlefield valor, as well as the Bronze Star Medal for valor, the Purple Heart , ten Air Medals, four Legions of Merit , four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, two Army Distinguished Service Medals, a Navy Distinguished Service Medal and Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , the Combat Infantryman Badge , Expert Infantryman Badge , Parachutist Badge , and 21 foreign decorations, including the Republic of Korea's highest military decoration. He was named by Army Times as one of the ten leaders who most changed the United States Army. The Association of Graduates United States Military Academy presented him with the Distinguished Graduate Award in 2005, and he received the Infantry Doughboy Award in 2006. Wickham served as Town Council President in Sun City, Arizona and as an elder at Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona. He served as Chairman of the Board for Honeywell Federal Systems and Nortel Federal Systems, and as director of several other corporations. He was named vice chairman for the United States-China National Committee and has served as a member of the Secretary of Defense Policy Board. He is also active in the United Way, and a member of the Alfalfa Club , and Council on Foreign Relations . For the past 20 years he continues as the Military and Foreign Affairs speaker on The Buckmaster Show, KVOI radio in Tucson, Arizona. In his autobiography My American Journey , General Colin Powell mentioned serving with Wickham and praised him as "every inch a Soldier".Awards and decorations
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