George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.

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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. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1927, and served in Tientsin, China with the 15th Infantry Regiment during the 1930's. He commanded, trained and jumped into Normandy with the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment on D-Day 1944. He was injured on the jump and returned to the United States to command the 2d Parachute Training Regiment at Fort Benning, Georgia. He attended the Naval War College at the end of World War II. 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.

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• Register of Graduates, USMA