George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.

George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.

at the end of World War II.

Colonel Moseley retired in 1946 but, for reasons of his expertise on China, returned to serve with HQ Far East Command during the Korean War. Later he served as Commandant of Cadets at Norwich University. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart and died in 1976 in Montague, Massachusetts. [cite book | last = Crookenden | first = Napier | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dropzone Normandy: The Story of the American and British Airborne Assault on D Day 1944 | publisher = Scribner | date = 1976 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

ee also

References

*Register of Graduates, USMA
*Alfred Cormbise,(2004) The United States 15th Infantry Regiment in China, 1912-1938, McFarland & Co.
*Greenfield, Mass. RECORDER, Dec 7, 1976
*Springfield, Mass. MORNING UNION, Dec 7, 1976
*Historical and Pictorial Review of the Parachute Battalions, US Army, Ft Benning, Ga, 1942
*Lynchburg News Advance, Lynchburg, Va, 13 September 1944
*http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/502/502.html


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