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Title: Army's first female four-star general named 2019 Thayer Award recipient
Post by: rangerrebew on April 26, 2019, 11:12:36 am

Army's first female four-star general named 2019 Thayer Award recipient


By MICHAEL RANDALL | The Times Herald-Record | Published: April 25, 2019

WEST POINT, N.Y. (Tribune News Service) — Gen. Ann Dunwoody, the first woman in U.S. history to achieve the rank of four-star general, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Sylvanus Thayer Award, the West Point Association of Graduates announced this week.

Dunwoody will be presented with the medal at a ceremony at West Point on Oct. 10. She will be honored with a parade by the corps of cadets prior to the ceremony.

https://www.stripes.com/news/army/army-s-first-female-four-star-general-named-2019-thayer-award-recipient-1.578534 (https://www.stripes.com/news/army/army-s-first-female-four-star-general-named-2019-thayer-award-recipient-1.578534)