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Eric Shinseki
Eric Ken Shinseki (; born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-2014). His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Stars for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was both the first Asian-American four-star general (1997) and then the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
==Early life and education==
Shinseki was born in Lihue, Kauai, in the then Territory of Hawaii, to an American family of Japanese ancestry. His grandparents emigrated from Hiroshima to Hawaii in 1901.〔Obata, Hiroshi. ( 両祖父母は広島出身 ) ("Shinseki: both grandparents are from Hiroshima"). ''Hiroshima Peace Media'' (Japan). January 30, 2009〕 He grew up in a sugar plantation community on Kaua'i and graduated from Kaua'i High and Intermediate School in 1960.〔 While attending Kaua'i he was active in the Boy Scouts and served as class president.〔 As a boy, Shinseki learned that three of his uncles had served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a unit of Japanese Americans that became one of the most decorated fighting units in United States history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1502787/Eric-K-Shinseki )〕 Motivated by his uncles' example, he attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant. He earned a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Duke University. He was also educated at the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the National War College.
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