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John C. Metzler, Jr. (born September 12, 1947), is an American civil servant who was Superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, from 1991 to 2010.〔Pickert,"A Field of Trees and Bones," ''Lost'' December 2005.〕〔"McHugh Strengthens Management, Oversight at Arlington National Cemetery," press release, United States Army, June 10, 2010.〕 He achieved notoriety in the press at the end of his tenure due to the Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy. ==Early life== John C. Metzler, Jr. was born in 1947 to John C. Metzler, Sr. and his wife, Bernadette.〔"Obituaries," ''Orlando Sentinel,'' May 31, 1990.〕 He was one of four sons.〔〔 He attended Fort Myer Elementary School (now closed) and Patrick Henry Elementary School, and graduated from Wakefield High School.〔Phibbs, "On Sacred Grounds," ''Washington Times,'' October 11, 1994.〕 Metzler first moved to Arlington National Cemetery in 1951 at the age of four when his father was named the cemetery's Superintendent.〔〔Ruane, "Arlington Cemetery's Longtime Superintendent to Retire in July," ''Washington Post,'' May 20, 2010.〕〔Griffith, "Arlington Welcomes Native Son," ''Washington Post,'' February 17, 1991.〕 His father, John C. Metzler, Sr., presided over the burial of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, an event the younger Metzler remembers watching while standing next to his father.〔 Metzler says he used to play among the tombstones and trees, used to ride a sled down the cemetery's snow-covered hills, and had an "uncanny ease" with the ceremony and procedures of military burial.〔〔〔 Cemetery personnel often permitted him to climb on the caisson or ride the ceremonial riderless horse after funerals there.〔 His favorite places were the warehouse (where he would talk to the repairmen), his father's office in the administration building, and the overlook facing the Washington Monument on the grounds of Arlington House.〔〔 Metzler lived in the cemetery until he was 19 years old.〔〔 He joined the United States Army in 1966, and served as a helicopter chief in the Vietnam War.〔〔〔Hutchinson, "Memory's Caretaker," ''Sarasota Herald Tribune,'' May 25, 2009.〕 Metzler left the Army after three years.〔 Metzler's first civilian job was repairing airplanes and helicopters.〔〔 Initially, it did not seem possible for him to assume the same position as his father, as a federal law required that the Superintendent be a disabled veteran. This law was changed in 1973.〔〔 With more than half of all federal cemetery managers due to retire soon, Metzler's father suggested that he begin training in cemetery management.〔〔 He served a one-year apprenticeship Beverly National Cemetery in New Jersey.〔 He rose within the military cemetery management ranks over the years, serving at cemeteries in Arkansas, California, New York, and South Dakota.〔 His last position before joining Arlington National Cemetery was as area director for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, where he oversaw operations at 40 national military cemeteries.〔〔〔〔 Metzler and his wife, Kathy, have three sons.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John C. Metzler, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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