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|branch= |serviceyears=1945-1980 |rank= 34px Major General |commands= First United States Army 25px 2nd Armored Division 25px 24th Infantry Regiment 25px 4th Infantry Division 25px MACV |battles=World War II Korean War Vietnam War |awards=30px Distinguished Service Medal (2) 30px Silver Star 30px Legion of Merit (3) 30px Bronze Star (2) with "V" Device 30px Purple Heart 30px Air Medal 30px Army Commendation Medal (2) 50px Combat Infantry Badge 2nd Award |laterwork= }} Oliver Williams Dillard, Sr. (born September 28, 1926) was a retired United States Army major general, the fifth black officer in the U.S. Army to attain flag rank. He was a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame and Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame, at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Fort Benning, Georgia respectively. General Dillard became the first black graduate of the National War College in 1965. He also served as the first black general officer in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, the last J2 (senior Intelligence officer) for the U.S. Military Assistance Command – Vietnam, the first U.S. Army Forces Command Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, and the first black Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence for the U.S. Army Europe. Dillard retired from the U.S. Army in 1980, after a career spanning 34 years. ==Early life== Born in Margaret, Alabama, Dillard was the son of Josiephine Dillard (née Williams) and Stonewall Jackson Dillard. His father was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute and a school teacher. In 1942, Oliver graduated Valedictorian from Fairfield Industrial High School in Fairfield, Alabama, and received a scholarship to Tuskegee Institute. One of Tuskegee's top students, he was elected to the Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society. He was a Tuskegee Institute Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) student for two years and student instructor for one year. Dillard received the Outstanding ROTC Student Award for 1943 and 1944. He was also their American Legion Honor Medal award winner. 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「Oliver W. Dillard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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