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Years of service
  
1946–1982


Name
  
Robert Shoemaker

Rank
  
General

Movies
  
Supergator

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Born
  
February 18, 1924 (age 100) Almont, Michigan (
1924-02-18
)

Commands held
  
U.S. Army Forces Command III Corps 1st Cavalry Division

Battles/wars
  
Korean War Cold War Vietnam War

Other work
  
Commissioner, Bell County, Texas

Education
  
United States Military Academy

Awards
  
Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal

Battles and wars
  
Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Service/branch
  
United States Army

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Robert Morin Shoemaker (February 18, 1924 – June 21, 2017) was a U.S. Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). He is also an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame.

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Life and military career

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He was born in 1924 in Almont, Michigan. Shoemaker graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1946, and was commissioned in the infantry. He served in various assignment in the 1st Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 2nd Infantry Division. He subsequently became the Infantry Branch assignments officer, and later was an advisor to the Iranian military.

Robert M. Shoemaker Retired Gen Robert Shoemaker dies at 93 Military kdhnewscom

In 1960 he earned his aviator's wings, and remained a member of the faculty at the Aviation School. In 1962, he served on the Tactical Mobility Requirements Board, also known as the Howze Board, which developed many of the principles used in air assault operations. He was then sent to Vietnam to assess the potential of Army aviation. He was assigned to the experimental 11th Air Assault Division at Fort Benning as division G-3. The division was later redesignated the 1st Cavalry Division in July 1965 and he was given command of 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry. In December 1965, he assumed command of 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry, which was the only air cavalry squadron in the Army at the time.

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He returned to the U.S. and after a tour at the Pentagon, returned for his third tour of duty in Vietnam as Chief of Staff for the 1st Cavalry Division. In 1969 he became Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division.

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After the war, Shoemaker served as Commander, 1st Cavalry Division and Commander, III Corps. In 1977, Shoemaker was assigned as Deputy Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command, and a year later was promoted to General and became commander of FORSCOM.

Later life

Shoemaker retired from the Army in 1982 to the Fort Hood area, and remained active in community service. He served eight years as the elected Bell County Commissioner. He also backed a campaign that resulted in the establishment of Texas A&M University-Central Texas near Fort Hood. Some of his other civic activities include President and advisor to the President of the 1st Cavalry Division Association, President of the Heart of Texas Council of the Boy Scouts, and as President of the Fort Hood Chapter of the United Way.

Shoemaker was inducted in the U.S. Army Operational Testers' Hall of Fame in 2002, and in 2004, he was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award by the Association of Graduates, the U.S. Military Academy alumni association. He was also inducted as a member of the Army Aviation Hall of Fame in 1983.

He died on June 21, 2017 at a hospital in Harker Heights, Texas at the age of 93.

References

Robert M. Shoemaker Wikipedia