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Biography: Wesley K. Clark, Soldier / Political Figure

Von: Raymond (bluerhymer@aol.com) [Profil]
Datum: 01.07.2008 15:04
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Biography: Wesley K. Clark, Soldier / Political Figure

Compare to Sen. John McCain
Who would you rather protect this country?

Screw the politics...compare the men.

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent
effort.
---John Ruskin

Military Dictionary: Wesley K. Clark
Clark, Wesley K. (1944-) U.S. army officer and NATO supreme commander
during Operation Allied Force (Kosovo crisis, 1999), born in Little
Rock, Arkansas. Clark graduated FIRST IN HIS CLASS AT West Point
(1966) and was a RHODES  SCHOLAR (1966-68). He led military
negotiations for the Bosnian Peace Accords at Dayton (1995), was the
commander in chief of the U.S. Southern Command, Panama (1996-97),
served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1997-2000), was in overall
command of NATO's military forces in Europe, and led approximately 75,
000 troops from thirty-seven NATO and other nations in operations in
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Vietnam
Clark's Silver Star citationClark was assigned a position in the 1st
Infantry Division and flew to Vietnam on May 21 1969 during the U.S.
involvement in the Vietnam War. He worked as a staff officer,
collecting data and helping in operations planning, and was awarded
the Bronze Star for his work with the staff. Clark was then given
command of A Company, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry of the 1st Infantry
Division in January 1970. In February, only one month into his
command, HE WAS SHOT FOUR  TIMES  by a Viet Cong soldier with an
AK-47. The wounded Clark shouted orders to his men, who
counterattacked and defeated the Viet Cong force. Clark had injuries
to his right shoulder, right hand, right hip, and right leg, and was
sent to Valley Forge Army Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania to
recuperate. He was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the
encounter.[19]

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