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ment rights of retired senior officers. Such a policy would not only silence retired senior officers, but would … preclude [them] from running for or occupying any elected office. A candidate for elected office must, by definition, state publicly his or her support or nonsupport of other political candidates and his or her views on public policy issues. Such a policy would have disenfranchised [34th U.S. president] Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower and other retired senior officers … from their pursuit of elected office — and the public from


their military experience. — Lt. Col. John Wagner, USA (Ret) Life Member,


Southwest Virginia Chapter via email


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An Early ROTC Cadet [“Army ROTC Celebrates Centennial,” Rapid Fire, August 2016] contained a photo of some early ROTC cadets. My father, George R. Kennebeck, graduat- ed from the University of Iowa ROTC program in 1917. He was called to ac- tive duty later that year and assigned to Vladivostok, Russia, to protect the western end of the Trans-Siberian railroad. ... After World War I, he ... was assigned to the University of Iowa as an ROTC instructor. At the start of World War II, he


was called to Washington [D.C.]. ... When the Army and Air Force sepa- rated, he was selected to be the first Air Force dental surgeon general and retired in June 1952 as a major general. In August, they chose his brother, Marvin Kennebeck (also an


Iowa ROTC grad), to replace him. — Col. George R. Kennebeck, USAF (Ret) Life Member via email


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