User:Javert2113/sandbox/Thomas K. Turnage

Thomas K. Turnage was an American military officer who served as the penultimate Administrator of Veterans Affairs.

Early life

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Turnage was born in... on... , the son of . He attended high school, then and .

Military career

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Turnage joined the United States Army in 1942 as an infantry officer; his service in the European Theater included the Battle of the Bulge. He also served in the Korean War.[WAPO]

Government career

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Retiring as a major general, Turnage then became the

Personal life

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Turnage married actress Poni Adams in 1945; the two had two children, and remained married until Turnage's death. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-major-general-thomas-k-turnage-be-director-selective-service

Turnage died in December 2000, at the age of 77. [1]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/12/13/gen-thomas-turnage-dies/a8f70022-1bd0-418e-8dbf-d541cc681835/

https://www.sss.gov/About/Past-Directors-of-the-Selective-Service/ Fmr director of Selective Service, etc.


Appearances on C-SPAN

  1. ^ Pace, Eric (2000-12-25). "Thomas K. Turnage, 77; Directed Selective Service Under Reagan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-21.