The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Gen. William Ward

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Gen. William Ward

7/25/2013

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2013.180

General Gen. William Ward (1949 - ) Commander of the 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during Operation Restore Hope in Mogadishu, Somalia, Commander 25th Infantry Division, Commander of the Stabilization Force during Operation Joint Forge in Sarajevo, Bosnia, US Security Coordinator in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, the inaugural Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany from 2007 to 2011. He currently serves as the President of SENTEL Corp. Ward was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 7/25/2013, in Reston, Virginia. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 10; Total Run Time: 04h 34m 38s

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Ward, William E. (William Eaton)

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U.S. Army General William E. Ward was born on June 3, 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Morgan State University and graduated with his B.A. degree in Political Science in 1971. While there, he joined the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and as a Distinguished Military Graduate (DMG) was commissioned as an Infantry Second Lieutenant in 1971. In 1979, Ward received his M.A. degree in Political Science from the Pennsylvania State University. He then went on to attend the U.S. Army Comma...