"My Name Is... Shinseki... and I am a Soldier"
Author: Richard Halloran
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Biography of General Eric K. Shinseki
After General Eric Ken Shinseki became chief of staff of the Army in 1999, the Museum Society decided to establish a Shinseki Gallery in Battery Randolph to
portray a worthy model for the school children and cadets of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) who regularly visit the museum. General Shinseki,
born on Kau'ai and educated in the public schools of Hawaii, was the first American of Asian ancestry to wear the four stars of a full general and to become
chief of his service.
The community responded with enthusiasm. A testimonial dinner in November 2003 filled the Hawaii Convention Center and raised a substantial fund for the Shinseki Endowment in the
Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation. The trustees of the Museum Society thought it appropriate to commission a brief biography of the general's life to go with the exhibit. They
asked Richard Halloran, formerly of the New York Times as a military correspondent in Washington, D.C., and foreign correspondent in Asia, to write it. We are pleased to present
his excellent book.
Herbert E. Wolff Major General, United States Army (ret) President, Hawai'i
Army Museum Society
Pages: 67
Item Number: 96
Price: $9.95
*Proceeds help the Society's mission of supporting the development of the U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii at Fort DeRussy.
Table of Contents
* A Life Without Suspicion
* The Early Years
* Vietnam and Return to West Point
* Career Starts to Shine
* Top Echelon
* Chief of Staff
* Boots on the Ground
* An Honorable Profession
Testimonials
"General Eric Shinseki, rising from modest means on the island of Kauai to the office of chief of staff, the uniformed leader of the Army, personifies the best in the American people and their
Army. His is an all-American story."
Fred C. Weyand General, United States Army (ret) Chief of Staff 1974-1976
"From our days at West Point, Ric Shinseki and I soldiered in the same Army for almost four decades. He has distinguished himself as a warrior in combat, as a commander who cares deeply about
his soldiers, and as a leader steeped in the principles of
duty, honor, country."
David A. Bramlett General, United States Army (ret) Commanding General,
Forces Command 1996-1998
"When Ric Shinseki was promoted from colonel to brigadier general, I asked him to bring honor to our home state of Hawaii. He has done that and more, bringing honor to all Japanese-Americans,
to all Asian-Americans who have ever served in the armed forces, and to an America that cares more for your devotion to duty than the color of your skin or the shape of your eyes."
Allen K. Ono Lieutenant General, United States Army (ret) Deputy Chief
of Staff for Personnel 1986-1990
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