Saturday, August 28, 2010

Shelton’s Statue Unveiled At Museum

Associated Press - Daily Southerner
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"A statue of a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs was to be dedicated at a North Carolina museum.

The Army’s Special Operations Command was to unveil the statue of retired Gen. H. Hugh Shelton today at the Airborne Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville. The ceremony was not open to the public.

The statue was donated by H. Ross Perot and sculpted by Paul Moore of Norman, Okla. Moore’s work has appeared in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

Shelton is a graduate of North Carolina State University who served in the Special Forces in Vietnam.

The native of Speed later commanded the 82nd Airborne Division and the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg before becoming the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1997.

Shelton retired in 2001."

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