{"id":2339,"date":"2012-04-04T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2012-03-16T06:02:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T06:02:30","slug":"lt-gen-julius-w-becton-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/04\/lt-gen-julius-w-becton-jr.html","title":{"rendered":"Lt Gen Julius W Becton, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/files\/2012\/03\/becton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2547\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/becton-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Lt Gen \u00a0Julius W Becton, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lt Gen Becton entered a segregated Army at age eighteen and over nearly forty years rose to the rank of lieutenant general. Two years after enlisting in the Army Air Corps Enlisted Reserve, he was commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry and subsequently fought with distinction in the Korean War. Integrated into the Regular Army in 1951, he went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in mathematics and economics and held combat commands in the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. He commanded the legendary 1st Cavalry Division in 1975\u00e2\u20ac\u201c76. Promoted to lieutenant general in 1978, he served as commanding general of the U.S. VII Corps in Germany and deputy commander of Training and Doctrine Command and the Army Inspector of Training before retiring in 1983.<\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americans-at-war.com\/\"><strong>Americans at War<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Lt. Gen. Becton&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/?q=aah\/becton-jr-lieutenant-general-julius-w-1926\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Provided courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpast.org\/\"><strong>BlackPast.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military Heroes &#8211; U. S. Army Lt Gen \u00a0Julius W Becton, Jr. &nbsp; Lt Gen Becton entered a segregated Army at age eighteen and over nearly forty years rose to the rank of lieutenant general. 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