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Brigadier General
Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. USA (Ret.)

Executive Director

Army Historical Foundation

Brigadier General Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. USA (Ret.), served 31 years in the U.S. Army. Commissioned in the field artillery, he commanded two batteries, a battalion, a division artillery, and a corps artillery—and served in Korea, Vietnam, Germany, SW Asia, and Italy. He taught gunnery at Fort Sill, OK, English at West Point, NY, corresponding studies at the Army War College, and a staff group in the Combined Arms and Services Staff School (CAS3), Fort Leavenworth, KS, where he was the Director for 3 years. He served on the Army staff at the Pentagon and on the NATO staff at Allied Forces, Southern Europe. After retirement he worked for General Dynamics Land Systems in Saudi Arabia (4 _ years) and is currently the Executive Director of the Army Historical Foundation (since 2000). He has a B.A. in English (Princeton Univ.), an M.A. in English (Univ. of North Carolina), and a Masters in Military Art & Science (Command and General Staff College). He and his wife Joan have 6 children.

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