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2 unusual facts about Donald R. McMonagle


Donald R. McMonagle

After F-4 training at Homestead AFB, Florida, he went on a 1-year tour of duty as an F-4 pilot at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.

McMonagle received a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974, a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University-Fresno in 1985 and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business in 2003.


Battle of Driniumor River

Four U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor (all posthumously), for acts of outstanding valor during the battle; Private Donald R. Lobaugh and Staff Sergeant Gerald L. Endl of 32nd Division, and Second Lieutenants George W. G. Boyce, Jr. and Dale Eldon Christensen of 112th Cavalry Regiment.

Catastrophism

In a paper published in Icarus in 1975, William K. Hartmann and Donald R. Davis proposed that a catastrophic near-miss by a large planetesimal early in Earth's formation approximately 4.5 billion years ago blew out rocky debris, remelted Earth and formed the Moon, thus explaining the Moon's lesser density and lack of an iron core.

Donald Johnston

Donald R. Johnston (1947–1969), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Donald Peterson

Donald R. Peterson (born 1923), professor emeritus of psychology at Rutgers University

Donald R. Bensen

He also wrote a number of media related novels, including works based on the Gunsmoke television series, and novelizations of William Goldman's screenplays for the 1979 films Mr. Horn and Butch and Sundance: The Early Days.

Bensen was a member of the all-male literary banqueting club the Trap Door Spiders, which served as the basis of Isaac Asimov's fictional group of mystery solvers the Black Widowers.

Donald R. Dwight

He also served as a South Hadley town meeting member, director of the J. Russell and Co. and the New England Daily Newspaper Association, trustee of the Mechanics Savings Bank, chairman of Massachusetts Newspaper Information Service, treasurer of the Concord Monitor and the Valley Photo Engraving Corp., and president of the Edwardsville Intelligencer.

Donald R. Gardner

The guest speaker at his retirement was GEN James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps, who referred to him as "the last Confederate general still on active duty" due to his research on America's Civil War.

He also holds a Master of Arts degree in History from Memphis State University.

Donald R. Heath

During his tenure as Ambassador to Vietnam, Heath advocated and carried out American policy under Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that helped set the stage for American military involvement.

From 1920 to 1929, Heath held consular positions in Romania, Poland, and Switzerland.

Donald R. Norland

He was later deputy chief of mission and chargé d'affaires at in Conakry, Guinea.

Freeport, Pennsylvania

Donald R. Lobaugh, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II

Paul E. Meehl

In 2005, Donald R. Peterson, a student of Meehl's, published a volume of their correspondence.


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