Executive Management Program at Harvard University. Retirement Shachnow retired from the Army in 1994, at the age of 60, after 40 years of active-duty service. Sidney Shachnow has been an honorary member of Rotary Club Berlin-Luftbruecke (Berlin-Airlift) since March 13, 1990. Shachnow was inducted as a Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment in 2007. He was posthumously awarded the Bull Simons Award in 2019. Autobiography "Hope and Honor" In 2004, Shachnow authored Hope and Honor, an autobiographical account of his childhood experience in the Nazi Kovno concentration camp of Lithuania, his immigration and assimilation to the United States and his 40-year career in the U.S. Army, Special Forces. Politics On September 6, 2016 he endorsed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, though he was publicly critical of some of Trump's foreign policy proposals. Death Shachnow, who lived in Southern Pines, North Carolina, died on September 28, 2018. He was married to Arlene for 63 years and they had four daughters. Shachnow was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on February 12, 2019. Service history Assignments and commands Maj. Gen. Shachnow's past assignments have been as commander or staff officer with Infantry, Mechanized Infantry, Airmobile, Airborne and Special Forces units. Gen. Shachnow's most recent assignments include: Commanding General, John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Airborne, Fort Bragg (1992–1994) Commanding General, United States Army Special Forces Command, Airborne, Fort Bragg Commanding General, U.S. Army Berlin Director, Washington Office, United States Special Operations Command, Airborne Deputy Commanding General, 1st Special Operations Command, Airborne, Fort Bragg Chief of Staff, 1st Special Operations Command, Airborne, Fort Bragg Awards and decorations References Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, USA (ret.) Biography at Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs website. External links 1934 births 2018 deaths People from Kaunas United States Army generals United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War Members of the United States Army Special Forces Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) University of Nebraska alumni Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania alumni Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Gallantry Cross (Vietnam) Recipients of the Air Medal American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Jewish American military personnel United States Army Rangers Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal Kovno Ghetto inmates 21st-century American Jews People from Southern Pines, North Carolina Burials at Arlington National Cemetery