of U.S. First Army Lucian Truscott, commander of the U.S. Fifth Army Ira C. Eaker, U.S. Army Air Forces, commander of U.S. Eighth Air Force, later posthumously promoted to General in 1986 Delos Carleton Emmons, commander of the Hawaiian Department Lloyd Fredendall, commander of U.S. Second Army Leslie Groves, who ran the Manhattan Project and oversaw The Pentagon design and construction. Millard Harmon, U.S. Army Air Forces, commander of Army Air Forces Pacific, lost during plane flight Thomas Holcomb, U.S. Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps during first half of World War II, later promoted to General on retirement William S. Knudsen, Director of Production, Office of the Under Secretary of War. The first civilian to enter the Army at that rank. Lesley J. McNair, commander of Army Ground Forces, later posthumously promoted to General Richard K. Sutherland, chief of staff to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, present on the for the Empire of Japan's surrender signing. George S. Patton, commander of U.S. Third Army, later promoted to General 1950s through 1980s; Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, U.S. Marine Corps, the most decorated Marine in Marine Corps history (only Marine ever to be awarded the Navy Cross five times) Lewis Blaine Hershey, head of the Selective Service System 1940–70, Lieutenant General 1956–70, then promoted to General, retired 1973 at age 79. Edgar S. Harris Jr., former Chief of Staff and Vice Commander in Chief of the Strategic Air Command and former Commander of the Eighth Air Force. Robert Sink, former Commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (Band of Brothers), the XVIII Airborne Corps and the Strategic Army Corps. Hal Moore, former commander of the 1st Cavalry Division Eugene Forrester, commander of United States Army Pacific (Western Command) from 1981 through .1983 Julius W. Becton Jr., former Commander of the VII Corps in Europe, Director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in the United States Agency for International Development (US AID), and Director of FEMA from 1985 to 1989 William Eldridge Odom, head of the National Security Agency under president Ronald Reagan, outspoken opponent of the Iraq War and warrantless wiretapping of US citizens. Thomas P. Stafford, U.S. Air Force, NASA astronaut, flew on Gemini 6A, Gemini 9, Apollo 10 & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Promoted to Lieutenant General in 1979 as Deputy Chief of Staff, Research Development and Acquisition, Headquarters USAF, Washington