 Because of A & M 's military roots , many Aggies have become leaders in the armed forces , and were featured in the 1943 propaganda film We 've Never Been Licked . George H. Gay , Jr . , was the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 in the Battle of Midway . Lieutenant General Jay T. Robbins became a fighter ace in World War II with 22 aerial victories . Major General Robert B. Williams led World War II raid on the Schweinfurt ball bearing factories . General Bernard Adolph Schriever , known as " the architect of the Air Force 's ballistic missile and military space program " , became the namesake of Schriever Air Force Base , Colorado . General Michael Moseley is a former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force . 
