Biography Of Leslie Groves

His education was astounding. While he was in high school he was considered the class clown and made C averages. After high school graduating Penncrest High School in 1962, he joined the United States Navy. He served a four year term in the Navy before continuing his education. He got his bachelor's degree in Gallaudet University in 1970 . His Master's degree in Psychology at University of Tennessee in 1971. He also got his PHD in Psychology

George Patton was born in San Gabriel, California in 1885.His father as an officer in the US army so he moved around a lot.George was very intelligent and ambitious but had trouble in school.Since he couldn’t read until the age of 12, some wondered if he had dyslexia.Patton was trying to go to a College called West Point but all openings were filled.He then went to Virginia Military Institute.After only one year at the Institute, there was now a spot open at West point.His math skills had improved within a year and George Patton graduated in 1909.

Eugene sledge started school at Georgia Tech to eventually become an Officer. But realizing that he would spend most of the war sitting in

O.S Ozzie Williams graduated from Boys High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1938. Then later going to New York University in 1942 to get his master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering and graduate from their in 1947.In His Adult life he did not really do anything he just focus on school to be an Engineer.

From 1925 to 1926 he attended Command and General Staff school,Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and graduated first in a class of 245.

In 1945, World War II was raging. So, Robert joined the U.S. Navy shortly before graduation. In 1948, Robert left the Navy and attended college. In 1950, Robert began Southwestern Medical School f the University of Texas and Dallas, to become a doctor. During school, Robert met a nurse named Mary Strasburger.

To begin with, he enlisted instead of being drafted into the military and did not have a choice in the assignment he was given. On December 12, 1962, he joined the United States Air Force becoming a member of the 186th TAC Recon Group in Meridian, MS. His basic training was at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, and he attended technical school at Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, IL, training to be a general purpose vehicle mechanic. His two instructors for basic

MacArthur was born on an Army base in Little Rock, Arkansas, on January 26, 1880, into a family with military history. When he was born his Dad was a captain , and had been decorated for his service in the Union Army during the Civil War. His Mom's brothers fought for the south during the civil war. The base where he was born was just the first of several military post which he lived as a kid. In 1893 his family moved to San Antonio, Texas, and he attended the West Texas Military Academy. After high school, he enrolled in the military academy at West Point, where he excelled, and in 1903 he graduated with honors. After graduation, MacArthur was commissioned as a junior officer in the Army Corps of Engineers.

He graduated from his class in 1846, only coming in second due to poor drawing skills. He was commissioned as a Brevet Second Lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers.

MG James Longstreet graduated from West Point in 1842, ranking 54 out of a class of 56. Longstreet served during the Mexican-American War and throughout several battles during the American Civil War. MG Longstreet commanded the First Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and led his wing into the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862.

While only a high school senior, Leslie Groves also attended classes at Washington State University. Groves worked strenuously on his schoolwork, loading up with both a full high school and full university course load, in hopes of being selected to attend West Point Military Academy. Despite taking the Presidential Competitive Examinations, his scores reigned too low to gain him one of twelve Presidential nominations. Groves altered his

Patton started his military career during WWI as a temporary lieutenant-colonel. As temporary lieutenant-colonel, he organized and commanded the 304th Tank Brigade in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives of 1918. Patton was wounded later on in the war in September and received the Distinguished Service Cross. By 1919 he was a colonel. After the WWI Patton reverted to the rank of captain, but was promoted to major in 1919 and assumed command of the 304th Tank Brigade at Fort Meade. He was assigned to the office of the Chief of Cavalry during the years 1928-31, graduated from the Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1923, and from the General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth in 1924. Patton attended the Army War College in 1932 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel

George S. Patton was born on November 11th, 1885, in San Gabriel California. As Patton grew older, he developed a

Edwin Wiley Grove (Portrait of him above), also known as E.W. Grove was born on December 27, 1850. He was born in Whiteville, TN which is in Hardeman County. Grove was the son of James Henry and Mary Jane Harris Grove who were both natives of Virginia. Grove had 3 kids with a woman, Alice Gertrude, who were named Hallett, Edwin, and Helen. Sources say it is still a mystery to why he and his family moved here to Paris, TN in 1824. When Grove moved to Paris in 1824 he received a job opportunity at as a clerk at a drugstore owned by Dr. Samuel Houston Caldwell. In 1830 Grove went to Memphis, TN to study pharmacy. He never knew that later on he was going to become a billionaire due to medicine. He just had to wait and come up with something that

Julius Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904. He was born into a wealthier family and his parents were Julius S. Oppenheimer and Ella Friedman, who were both Jewish but weren't religious. By the age of 10, Oppenheimer was already studying physics, minerals, and chemistry and it was very obvious how smart and brilliant he was. Later on, he graduated valedictorian of his class in 1921 and instead of going to Harvard, he became sick and was transported to New Mexico with his high school teacher to become healthier. While in New Mexico, he got better and enrolled in Harvard in 1922. He graduated 3 years later in many subjects and realized he enjoyed physics more than chemistry. In 1926, he received the invitation to go