EDGEFIELD, S.C., June 27 (UPI) -- Strom Thurmond ... He retired from the Army Reserve as a major general. Thurmond showed he could adapt to changing times. Although once an outspoken opponent ...

Former South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond (search), the ... attaining the rank of major general in the U.S. Army Reserve. After returning to civilian life, Thurmond resumed his political ...

Strom Thurmond ... veteran of World War II -- as a 41-year-old Army glider pilot, he landed in Normandy on D-Day. He later was a major general in the Army Reserve. With his courtly manners ...

Strom Thurmond's death ... to serve as an officer in the Army Reserve, and the military remained an essential part of his life. He retired as a major general. Don Fowler, former chairman of ...

Strom Thurmond stood at a podium in Birmingham, Ala., and told a cheering audience of States Rights Democrats that ”there are not enough troops in the Army to force the Southern people to break ...

A keen supporter of the US military, Strom Thurmond rose to the rank of major general in the US army reserve and served on the Senate armed services committee from 1959 to 2002.

Strom Thurmond ... a civil rights plank, Thurmond joined the walkout of the Dixiecrats, Southern Democrats supporting segregation. “There are not enough troops in the army to force the Southern ...

Strom Thurmond ... to Senator Thurmond and to the entire staff during his tenure was unwavering and renowned,” read a resolution passed this year by the South Carolina General Assembly shortly ...