Ty Seidule | |
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| Born | James Tyrus Seidule July 3, 1962[citation needed] |
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| Thesis | Morale in the American Expeditionary Forces During World War I (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allan R. Millett |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | American military history |
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| Military career | |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Years of service | c. 1984 –2020 |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
James Tyrus Seidule (born 1962)[citation needed] is a retired United States Army brigadier general, the former head of the history department at the United States Military Academy,[1] the first professor emeritus of history at West Point, and the inaugural Joshua Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College.[2] Seidule is also the Presidential Advisor to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans and a fellow at New America.[2] In February 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appointed Seidule as one of four representatives of the US Department of Defense to the Commission on the Naming of Items of the Department of Defense that Commemorate the Confederate States of America or Any Person Who Served Voluntarily with the Confederate States of America, including US Army installations named for Confederate soldiers.[3]
- ^ "Department of History Faculty". United States Military Academy. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Brigadier General Ty Seidule, Ph.D." Thayer. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Department's Representatives to the Congressionally-Mandated Commission on the Naming of Items in the Department of Defense That Commemorate the Confederate States of America". US Department of Defense. February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.