{"540401":{"#nid":"540401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Remembering Georgia Tech\u2019s Heroes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has deep ties with our nation\u2019s armed forces, and many Yellow Jackets have answered the call to protect their nation. This year, the Georgia Tech ROTC celebrates its 100th\u0026nbsp;year, and over that century hundreds of students and alumni have devoted their lives to serving in the military. This Memorial Day, we remember four men among those who were awarded the Medal of Honor for their defense of freedom, our nation, and our people. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaj. Gen. Leonard Wood led forces in the Spanish American War and served as the chief of staff for the U.S. Army. While training at Ft. McPherson in Atlanta in 1893, he enrolled in classes at Georgia Tech. He led Georgia Tech in its first-ever organized football victory in 1893 on a team he organized, coached, and even played left guard for. That 28-6 victory came over the University of Georgia. Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri, home of the Army\u0027s combat engineer school, is named in his honor.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECapt. David S. McCampbell (Class of 1932) answered the call to service while studying at Georgia Tech. He is the U.S. Navy\u0027s all-time flying ace and the most decorated Navy fighter pilot of World War II.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia native Gen. Raymond G. Davis earned his degree in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech in 1938. After getting hit by a shell fragment in Korea, he led two trapped Marine regiments to safety through a mountain pass. Davis also earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his service during the Korean conflict.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaj. Thomas McGuire (Class of 1942) left Georgia Tech to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps. One of the most decorated Army pilots of World War II, McGuire died in a maneuver that saved his wingman\u0027s life.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 1863, President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s administration created the Medal of Honor to recognize individual courage and heroism in our nation\u2019s armed conflicts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has deep ties with our nation\u2019s armed forces, and many Yellow Jackets have answered the call to protect their nation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Remembering Georgia Tech\u0027s alumni and their sacrifice for their country"}],"uid":"28797","created_gmt":"2016-05-26 11:30:26","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:21:46","author":"Lance Wallace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-05-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"540361":{"id":"540361","type":"image","title":"Major General Leonard Wood","body":null,"created":"1464706800","gmt_created":"2016-05-31 15:00:00","changed":"1475895329","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:29","alt":"Major General Leonard Wood","file":{"fid":"89587","name":"majorgeneralleonardwood.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/majorgeneralleonardwood.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/majorgeneralleonardwood.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":250237,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/majorgeneralleonardwood.jpeg?itok=CRMhGV6o"}},"540371":{"id":"540371","type":"image","title":"Captain David S. 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