and serving as a reminder to the holder of such 
coins the service to the Nation its graduates have 
provided in war and peace. 
(5) The United States Army Command and 
General Staff College is the Nation’s largest and 
oldest military staff college, continuing to educate 
officers from all United States branches of military 
services, select members of our civil government, and 
officers from many friendly and allied nations from 
around the globe. Located in the middle of the 
American heartland, will continue to serve as a bea-
con of light to the proposition of intellectual curi-
osity and professional military excellence in the de-
velopment of its students, and serve as a link to 
American citizenry grateful for the sacrifices, some 
in the fullest measure of duty and devotion to the 
Nation, made by the graduates of its Command and 
Staff College. 
(6) The Command and General Staff College 
Foundation, Inc. (in this Act referred to as the 
‘‘Foundation’’) is dedicated to promoting excellence 
in the faculty and students of the United States 
Army Command and General Staff College. Seeking 
new ways to educate and remind our citizens regard-
ing the capable and selfless service of our military 
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officers, and to imbue in them a sense of pride in 
those who bear the burden of military leadership in 
our Nation’s wars and in times of peace. 
(7) The Foundation is a nongovernmental, 
member-based, and publicly supported nonprofit or-
ganization that is entirely dependent on funds from 
members, donations, and grants for its functions 
and supports exclusively the United States Army 
Command and General Staff College. 
(8) The Foundation uses funding to provide the 
Margin of Excellence to the programs and activities 
of the College in support of the educational needs of 
the Nation’s field grade officer corps, and the fac-
ulty and staff attendant thereto. 
(9) In 2006, the Secretary of the Army accept-
ed the first Foundation gift to the College in support 
of the Command and General Staff College. 
(10) The Foundation is actively engaged in the 
initial stages of its first capital campaign to support 
the Command and General Staff College. 
(11) The five 5-Star Generals who attended or 
taught at the Command and General Staff College; 
include Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall, 
Henry ‘‘Hap’’ Arnold, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and 
Omar N. Bradley. 
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(12) DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, GENERAL OF THE 
ARMY.— 
(A) General MacArthur was a distin-
guished soldier, scholar, and strategist who 
gave sixty-one years of service to his country. 
(B) He commanded the 42d Division in 
World War I, and later served as the Chief of 
the Army General Staff. Prior to retirement, he 
was the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth 
of the Philippines. 
(C) In 1941, he was recalled to active duty 
as Commanding General, United States Army 
Far East. 
(D) He was awarded the Medal of Honor 
for his heroic defense of the Philippines. 
(E) After being ordered to depart the Phil-
ippines by the President, he inspired the world 
with his statement, ‘‘I shall return.’’. 
(F) Forces under his command defeated 
those of the Empire of Japan. 
(G) After accepting the Japanese sur-
render, he directed the highly successful recon-
struction of the Japanese nation, and served as 
the first commander of United Nations Forces 
during the Korean War. 
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