Roscoe Robinson Role Model

Roscoe Robinson, Jr., a St. Louis native, was born October 11, 1928 and died July 22, 1993. His wife was Mildred E. Sims, together they had a daughter, Carol Robinson Royal and a son, Capt. Bruce E. Robinson. He was an example and role model for many young black soldiers during his service of 34 years till now and is remembered as being the first black to rise to the rank of Army four-star general. Gen Roscoe served in the Vietnam and Korean war. He attended the United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1947 where he received a bachelor’s in military engineering, the National War College in 1969, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and at the University of Pittsburg he received a master’s in international affairs. As a cadet …show more content…
Army Garrison in Okinawa, Japan commanding general of the IX corps in Japan, and later a U.S. representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Military Committee. He received a Silver Star for his heroism in Vietnam, earned a Bronze Star Medal as the rifle company commander in the Korean War, and in 1982 was promoted to four-star general after being assigned to the NATO committee. He retired in the 1985. In 1993, the year he died battling leukemia at the age of sixty-four, Gen. Roscoe was recognized as a Distinguished Graduate by his alma mater which stated he was the perfect example of the West Point Academy motto “Duty, Honor, Country”. He is buried around the same area as the Memorial Amphitheatre and the Tomb of the Unknowns in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery. An auditorium at the academy was named in his honor by the committee who chose him so long ago. General Roscoe exemplified the characteristic of a transformational leader. The reason for him being a transformational leader is because he has people looking up to him, seeing what he has done for himself by living a