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Wallace Henley Hubbard NO. 16570 CLASS OF 1948 Died 13 September 1986 in Arlington, Virginia, aged 61 years. Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia WALLACE HENLEY HUBBARD (Wally) was born in Boswell, Indiana, on 13 March 1925, the son of Henley and Eva Prey Hubbard. His schooling was in Boswell, and he completed one semester at the University of Indiana before being drafted into the Army Air Corps. He received an appointment to the Military Academy in 1944, graduating in 1948. After graduation he served as an Artillery officer in Germany and in staff and troop assignments in Greece, the USA and Korea. He taught ROTC at the University of Wisconsin. In 1960 he received a master's of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California. After that came Command and General Staff School and then his first assignment to Office of Chief, Research and Development (Missiles Division—Pershing, Sergeant). He next attended the Armed Forces Staff College. A tour in Greece (Joint US Military Advisory Group) followed before his return to Office of Chief, Research and Development (Combat Materiel Division, Artillery). After service in Vietnam, he went back to Office of Chief, Research and Development, and finally to the Army Materiel Command as chief, Armaments Systems Division. He retired in 1975. Colonel Hubbard's decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Joint Service Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. Wally's acceptance of the Army's principles was best spoken by his daughter, Helen Estelle Cook, in the eulogy she delivered at his services in the Old Post Chapel, Fort Myer, Virginia. In summary, she said: " . . . I would like to leave you with a picture of some of the internal aspects of my father's life — at least from a daughter's point of view. As do most parents, Dad taught best by example, and I would like to share with you a few things I learned from him when he wasn't looking. "I learned how to use my mind. My father taught me how to reason through a problem, reach a logical solution, and go beyond that to anticipate and prevent further obstacles. He taught me to deal with the realities that life presents: to accept a blow, rebuild, and move on. "And yet, the steel of his pragmatism was always tempered with tenderness for his family and compassion for his fellow man. He had a deep knowledge of human nature that taught me to better understand the world around me. And he taught me that the world was best viewed by an open mind filtered with humor. "My father taught me to always know what you believe in. He believed in three basic concepts: doing his duty, living with honor, and serving his country. And I firmly believe that he did just that throughout his life. . . . " My father was a good soldier. Over the past year, as he fought his own increasingly desperate battle, he never once complained; he never once lost faith; and he never once lost hope. He may have lost that valiant battle in the end, but he won a larger war: a war to live his life with dignity and honor and love."

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