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Major General Richard Vernon Secord (July 6, 1932 – October 15, 2024) was a United States Air Force officer who worked in covert operations. Early in his military service, he was a member of the first U.S. aviation detachment sent to the Vietnam War in August 1961, Operation Farm Gate .
Retired Air Force Maj. General Richard Secord talks about his life and long career with son John Secord, Tuesday June 4, 2024 during an interview in a hanger at Spruce Creek Fly In in Port Orange ...
Richard Vernon Secord (1932–2004), a descendant of Isaac I Secor (1755-1836) was a United States Air Force officer who rose to the rank of Major General. He served in the Vietnam War , the Secret War in Laos, and participated in the Battle of Lima Site 85 .
Cora Rigby, first woman at a major paper to head a Washington News bureau and was one of the founders of the Women's National Press Club. James Linn Rodgers (1861–1930), editor of Columbus Dispatch (also United States Consul General to Shanghai, Havana and Montreal) Dana Tyler, news anchor at WBNS
General William Westmoreland - Knight Grand Cross; Vice Admiral Józef Unrug; Major General Richard Secord [16] Jiri Sitler - Knight Grand Cross (2006) [17] Lieutenant Commander Saman Kunan - Knight Grand Cross (2018) [18] Kirill Mikhailovich Barsky - Knight Grand Cross (2019) [19]
Nels Running, retired U.S. Air Force major general [41] Richard Secord, retired U.S. Air Force major general [41] Ellie G. Shuler Jr, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general [41] Lance L. Smith, retired U.S. Air Force general [41] William E. Thurman, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general [62]
James Secord was born on July 7, 1773 in Westchester County, Province of New York.He was the youngest child of James Secord (1732–1784) and Madelaine Badeau. James was a descendant of Ambroise Sicard, a Hugenout who had come to British America in 1688 to escape religious persecution in France.
Thomas Ingersoll (1749–1812) was an early settler in Upper Canada, later Ontario.He is best known as the father of Laura Secord, who warned the British of an impending American attack on Upper Canada during the War of 1812.