Researching James Adamson
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
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James Bradshaw Adamson
James Bradshaw Adamson (December 27, 1921 – January 13, 2003) was a major general in the United States Army.
Adamson was born at Fort Clark, Texas in 1921. A graduate of West Point, the United States Military Academy, with a B.S. degree in military science and engineering in 1944 (he also earned a master's degree in business administration from the University of Miami in 1959), Adamson was commissioned into the Infantry and saw active service in World War II as a platoon leader and in Vietnam as a brigade commander.
After leaving the Second Brigade, Fourth Infantry Division in 1967, he was appointed to the professorial chair of Military Science at The Citadel Military College.
Adamson was awarded the following military decorations: Distinguished Service Medal (DSM), Legion of Merit (LM) with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Silver Star (SS), Purple Heart (PH), Bronze Star Medal (BSM), Air Medal (AM) with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM).
Adamson's last posting was as Commander of Military District of Washington, which involved coordinating the military with the White House and supervising various ceremonial events, such as burials in Arlington National Cemetery. Among them was the state funeral of President Lyndon B Johnson.
He retired from active service in the Army in 1974.
Adamson first married Marjorie Ann McCabe and together they had four sons. Their son Patrick died in 1996. This marriage ended in divorce after which he was married to Shirley Miller.
Upon his death in 2003, in Jupiter, Florida, he was buried at Arlington National Cemetery (Section 7, Grave 10201-B-1).
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