Lieutenant General Thomas G, Rhame took this Iraqi bayonet as a souvenir in the vicinity of Safwan, Iraq during the liberation of Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War. He began his military in 1963 when he was commissioned as a second Lieutenant through the Reserve Officer Training Corps after he graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor’s in accounting. He received a master’s in business administration from Syracuse University and is a graduate of the US Army War College in 1981. Lieutenant General Rhame served in the military for 34 years. He served two tours in Vietnam in 1967 and 1971. He commanded the 2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division in Kitzingen, Germany; Chief of Staff of the 3d Armored Division in Frankfurt, Germany; Assistant Division Commander, 3d Armored Division in Frankfurt, Germany and Community Commander of the Hanau Military Community. During the Persian Gulf War Lieutenant Rhame was Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division. Under his command the 1st Division succeeded in in penetrating Iraqi defensive positions, conducted rapid passage of lines for the 1st British Armored Division and carried out offensive attacks against the Iraqi Republican Guard. After his retirement in 1997 Lieutenant Rhame served as president of the Society of the First Division and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Association of the US Army from 1998 through 2014.