Directors of the Defense Intelligence Agency - Samuel V. Wilson, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Daniel O. Graham, Joseph Carroll (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Samuel V. Wilson, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Daniel O. Graham, Joseph Carroll, Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., James R. Clapper, Kenneth Minihan, Michael D. Maples, Eugene F. Tighe, Vincent P. de Poix, Donald V. Bennett, Patrick M. Hughes, James A. Williams, Leonard H. Perroots, Dennis M. Nagy, Lowell E. Jacoby, Harry E. Soyster, Thomas R. Wilson. Excerpt: Daniel O. Graham (1926 1995) was a U.S. Army officer. Graham was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Medford . He attended college at the United States Military Academy at West Point, the Army's Command and General Staff College, and graduated in 1946. He also attended the U.S. Army War College and ultimately rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Graham served in Germany, Korea, and Vietnam and received several decorations including some of the highest the United States military bestows: the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, and the Distinguished Intelligence Medal during his distinguished 30 year military career. History From 1963-1966, Graham worked for the CIA in the Office of National Estimates. During the Vietnam war from 1967-1968 he was chief of the Army's military intelligence estimates. Graham served again in the Office of National Estimates during 1968-1971, then served as Director of Collections for the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1971. During 1973-1974 Graham served as Deputy Director of the CIA under Director William Colby and from 1974-1976 he was the Director of the DIA. Ronald Reagan called upon General Graham to be his military advisor for his 1976 and 1980 campaigns. General Graham is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame . In later years, Graham devoted a lot of time to the research and development of Sing...