User:Javert2113/sandbox/Thomas K. Turnage

Thomas K. Turnage was an American military officer who served as the penultimate Administrator of Veterans Affairs.

Early life
Turnage was born in... on..., the son of. He attended high school, then and.

Military career
Turnage joined the United States Army in 1942 as an infantry officer; his service in the European Theater included the Battle of the Bulge. He also served in the Korean War.[WAPO]

Government career
Retiring as a major general, Turnage then became the

Personal life
Turnage married actress Poni Adams in 1945; the two had two children, and remained married until Turnage's death. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/nomination-major-general-thomas-k-turnage-be-director-selective-service

Turnage died in December 2000, at the age of 77.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/12/13/gen-thomas-turnage-dies/a8f70022-1bd0-418e-8dbf-d541cc681835/

https://www.sss.gov/About/Past-Directors-of-the-Selective-Service/ Fmr director of Selective Service, etc.