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James Earl Rudder was born on 6 May, 1910 in Eden, Texas, U.S., is a United States Army general. Discover James Earl Rudder's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 6 May, 1910
Birthday 6 May
Birthplace Eden, Texas, U.S.
Date of death 1970
Died Place Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1910

James Earl Rudder (May 6, 1910 – March 23, 1970) was a United States Army major general.

As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the historic Pointe du Hoc battle during the Invasion of Normandy.

He also commanded the US troops at the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, and led a series of delaying actions and ambushes during the Battle of the Bulge.

1921

By the time of preparations for D-Day, the Wehrmacht-run battery at the top of the Pointe was marked on the Allied D-Day maps as a Rangers D-Day target - confirmed in records found in the early 21st century.[1] By the time of the invasion, Pointe du Hoc's artillery pieces had been moved to another nearby site, replaced by telephone poles.

By 0900 hours on D-Day, a two-man patrol from the Rangers located the Pointe's missing guns.

Sergeant Lomell and Staff Sgt. Jack E. Kuhn, using thermite grenades, disabled two of the five artillery pieces and destroyed the sighting mechanism of another.

While retrieving more grenades to finish the job, a second patrol, led by Staff Sgt. Frank A. Rupinski, also located the artillery pieces, and disabled the remainder using thermite grenades.

They started a fire in the powder charges and left the area, accomplishing the goal of destroying the artillery pieces that had been targeted at Utah Beach, but were also in range of Omaha Beach.

Rudder ordered his men to dig in, and they fought off German counterattacks for two days until relieved.

His men and he helped to successfully establish a beachhead for the Allied forces.

1932

After attending John Tarleton Agricultural College and then graduating from Texas A&M in 1932 with a degree in industrial education, Rudder had been commissioned a second lieutenant of infantry in the United States Organized Reserve Corps.

1941

After being called into active duty in 1941, Rudder took part in the D-Day landings as commanding officer of the United States Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion.

His U.S. Army Rangers stormed the beach at Pointe du Hoc, scaling 100-ft (30-m) cliffs under enemy fire to reach and destroy a German gun battery.

The battalion's casualty rate for this perilous mission was greater than 50%.

Rudder himself was wounded twice during the course of the fighting.

1946

He served as mayor of Brady for six years, from 1946 to 1952, then chose to move on.

1953

In 1953, he became vice president of Brady Aviation Company.

1954

He was a full colonel by the war's end, and was promoted to brigadier general of the United States Army Reserve in 1954 and major general in 1957.

After returning home from the war, Rudder was asked to run for mayor of his hometown of Brady, Texas.

He did not campaign, yet defeated the incumbent.

1955

On January 1, 1955, he assumed the office of Texas Land Commissioner after Bascom Giles was convicted and sent to prison for defrauding veterans.

At that time, the Veterans Land Board was under scrutiny for mismanagement and corruption.

Rudder undertook the task of reforming policies, expediting land applications, and closely supervising proper accounting procedures.

He also oversaw the proper leasing of state lands by employing more field inspectors for oil and gas sites and adding a seismic exploration staff.

In addition, he improved working conditions for his staff and instigated a program to preserve the many deteriorating General Land Office documents.

1956

Rudder won the 1956 state land commissioner election as a Democrat.

1958

He became vice president of Texas A&M University in 1958 and was named its president in 1959.

1962

The siege was replicated in the 1962 epic film The Longest Day.

1965

He was president of the entire A&M System from 1965 until his death in 1970.

1967

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented him with the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Army's highest peacetime service award.

Rudder and his wife Margaret were Johnson's White House guests on multiple occasions.

1970

Since his death in 1970, an annual service has been held in Normandy, France, in Rudder's honor.

While president of Texas A&M, Rudder is credited for transforming it from a small, all-male land-grant college to the university of today.

Specifically, he made membership in the Corps of Cadets optional, allowed women to attend, and led efforts to integrate the campus.

While the changes were hugely unpopular to the former students (it has been said only a president with Rudder's heroic military record could pull off such drastic changes), these changes freed Texas A&M to become the largest university in the United States by enrollment.

Many reminders of Rudder are on campus, including Rudder Tower, next to the Memorial Student Center.

A special training unit within the Corps of Cadets, known as "Rudder's Rangers", is named in his honor.

2010

Seven months later, Rudder was reassigned to the 109th Infantry Regiment, which saw key service in the Battle of the Bulge.

Rudder earned military honors, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster, French Legion of Honor with Croix de Guerre and Palm, and Order of Leopold (Belgium) with Croix de Guerre and Palm.

2016

General Rudder also at various times served as Texas Land Commissioner, the 16th president of Texas A&M University, third president of the Texas A&M University System, mayor of Brady, Texas, and a high school and college teacher and coach.