James Bradshaw Adamson

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James Bradshaw Adamson (December 27, 1921 – January 13, 2003) was a major general in the United States Army.[http://www.west-point.org/users/usma1944/14428/ www.West-Point.org]

Early life and education

Adamson was born at Fort Clark, Texas in 1921. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he graduated with a B.S. degree in military science and engineering in 1944.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55sOq_SkybIC&pg=PP9 |title=19th National Conference of Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army |chapter=Commanding General, Military District of Washington |date=May 6–8, 1973 |page=9 |publisher=U.S. Department of the Army |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=September 4, 2021}} In 1959, he also earned an MBA from the University of Miami School of Business at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9YfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA60 |title=U.S. Army Register: Active and Retired List |date=January 1, 1962 |volume=I |page=60 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=September 4, 2021}}

Military career

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.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HabECJ71A0C&pg=PA564 |title=Official Register of the Officers and Cadets |chapter=Classes of 1944, 1945—Register of Graduates |date=1969 |page=564 |publisher=United States Military Academy |access-date=September 4, 2021}}

After leaving the Second Brigade, Fourth Infantry Division in 1967, he was appointed professorial chair of military science at The Citadel Military College.{{Cite web |url=http://csba.citadel.edu/archivesandmuseum/collection.html#adamson |title=www.citadel.edu |access-date=February 15, 2011 |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814031208/http://csba.citadel.edu/archivesandmuseum/collection.html#adamson |url-status=dead }}

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 state funerals (including for Lyndon Baines Johnson), and burials in Arlington National Cemetery.{{cite news|title=James B. Adamson, Military District Commander|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 31, 2003|page=B06}} He retired from active military service in 1974.

=Military honors=

Adamson was awarded the 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).

Personal life

Adamson married Marjorie Ann McCabe with whom he had four sons. Their son Patrick died in 1996. This marriage ended in divorce. He later married Shirley Miller.

Death

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Adamson died January 13, 2003 from emphysema and lung cancer at a hospice in Jupiter, Florida. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery (Section 7, Grave 10201-B-1).[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgdhZGFtc29uEgVqYW1lcxoBYg--/ Burial Detail: Adamson, James B] – ANC Explorer