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[[Image:Van_and_Ike.jpg|frame|right|General Eisenhower confers with Colonel George Van Horn Moseley, Jr. on the eve of the D-Day assault by the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment. This picture was one of two used to make the 25 Cent Eisenhower Stamp marking the centenary of his birth.]] '''George Van Horn Moseley, Jr.'''<ref>{{cite book | last = Greenwood, Wright | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Airborne Forces at War: From Parachute Test Platoon to the 21st Century | publisher = Naval Institute Press | date = 2007 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1591140285, 9781591140283 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite book | last = Bando | first = Mark | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy | publisher = Zenith Imprint | date = 2001 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0760308551, 9780760308554 }}</ref> <ref>{{cite book | last = Penrose | first = Jane | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The D-Day Companion: Leading Historians Explore History's Greatest Amphibious Assault | publisher = Osprey Publishing | date = 2004 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 1841767794, 9781841767796 }}</ref> was born in [[San Antonio, Texas|Fort Sam Houston, Texas]] on 4 January 1905, the son of [[George Van Horn Moseley]] and Alice Dodds Moseley. His father, then an officer in the [[1st Cavalry Division]], later rose to become a Major General and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army during the Hoover Administration. Colonel Moseley grew up on Army posts and in Washington DC, where he graduated from Western High School in 1922. He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] in 1927, He subsequently served on various assignments, obtained a Masters Degree, tought English at West Point and served in [[Tientsin, China]] as a Company Commander with the [[15th Infantry Regiment (United States)|15th Infantry Regiment]] during the 1930's. He commanded, trained and jumped into Normandy[http://www.101airborneww2.com/personalities.html] with the [[502d Parachute Infantry Regiment]][http://101airborneww2.com/index.html] on [[Battle of Normandy|D-Day]] 1944<ref>{{cite book | last = Balkoski | first = Joseph | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944 | publisher = Stackpole Books | date = 2006 | location = | pages = 120 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0811733777, 9780811733779 }}</ref>. Colonel Moseley was part of the composite character played by [[John Wayne]] in the movie "[[The Longest Day]]". He was injured on the jump but refused to be evacuated, commanding his regiment from a wheelbarrow for two days. After convalescing in England, he returned to the United States to command the 2d Parachute Training Regiment at [[Fort Benning]], Georgia. He attended the [[Naval War College]] at the end of World War II.
Colonel Moseley retired in 1946 but, for reasons of his expertise on China, returned to serve with HQ Far East Command during the Korean War. Later he served as Commandant of Cadets at [[Norwich University]]. He was awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] and the [[Purple Heart]] and died in 1976 in [[Montague, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Crookenden | first = Napier | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Dropzone Normandy: The Story of the American and British Airborne Assault on D Day 1944 | publisher = Scribner | date = 1976 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = }}</ref>
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