Military
See also: List of Italian American Medal of Honor recipients- Sgt. John Basilone, USMC, a Medal of Honor recipient of World War II.
- Major John Belli, the Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army from 1792 to 1794
- Corporal Anthony Casamento, USMC, a Medal of Honor recipient of World War II.
- Lieutenant General Peter W. Chiarelli
- Lt Col Rick Francona, U S Air Force officer
- Major Don Gentile, Dominic Salvatore Gentile (1920–1951) was a U S Air Force officer.
- Edmund P. Giambastiani, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno-responsible for capturing Saddam Hussein 13 December 2003.
- Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- Antonio Pierro, who lived to be one of the oldest surviving veterans of World War I.
- Joseph L. Romano
- Maj. Gen. Francis D. Vavala, Adjutant General, Delaware Army National Guard.
- Humbert Roque Versace, United States Army officer and POW, Vietnam.
- Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC, former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
- Col. Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Civil War Union Cavalry officer, and Medal of Honor recipient.
- Trumpeter Giovanni Martini, only member of Custer's army to leave the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn alive.
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“I’m not a military man, Captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.”
—Richard Bluel, and Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)
“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. For that we care for them; from that have issued endless consequences.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)