John Shalikashvili
Military Person
1936 – 2011
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Who was John Shalikashvili?
John Malchase David Shalikashvili was a Polish-born United States Army general who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Allied Commander from 1993 to 1997. He was born in Warsaw, Poland to Georgian parents. In 1996, he was the first recipient of the Naval War College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award.
Shalikashvili was the first foreign-born man to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He served in every level of unit command from platoon to division. Shalikashvili died of a stroke in 2011.
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- Born
- Jun 27, 1936
Warsaw - Also known as
- John Shalikashvili
() - John M Shalikashvili
- John Shalikashvili
- Ethnicity
- Georgians
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- George Washington University
- Peoria High School
- Bradley University
- Elliott School of International Affairs
- Naval War College
- Lived in
- Peoria
- Died
- Jul 23, 2011
Fort Lewis
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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