Thomas M. Tarpley

Thomas McKee Tarpley (4 July 1922 – 18 December 1986) was an American soldier in the United States Army. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1944. Tarpley then served in World War II and in Vietnam, from February 1971 to April 1972 as the commander of 101st Airborne Division. He last served as commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry Center from 1973 until his retirement in 1975.^[1][2][3]