New West Point plaque honors MVD engineer

Published 12:09 pm Wednesday, June 2, 2010

The wife and daughters of the late Maj. Gen. William E. Read flank a permanent plaque at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., that will bear the names of all Pentathlete award winners. From left are Sallie Fordice of Vicksburg, Ginger Hopkins of New Windsor, N.Y., Mary Ann Gregory Read of Morganton, N.C., and Ann Weber of Pipersville, W. Va.

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