John Lance Geoghegan, Vietnam War 1959–1975. Geoghegan (PMC 1963) serves in Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry. He dies in combat during the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. He is portrayed in the book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young that...
The United States withdraws from Vietnam, 1975. This withdrawal marks the end of the longest military conflict in U.S. history. Shown is the painting, LZ X-Ray, Ia Drang Valley, by Richard M. Taus (PMC 1965).
John Lance Jack Geoghegan was an outstanding alumnus of Pennsylvania Military College. William S. Biddle, who served as Geoghegan's Commandant called him ..one of Pennsylvania Military College's most promising sons. He clearly lived up to this...
This collection includes photographs of various military exercises on campus. It also chronicles the military service of PMA and PMC alumni in all major U.S. Military actions from The Civil War to Vietnam.
