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Hugh G. Robinson

1932–2010

United States

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Hugh Granville Robinson (August 4, 1932 - March 1, 2010) was the first African American general officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. Robinson served as the military aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson, the first African American to hold such a position.

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