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 High school senior at Mather Academy |
 Sergeant in the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion |
 Company commander in Korea |
 In Vietnam in the early 1960s |
 Vietnam Special Forces, near Pleiku in 1965. |
 At Fort McNair in the 1970s receiving a medal from Brigadier General Curry. |
 Circuit Court Judge James H. Taylor addresses the Prince Georges County Council after accepting a proclamation declaring February "Black History Month." Standing behind Taylor, second from left, is Maryland future governor Parris N. Glendening, and second from right, John E. Mann. |
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 Being congratulated by County Executive Larry Hogan after being sworn in as County Personnel Officer, Prince Georges County, Maryland |
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 Retirement Reception from Glenelg Country School with Headmaster Ryland O. Chapman III |
 First booksigning at Glenelg Country School. 110 copies sold. |
 Booksigning at Pikesville, Maryland, Barnes and Noble |
John E. Mann and famed author Mary Higgins Clark at a Malice Domestic Conference in Washington, D.C. |
A historic night in Las Vegas in 2000 for the Triple Nickle, the first black paratroopers, at the home of Don Miller, former Assistant Secretary of Defense. John and Don had served together in earlier years. Shown are General Ward, John, Walter Morris, the first black paratrooper, President Joe Murchison, and Sec. Miller. Also present was Maj. Gen. Harry Brooks. (Not in photo) |
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Maj. Gen. Ward and Maj. Gen. Brooks. Gen. Ward was then guest speaker and Commanding General 25th Inf. Division. Brooks had commanded the division 19 years earlier. Ward recently received his 4th star. |
Maj. Gen. Brooks with Secretary Powell at his retirement at the Freedom Forum. Powell credits Brooks for being one of his mentors when he was a junior officer. |
Dr. Jannette Dates, Howard University, Maj. Gen. Brooks, and John & Jean Mann at Brooks retirement from the Freedom Forum. John and Harry were Leavenworth classmates. |
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Attorney & Mrs. Samuel Boyd, General Ward and the author at a Triple Nickle reunion. Boyd was Ward's first company commander after he was commissioned. |
John with members of the Buffalo Soldiers and Tuskegee Airmen at the Fort Campbell Theater in 2001, answering questions from the audience. |
John invited Major General Matthew Zimmerman as guest speaker to Heritage Church of Christ in Baltimore at a Veteran's Day celebration. Zimmerman is the first black to become Chief of Chaplains in the US Army. He then became the Chief of Chaplains of the Veterans Administration. Shown here is Zimmerman, Pastor Anthony Carpenter (a Naval Reserve Chaplain), John and Rev. John E. Mann. Jr. |
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John with Walter Morris, the first black paratrooper at Fort Leavenworth Sep 2006 |
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John Mann with General Petraeus, at the unveiling of the Triple Nickle Monument at Fort Leavenworth Sep 2006 |
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