... was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He graduated from West Point and received his Army commission in 1944. When the Air Force was created from the Army Air Force in 1947, Fitton became part of the new service ...

... introduction to the military as an ROTC cadet when he attended Arkansas Tech University. He then received a regular Army commission in May 1975 at the time of his graduation with a degree in general business. Dodd would spend the next four years ...