Leaders & Leadership Style?

Question

1 - Who do you think was a great leader (Real or Fictional)?
2 - Have they been depicted in books, movies, TV show, etc.? If so, what was the title you like the best?
3 - What about their leadership style attracts you to them?
4 - What events did their leadership excell?

Answer 1

1. Ret. Colonel Willaim C.G. Savage
2. He appeared in a couple of news papers after his battle with cancer that took him from the world
3. This man was a teacher to me for 3 years and this was a man that did not demand respect, he earned it from the first minute he shook your hand and looked you in the eye and said hello.
4. He was a KC131 Pilot in Vietnam. He was a teacher in my town for over 9 years as the AFJROTC Senior aerospace Science Instructor. He battled cancer for more than 5 years. Beat it once but it got him. He was a great man and he has given me a view of what a real man is. I see your avatar is of a soldier. If you are one. God bless and thank you.

Answer 2

1. General/President Andrew "Old Hickery" Jackson
2. He's been placed on various U.S. currency and right now is on the nickle and the $20 bill. I haven't read any books on him, but his name did pop up in history class no matter the subject.

3.
a.The U.S. government for the first and last time was debt free while he was president.
b. He was greatly feared by his enemies even though he was 6'1" and weighed about 134 lbs. That's like a guy built like Micheal Jackson putting the fear of God into a modern marine.
c. He wouldn't back down from a fight, even when it ment being in over 100 duels. He had so many bullets in him that "he rattled like a bag of marbles."
d. He joined the American army in the Revolutionary War at 15 as a courier, captured by the British and attacked by an officer with a sword when Andrew refused to clean the officer's boots.
e. He was also a populist of sorts although the South accused him of being too pro North (high tariffs, known as the "Tariff of Abominations" forced the Southerns to pay more to farm) and the North was upset that he was to pro South (which led to the Indians being moved so the Southerners could get some gold for instance).

4.
a. Even though he was known as a Indian fighter and created the Indian reservation concept, he did adopt an Indian child and at least got the government to buy 32 million acres for $68 million for the land and give them new land.
b. In the Battle of New Orleans he lead 4,000 troops against 10,000 British. His army killed over 2,000 while losing 13 (with 58 wounded or missing).
c. As a general, he charged into Florida without congressional approval to defeat terrorism from Indians funded and trained (learned this from found writings) by the Spanish and the British. He "illegally" executed 2 British that were training the Indians.
d. He got rid of a corrupt banking system which he called "the brink of insurrection and treason."

Answer 3

Major Dick Winters(Real)
Band of Brothers
His style was amazing, there was not any man that didnt want Winters on their side. Many officer requested not to serve in Easy Company after Winters was transfered to another position.His men trusted him more than anyone in the world.
Major Winters lead his company into the hardest battles and came out victorious.
Winiters found a German map which contained every weapon in Normandy which helped Intelligence take out those guns.
Received the Distinguished service cross for taking out 4 German 105mm firing at Utah beach.

Answer 4

President Barrack Obama and Chancellor Andrea Merkel of Germany are seen the main clever Leaders of this time. They build all judgements on a valid foundation and with long term imaginative and prescient.

Answer 5

george washington - was a great general who wrested the most prized colonies away from the most powerful nation at the time. he was offered the title of 'king' and declined it. when napoleon was on his deathbed his last words were:
"they wanted me to be another washington."

robert e. lee/ulysees s grant - great generals who were given the thankless task of killing their own brothers and being as brutal as needed about it - which they were.
what sets these two men apart is that lee put a stop to any talk of the armies of the south disbanding into the hills to cause violence for generations to come (ala northern ireland) and grant put a stop to any celebration that the union army wanted to engage in after the southern surrender - and made a point to get clothing, food and medical attention the the army of the south.

these were great men who knew instinctively what was best for their nation and the kind of men we never seem to be able to find to lead us anymore...

Answer 6

Major Richard "Dick" Winters from 101st Airborne

Band of Brothers, book and HBO Original Series

Answer 7

Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Burwell Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and was the most decorated Marine in history. Puller was the first United States Marine to receive the Navy Cross, the U.S. Navy's second highest decoration after the Medal of Honor, five times. During his career, he fought guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and participated in some of the bloodiest battles of World War II and the Korean War.

He lead from the front and did not tell his men to do anything that he was not willing to do himself.

BOOKS
Crocker, H.W. (2006). Don't Tread on me: A 400-year history of America at War, from Indian Fighting to Terrorist Hunting. Crown Forum. ISBN 1-40005-363-3.
Davis, Burke (1991 reprint). Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-27182-2.
Fehrenbach, T.R. (1963). This Kind of War. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's. ISBN 1-57488-259-7.
Hoffman, Jon T. (2001). Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC. Random House. ISBN 0-679-44732-6.
Russ, Martin (1999). Breakout” – The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea, 1950.. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14029-259-4.

AWARDS
Navy Cross with four gold award stars
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star
Legions of Merit with one gold award star and Valor device
Bronze Star with Valor device
Air Medal with two Gold Stars
Purple Heart
Presidential Unit Citation with four bronze stars
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal with bronze star
Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal with one bronze star
World War I Victory Medal with West Indies clasp
Haitian Campaign Medal
Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal
China Service Medal
American Defense Service Medal with Base Clasp
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four bronze stars
World War II Victory Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Korean War Service Medal with one silver star in lieu of five bronze stars

WARS
Banana Wars
* Occupation of Haiti
* Occupation of Nicaragua
World War II
* Battle of Guadalcanal
* Battle of Cape Gloucester
* Battle of Peleliu
Korean War
* Battle of Inchon
* Battle of Chosin Reservoir

And he was the Cousin of Gen. George S. Patton

Answer 8

Dick Winters, watch Band of Brothers!