James Everett Livingston was born in Towns, Georgia back in 1940. He graduated from Lumber High School in 1957. He entered the North Georgia College in 1957 but transferred to pursue a major that the school did not offer. He graduated in 1962, with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Auburn University. Later that same year he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.
In 1966, he was promoted to captain serving as the Commanding Officer of the Marine detachment aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp. In 1967, he was assigned to the 3rd Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam. He served this Republic for over 33 years before retiring in 1995.
What you may not know about retired United States Marine major general James E. Livingston is that on 2 May 1968 Company E launched an assault on the heavily fortified village of Dai Do. He maneuvered his men to assault positions across 500 meters of dangerous open rice paddies. Ignoring hostile round impacting near him and being twice wounded by grenade fragments, refusing medical attention he was able to deploy his men to position and supervise the evacuation of causalities. For his action he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
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