IRVINGTON—As the logistics analyst for the Army Chief of Staff, retired Major James Makin advised senior military officers—three- and four-star generals to be exact. In this role, he would give his honest appraisal of a situation and they would run with it.
When they needed more information, they’d say, “Walk with me,” said Makin. “Sometimes this meant walking with them to a meeting on Capitol Hill and providing more information. Sometimes, they’d say, ‘Drive with me.’ I knew I was in for a trip when they said, ‘Fly with me’.”
Makin, retired U.S. Army, Infantry, Ordnance (Maintenance), Operations Research, is one of 60 Rappahannock Westminster-Canterbury residents who served in the military and whose photos and stories will be displayed as part of RWC’s Veterans Wall of Honor exhibit, held each November….
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