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(Major General Antonio Taguba)
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His father, Tomas, was a soldier in the 45th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Division (Philippine Scouts), who fought in the Battle of Bataan (January–April 1942) during World War II and, after capture by the Japanese, survived the Bataan Death March. His mother, Maria, stayed home to raise him, two other brothers, and five sisters. 
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When he was 11 years old, his family moved to Hawaii, in the United States.
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Taguba graduated from Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, in 1968. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Idaho State University in 1972, and graduated from the Armor Officer Basic and Advanced Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, the College of Naval Command and Staff, and the Army War College.
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In addition, Taguba holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Webster University, a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Salve Regina College, and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the College of Naval Command and Staff at the Naval War College.
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He began his career with troop-leading assignments in the 1st Battalion, 72d Armor, 2d Infantry Division, Eight United States Army, Korea. He commanded Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Staff and Faculty Battalion, Field Artillery School/Center at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Company B, 4th Battalion, 69th Armor at Mainz, Germany; 1st Battalion, 72d Armor, 2d Infantry Division at Camp Casey, Korea; 2d "St. Lo" Brigade, 2d Armored Division, later redesignated as 2d "Warhorse" Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Fort Hood, Texas; and the United States Army Community and Family Support Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Major General Taguba has served as Materiel Systems Analyst, Office of the Chief of Staff, Army, The Pentagon and Executive Officer, C/J5 (Plans and Policy) ROK-US Combined Forces Command, Yongsan, Korea; Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia; and Assistant Division Commander-Forward, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and Deputy Commanding General (South), First U.S. Army at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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Major General Taguba served for ten months as deputy commanding general for support of the Third United States Army, United States Army Forces Central Command, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, based in Kuwait. Earlier, he was at the Pentagon as acting director of the Army Staff, Headquarters, Department of the Army, under General Eric K. Shinseki.
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In 2004, Taguba was assigned to report on abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. In May of that year, he published an extremely critical report that was leaked to the public. Later that month, Major General Taguba was reassigned to the Pentagon to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, Training and Mobilization in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. Describing his thoughts upon being informed by John Abizaid a few weeks after the leak that he and his report would be investigated, Taguba said:
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"I'd been in the Army thirty-two years by then, and it was the first time that I thought I was in the Mafia."
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In January 2006, General Richard A. Cody, the Army's Vice-Chief of Staff, instructed Taguba to retire by the following January. No official explanation was given; Taguba himself believes his forced retirement was ordered by civilian Pentagon officials in retaliation for his report on abuse of prisoners. Taguba's retirement, effective January 1, 2007, ended a 34-year career of military service.
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October 31, 1950: Antonio Taguba, a retired Major General in the US Army was born in Sampaloc, Manila