Mark Quander Rises to General Officer

Myron B. Pitts: Former 71st student makes military history with rise to general

Brig. Gen. Mark Quander is part of an extended family that is the ‘only African American family to produce four general officers in the U.S. military.’ Fayetteville resident Gail Quander considered her middle child, Mark, to be the least likely of her three boys to go into the military.

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