Lt. Gen. Keys is truly a man deserving to be recognized. He served as company commander with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, during the Vietnam Conflict where he led units against the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong.
During Operation Desert Storm, he was commanding general of more than 20,000 Marines and devised a famous “two-axis” attack that General Norman Schwarzkopf called “simply brilliant.”