US Army General. A combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, he rose in rank to become Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command, Korea/Commander US Forces Korea, Commanding General of 8th US Army and Commander-in-Chief of US Army Europe/7th US Army. Born Guy Stanley Meloy, Jr. in Lanham, Maryland, after graduating from McKinley Technology High School in Washington DC, he received an appointment to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1923 and graduated in 1927 with a Bachelor of Science Degree and a commission as a 2nd lieutenant of Infantry. His early assignment centered around learning anti-tank defenses and attended the US Army Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from 1938 to 1939. During World War II he served in the European Theater of Operations as Chief of Staff of the 103rd Infantry Division from 1942 until 1945, and during this time he was promoted to the rank of colonel. After the end of the war, he returned to the US and became Chief of Staff of the US Army Airborne Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1946 he became professor of military science and tactics at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and in in 1948 he became a student at the National War College at Fort McNair, Washington DC. 1949 he was assigned to Camp Chickamauga in Beppu, Kyushu, Japan as commander of the 19th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division. In 1950 he saw combat action during the Korean War, where he was seriously wounded. In 1951 he returned to the US and became commander of the US Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. In 1953 he was promoted to the rank of major general and assigned to Europe with the 1st Infantry Division. In1956 he returned to the US and became the Chief of Public Information at Headquarters US Army in Washington DC. In 1958 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and became Commander, 5th US Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In 1961 he was promoted to the rank of general and became the Commander-in-Chief of the United Nations Command, Korea/Commander US Forces Korea, and Commanding General of 8th US Army Korea. In 1962 he was assigned to Europe as the Commander-in-Chief of US Army Europe/7th US Army in Stuttgart, Germany and he retired at this position in 1963 with 35 years of continuous military service. Among his military and foreign decorations and awards include the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with one oak leaf cluster), the Bronze Star (with one oak leaf cluster), the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the post-World War II Army of Occupation Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korea Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal (Korea), the US Army Presidential Unit Citation Medal, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation Medal. Following his military retirement, he settled in Terrell Hills, Texas where he served as its mayor. He died in Texas at the age of 60. In 1970 the Association of the US Army established a scholarship in his honor. He was the father of US Army Major General Guy S. Meloy III.