James V. Hartinger

James Vincent Hartinger (1925 to 2000) was a United States Air Force general who is included in the sport atlas because of one fact in his English Wikipedia article: in 1975 he was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The article gives no account of his lacrosse playing career, so this entry records only the induction. Born in Middleport, Ohio, he served as an infantry sergeant in World War II, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1949 and became a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, flying combat missions in Korea and Vietnam. He commanded the North American Air Defense Command and its successor from 1980, then the Aerospace Defense Command together with Air Force Space Command until 1984, and was the first recipient of the Master Space Badge.