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Cadet Petraeus with his father, Sixtus, a former officer on a Dutch ship, who came to the United States during World War II and later joined the U.S. Merchant Marines.

(Courtesy of David Petraeus)

Lieutenant General William Knowlton, superintendent of USMA, was an important early mentor in counterinsurgency and father to Petraeus's wife, Hollister (“Holly”).

(PFC Alfredson, United States Military Academy Archives)

Petraeus with his parents and future father-in-law on his commissioning day.

(Courtesy of David Petraeus)

Wedding day, July 6, 1974.

(Courtesy of David Petraeus)

Lieutenant Petraeus deployed to Turkey while he was stationed in Vicenza, Italy.

(Courtesy of David Petraeus)

Major General John Galvin, an intellectual force in the post-Vietnam Army, became Petraeus's most influential mentor. Galvin gave Petraeus the “Stampede” as a farewell token in 1982.

(Courtesy of David Petraeus)

Colonel Keith Nightingale (second from left) mentored Petraeus from their days in Vicenza, Italy. Shown here in France, where Petraeus was serving, on the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day.

(Courtesy of Joshua Treadwell )

The archetypal soldier-scholar completed his dissertation on the influence of Vietnam on military decision-making regarding the use of force at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.

(Courtesy of Patrick McGuigan)

Following his civilian counterparts, Ambassadors Karl Eikenberry and Mark Sedwill, General Petraeus arrives to take command of ISAF forces in Kabul.

(Courtesy of Joshua Treadwell)

Brigadier General Mark Martins celebrates the launch of the NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission—part of Petraeus's Anaconda strategy.

(Tom Jones/U.S. Navy)

Lieutenant Colonel David Flynn, who commanded 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division in the Arghandab River Valley.

(Courtesy of David Flynn)

Father and son, Second Lieutenant Stephen Petraeus, who served as a platoon leader in Wardak Province.

(Courtesy of Joshua Treadwell)