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Henry Kissinger Branch of Service: U.S. Army Rank: N/A Hometown: Furth, Bavaria Honored By: Mike W. Reeser   Biography Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in Furth, Bavaria. He was the son of Jewish parents. In 1938, his family fled Hitler's Germany and came to New York. Kissinger was naturalized a U.S. citizen on June 19, 1943. While attending city college in New York, in 1943, he was drafted into the Army. He was trained at Clemson University in South Carolina, and became a German interpreter for the 970th Counter Intelligence Corps. In 1950 he received his B.A. degree from Harvard University. He received his M.A. from Harvard in 1952, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1954. A liberal Republican, Kissinger became a supporter of and adviser to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who sought the Republican nomination for President in 1960, 1964, and 1968. After Richard Nixon won the Presidency in 1968, he offered Kissinger a the job of National Security Adviser. His first marriage to Ann Fleischer produced 2 children, a son David, and a daughter Elizabeth. He is presently married to Nancy Maginnes, and they live in Kent, Connecticut. He is the head of Kissinger and Associates, a consulting firm.