United States Army General. As a teenager he earned the title Eagle Scout. A graduate of Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. After graduating the US Military Academy at West Point in 1941, Foster joined the 4th Signal Co., 4th Infantry Division. His assignment was to train 17 Comanche soldiers as "code talkers" at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Because the Comanches have no written language, he kept a notebook of the code's phonetic spellings. He also had to translate modern military terms into the Comanche language to make those terms indecipherable to enemy forces. The Comanches served in Europe, and were among the first Allied troops landing in Normandy, France, on D-Day. Navajo code talkers served with US Marines in the Pacific. Foster served later in World War II in North Africa and Italy after leaving the Comanches basic training. Later in life, he became an honorary member of the Comanche tribe and was given the name meaning "Telephone Red Sash," which referred to his code work and apparel of Army officers in the late 1800s. While stationed at Camp Crowder, he saw a beautiful woman across the room and told his friend "That's the woman I'm going to marry." It was that night he met Mary Jane Schneider. They married at West Point in 1946. Foster also taught electrical engineering at West Point and the US Naval Academy. He served in many locations from Austria to New Mexico, West Point to Annapolis, and he took pictures everywhere he went. Additionally, he led the 1st Signal Brigade in Vietnam. He retired as a Major General. His brother was a graduate of the US Naval Academy which caused true chaos for Army Navy football games. So much so that local newspapers wrote about the antics of those senior citizens. He died at his home with his wife by his side in December and was later buried at West Point on 3 January 2005.