Vietnam vet Bill Roedy left the Army for cable TV—and helped win the Cold War

There aren’t many people who can say they once had nuclear missiles aimed at the same people they later recruited as an MTV audience. Bill Roedy might be the only one.

In May 2026, West Point’s Jefferson Hall Library and Learning Center dedicated its second-floor rotunda in Roedy’s honor. It’s an inspiring capstone for a man who graduated near the bottom of his class in 1970 and went on to launch HBO and give cable television a footing in households around the world. He would also give the Eastern Bloc its greatest access to Western music and culture.

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