Dorn, Frank.

Dates:
Active 1927
Active 1976

Biographical notes:

Brigadier general, United States Army, commanding general, Chinese Training and Combat Command, 1944-1945.

From the description of Frank Dorn papers, 1927-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872079

Biographical Note

1901, June 25 Born, San Francisco, California 1912 1915 Studied violin 1915 1918 Student, San Francisco Insitute of Art 1923 Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point 1926 Assigned to Philippine Islands 1935 Author, Forest Twilight 1936 1938 Military Attache's Office, Peking, China 1939 Promoted to Major 1939 1945 Aide and Public Information Officer for General Joseph Stilwell, 7th Division, III Corps, Headquarters China-Burma-India 1942 Promoted to Colonel 1944 Promoted to Brigadier General 1946 1949 Assistant Commandant and Acting Commandant, Army Information School and Armed Forces Information School, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania 1950 1951 Office of the Chief of Information, Department of the Army 1953 Retirement Author, The Dorn Cookbook 1954 1957 Exhibits of paintings of Frank Dorn in: California; Galerie Andre Weil, Paris; Instituto de Cultura Hispanica, Madrid; Instituto Mexicano-Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, Mexico City 1958 Author, Just A Pinch

From the guide to the Frank Dorn Papers, 1927-1976, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Subjects:

  • Ethnology
  • Ethnology
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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Places:

  • China (as recorded)
  • Philippines (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • United States. Army (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Burma (as recorded)
  • World War, 1939-1945 (as recorded)
  • Philippines (as recorded)

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