Burns, E. L. M. (Eedson Louis Millard), 1897-1985

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Eedson Louis Millard Burns (b. June 17, 1897, Westmount, Quebec, Canada), Lieutenant General in the Canadian Army, served with the 17th Hussars (1913) and during World War II with the 4th Canadian Armored Division in Italy and Northwest Europe. Following the War, he became a government official, and served as commander of the U.N. Emergency Force, Suez-Sinai, from 1956 to 1959. In the 1960s, he served as the Canadian representative at Disarmament Conferences.

From the description of Burns, E. L. M. (Eedson Louis Millard), 1897-1985 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597899

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referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Records, 1956-1967. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 40, No. 23 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Fox Movietone News Collection. 1957 - 1963. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 1957 - 1963. Movietone News, Vol. 40, No. 24 National Archives at College Park
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correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
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Birth 1897-06-17

Death 1985-09-13

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