Nathan F. Twining Papers 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960)

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Nathan F. Twining Papers 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960)

U.S. Army and Air Force officer and publishing company executive. Correspondence, diaries, logs, speeches and statements, biographical material, certificates, flight records, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating to mainly to Twining's career in the air force and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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January 6, 1900 b. Boston, Massachusetts. s. Walter Barton and Grace Winifred (Wise) L. 1921 A.B., cum laude, Harvard University Summer 1920 Graduate student, Universite de Grenoble, 1924 LL.B., cum laude, Harvard Law School ...

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Nathan Farragut Twining: oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419971 U.S. Army and Air Force officer; later, publishing company executive. From the description of Papers of Nathan F. Twining, 1924-1960 (bulk 1950-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81804920 Nathan Twining's military career began in 1916 as a member of the Third Oregon Infant...

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