James M. McHugh papers, 1930-1965.

Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003

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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

Rickover, Hyman George , 1900-1986

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Hyman George Rickover (January 27, 1900 – July 8, 1986) was an Admiral in the U.S. Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity. Rickover is also one of four people who have been awarded two Congressional Gold ...

Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958

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Claire Lee Chennault (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958), sometimes known as Old Leatherface, was an American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic of China Air Force in World War II. Chennault was a fierce advocate of "pursuit" or fighter-interceptor aircraft during the 1930s when the United States Army Air Corps was focused primarily on high-altitude bombardment. Chennault retired from the United States Army in 1937, and went to work as an av...

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, compe...

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896-1947

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Evans Fordyce Carlson (26 February 1896 – 27 May 1947) was a decorated and retired United States Marine Corps general officer who was the legendary leader of "Carlson's Raiders" during World War II. Many credit Carlson with developing the tactics and attitude that would later come to define America's special operations forces. He is renowned for the "Makin Island raid" in 1942, and his raiders' "Long Patrol" (aka Carlson's patrol) behind Japanese lines on Guadalcanal, in which 488 Japanese were ...

Cox, Oscar Sidney.

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Magruder, John.

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Culbertson, C. D.

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Donald, William Henry, 1875-1946

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Journalist. Born in Australia, Mr. Donald was a newsman in China from 1904 until World War II. Mediator of the Sian Incident in 1936, he was also adviser to Chang Hsueh-liang of Manchuria and later to Chiang Kai-shek and Mme Chiang. Subsequent to Pearl Harbor, he became interned in Manila for three years. After a brief visit to New York City in 1945, he returned to Shanghai, where he died in 1946. From the description of William Henry Donald papers, 1924-1946...

Elliston, Herbert B.

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Gordon, Robin

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Fox, Abijah Upson, 1905-1980

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Government official and investment executive. From the description of Papers, 1941-1946. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959620 ...

Barton, Hugh David MacEwen.

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Boone, Ronald Aubry

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Hull, Cordell, 1871-1955

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Cordell Hull was a Tennessee state representative (1893-1897), a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee (1903-1906), U.S. Representative for Tennessee (1907-1921, 1923-1931), chairman of the Democratic National Executive Committee (1921-1924), U.S. Senator for Tennessee (1931-1933), Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1944), and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. From the description of Cordell Hull letter, 1941 Dec. 12. (Loui...

Soong, T. V. (Tzu-wen), 1894-1971

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Chinese statesman and banker; minister of finance, 1925-1933; personal representative of Chiang Kai-shek to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940-1942; minister of foreign affairs, 1942-1945. From the description of T. V. Soong papers, 1916-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510931 Biographical Note 1894, December 4 born, Shanghai, China ...

Watts, Erik.

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Vincent, John Carter, 1900-

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Snow, Edgar, 1905-1972

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American author. From the description of Autobiography excerpts, 1958-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367437397 ...

Yarnell, Harry E. (Harry Ervin), 1875-1959

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Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1879-1960. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57552600 Naval officer. From the description of Harry E. Yarnell papers, 1935-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78464899 From the description of Harry E. Yarnell papers, 1909-1958 (bulk 1939-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982012 Biographical Note ...

Young-Herries, Michael Alexander Robert.

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Knox, Franklin William.

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Marquart, Edward J.

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Miles, Milton E., 1900-1961

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Vice admiral, United States Navy; deputy director, Sino-American Cooperative Organization, and commander, Naval Group, China, 1942-1945; director, Pan American Affairs, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1950-1954. From the description of Milton E. Miles papers, 1923-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869732 Milton E. Miles (April 6, 1900 - March 25, 1961) was a Vice Admiral in the United States Navy, who served in World War II as head of Naval Intelligence operat...

Soong, Ai-ling, 1890-1973

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Schurman, George M.

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Smith, Richard R. (Richard Rayhill), 1951-

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Holcomb, Thomas

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Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975

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Chinese political and military leader; head of state, 1928-1949; president of Taiwan, 1949-1975. From the description of Chiang Kai-shek diaries, 1917-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872867 1909-1911 served in the Japanese army; 1911 founding member of the Kuomintang; 1913-1916 participated in revolution against Yuan Shikai; 1923 commandant of military academy at Whampoa; ?1925 commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army; 1927-1937 leader of th...

J. M.(James Marshall) McHugh 1899-

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James M. McHugh was born in Nevada, Missouri, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. Following training at Quantico he went to China in 1923 to study the country and its language. His father-in-law, Jacob Gould Schurman, who was president of Cornell University from 1892-1920, was then American minister to China. McHugh spent over twenty years in China, where he served as intelligence officer for the 4th Marines and U.S. Asiatic Fleet, Shanghai, from 1933-1935, be...

Bosanquet, David

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Johnson, Nelson T. (Nelson Trusler), 1887-1954

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Diplomat. From the description of Oral history interview with Nelson Trusler Johnson, 1954. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739644 U.S. assistant secretary of state, minister and ambassador to China, and minister to Australia. From the description of Papers of Nelson T. Johnson, 1916-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063436 Biographical Note ...

Killery, Val St. J.

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Bruins, John H.

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Keswick, William Johnson.

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Juang, P'ing-heng.

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Wu, Kuo Cheng, 1903-

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Keswick, Claire

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United States. Office of Secret Service.

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Creighton, John Marion

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Keswick, John Henry.

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Currie, Lauchlin Bernard

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1902 Born, Nova Scotia 1922 1925 Studied at the London School of Economics 1931 Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard 1934 The Supply and Control of Money in theUnited States...

Oppenheim, Duncan

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McHugh, J. M. (James Marshall), 1899-

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James M. McHugh was born in Nevada, Missouri, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922. Following training at Quantico he went to China in 1923 to study the country and its language. His father-in-law, Jacob Gould Schurman, who was president of Cornell University from 1892-1920, was then American minister to China. McHugh authored a standard textbook on China and a Chinese-English dictionary which were used by the British and American embassies and armed forces in China unt...

Hagan, Edward Gillette

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Timperley, Harold J. (Harold John), 1898-

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Epithet: of the China Campaign Committee, journalist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x000232 ...

Gauss, Clarence E.

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Northcote, Geoffry Alexander Stafford

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Davis, Maxine

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Tolley, Kemp, 1908-

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Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1924-1967. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57470045 ...

Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1936-

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United States. Embassy (China)

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Sheehan, Charles Vincent.

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Clark Kerr, Archibald.

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