Verne E. Chaney Papers. 1918 - 1998. Subject Files. 1918 - 1998. "The Memoirs of Sergeant Verne Chaney" [typed draft]. 1918 - 1998. The Memoirs of Sergeant Verne Chaney

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...

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...

Wooldridge, Glenwood F., 1893-1977

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Glenwood F. Woolridge (b. 1893, East Lynn, Missouri-d. March 31, 1977), served in the U.S. Army in both World Wars. From the description of Wooldridge, Glenwood F., 1893-1977 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 12326670 ...

Spina, Frank E., 1887-1972

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Frank E. Spina (1887-1972), World War I comrade and baber of President Harry S. Truman. From the description of Spina, Frank E., 1887-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10596836 ...

Thacher, John H., 1873-1960

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John H. Thacher was born in 1873 in Kansas City, Missouri. He received a B.A. in 1895 from Princeton University. He married Edith Gilman in 1906, and had the following children: John (1908), Edith (1910), and Nicholas (1915.) In 1912, he joined the Missouri National Guard, and on October 6, 1915 he was commissioned a Captain in the Missouri National Guard, 1st Missouri Field Artillery Battalion. On June 19, 1916, he was ordered to active duty, and from July 4 to December 15, 1916, he served on t...

Klemm, Karl D., 1880-

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Miles, John L., 1878-1961

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John L. Miles (b. Feb. 26, 1878, Centerville, Tenn.-d. July 1, 1961) was a Major in the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division. He served in both the Spanish American War and World War I. He was an acquaintance of Harry S. Truman. From the description of Miles, John L., 1878-1961 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10601218 ...