Dwight D. Eisenhower Library Oral History Collection. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Transcripts. 1962 - 1998. Oral History Interview with Wilton B. Persons
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Persons, Wilton B. (Wilton Burton), 1896-1977
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Wilton B. Persons was born on January 10, 1896 in Montgomery, Alabama. He received a B.S. from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1916, and an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1931. He was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1917, and served with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. Served as a professor of military science and tactics at the University of Minnesota from 1924 to 1929, and graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1938. Served in the Office of th...
