Reminiscences of Lester Adolphus Dessez : oral history, 1970.

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Reminiscences of Lester Adolphus Dessez : oral history, 1970.

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Childhood recollections of Theodore Roosevelt, pre-World War I America; World War I enlistment in Marine Corps; terms of duty in France, Haiti, Japan, China, Washington, D.C.; World War II, commanding Defense Batallion, Samoa; duty in Office of Chief of Naval Operations, 1945-46; Guam; Japanese war criminals; Office of National Defense, Joint Staff/Joint Chiefs of Staff; recollections of Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, General George Patton.

Transcript: 246 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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