Van Stockum, Ronald Reginald b.1916 Papers 1937-2001.

Jones, William K. (William Kenefick), 1916-

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General William K. Jones graduated from the University of Kansas in 1937 and was commissioned 2d Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserves in 1938. He served during World War II....

Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977

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Lewis Blaine Hershey (September 12, 1893 – May 20, 1977) was the Director of the Selective Service System of the United States. An Indiana native, Hershey joined the National Guard in 1911. His unit served at the Mexican border in 1916. After World War I, he moved to the Army and became a captain in 1920. He also taught military science at Ohio State University and, as a active volunteer, earned several prestigious Scouting awards. In 1936, he was made secretary of the Joint Army and Navy Selec...

Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973

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General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions on August 7 to December 9, 1942, in the Solomon Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was the first four-star general on active duty in th...

Lemnitzer, Lyman L. (Lyman Louis), 1899-1988

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Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (August 29, 1899 – November 12, 1988) was born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1920 and was an instructor at West Point from 1926 to 1930, and again in 1934 and 1935. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1936 and the Army War College in 1940 and saw duty with war plans division and the staff of Army Ground Forces from May 1941 to June 1942. He reached the rank of brigadier general in...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

McNamara, Robert S., 1916-2009

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U.S. secretary of defense, president of World Bank, and corporate executive. Full name: Robert Strange McNamara. From the description of Robert S. McNamara papers, 1934-2009 (bulk 1968-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132706 Robert Strange McNamara (b. 1916) was a business executive and Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. During World War II he worked on the deployment of the B-29 bomber, and served in the Army Air Forces in India, Chi...

Killick, John, 1919-2004.

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Merchant, Livingston T. (Livingston Tallmadge), 1903-1976

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Diplomat, government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Livingston Tallmadge Merchant : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122620074 From the description of Reminiscences of Livingston Tallmadge Merchant : oral history, 1974. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122376659 From the description of Reminiscences of Livingston Tallmadge Merchant : oral history, 1968. (Colum...

Van Stockum, Ronald Reginald, 1916-

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Ronald Reginald Van Stockum served in the United States Marine Corps from 1937 until he retired as a Brigadier General in 1969. He later pursued a second career as an administrator at the University of Louisville. He was active in the community and served on the city's Armed Forces Committee and on the Board of the Filson Historical Society. From the description of Van Stockum, Ronald Reginald b.1916 Part II Papers 1937-2001. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 5662...

Anderson, Charles C. (Charles Carter), 1867-

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Greene, Wallace Martin, 1907-

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Walt, Lewis William, 1913-1989.

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Davis, Raymond, 1915-2003

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Fairbourn, W. T.

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Gentner, William E. (William Ellis), 1907-

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William Ellis Gentner was born on July 18, 1907, in Douglas, Arizona. He was promoted to vice admiral in 1963 and served as commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet from 1963 to 1964. From the description of Gentner, William E. (William Ellis), 1907- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10613450 ...

Krulak, Victor H.

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Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Victor Harold Krulak : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574579 ...

McDonald, Luke B.

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Rivero, Horacio, 1910-2000

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Horacio Rivero (1910-2000), U.S. Navy admiral. From the description of Rivero, Horacio, 1910-2000 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10616063 ...

Tunney, Gene, 1897-1978

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Burger, Joseph C.

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Marieni, Alessandro.

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Romoser, William K. (William Kilian), 1903-1986

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U.S. Naval officer. From the description of William K. Romoser papers, 1922-1982 (bulk 1948-1961). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979762 Biographical Note 1903, July 21 Born, Baltimore, Md. 1921 1922 Attended Lehigh University, Bethlehem, P...

Riseley, James P. 1898-1992.

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Milward, James Bert.

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Vogel, Clayton Barney, 1882-1964

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Clayton Barney Vogel (b. Sept. 18, 1882, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. Nov. 26, 1964), Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps, graduated from university and was commissioned in 1904. He served in China, the Canal Zone, Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua. During the Second World War, he was commanding general of the 2nd Marine Division; the Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet; I Marine Amphibious Corps; and Fleet Marine Force, San Diego Area. He ended his military career as commanding general of Marine Barracks, Parr...

Fairbanks, Douglas, 1909-2000.

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American actor and writer; b. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; d. 2000. From the description of Douglas Fairbanks collection, 1888-1980. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70925544 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000376 ...

Berkley, James

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Rosenthal, Joe, 1911-2006

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Joe Rosenthal (1911-2006) was an employee of the Associated Press in 1945 when he took this photograph of U. S. Marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima. He won the Pulitzer prize for it that same year. Rosenthal later worked for the San Francisco Chronicle, retiring in 1981. He made the photograph in this collection from his original negative in 1997 and gave it to fellow photojournalist David Hume Kennerly who donated it to the Briscoe Center. From the guide to the Joe Rosenthal Iwo Ji...

Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

Klenke, William W. (William Walter), 1888-

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Masters, James M. 1911-1988.

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Parker, Edward Nelson, b. 1904.

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Shoup, David M. (David Monroe), 1904-1983

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General, United States Marine Corps; commander of Marine forces at Tarawa, 1943; chief of staff, 2d Marine Division, 1944; commandant of the Marine Corps, 1960-1963. From the description of David M. Shoup papers, 1927-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870712 Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of David Monroe Shoup : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122361984 ...

Youngdale, Carl A. 1912-1993.

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