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Date Event President
1880 born in Little Rock Barraks, AR Hayes
1880 baptised into Episcopal Church Hayes
1898 entered Academy at WestPoint T.R.
1903 Graduated from West Point T.R.
1906 aide-de-camp to President (2 yrs) T.R.
1913 General White House Staff (5 years) Wilson
1914 Vera Cruz Expedition Wilson
1917 served in France; Commander of 84th Brigade Wilson
1919 Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point WIlson
1922 married to Louise Cromwell Brooks Harding
1922 Major General in Phillipines (4 Years) Harding
1928 Commander of the Department of Phillipines (3 yrs) Coolidge
1929 divorced Louise Cromwell Brooks Hoover
1930 Army Chief of Staff ( 6yrs) Hoover, FDR
1932 ordered to disperse the Bonus Army Hoover
1935 sent to Phillipines to help w/ Independence FDR
1937 retired from Army FDR
1937 Jean Marie Faircloth FDR
1937 ordered to withdraw to Australia FDR
1942 Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces FDR
1942 escape from Corregidor FDR
1945 liberated the Phillipines FDR
1945 oversaw occupation of Japan postWWII (7 yrs) Truman
1950 in charge of UN Forces in North Korea Truman
1951 relieved of duty Truman
1951 "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away" Truman
1961 counsel solicited in Bay of Pigs Kennedy
1962 Sylvanus Thayer Award Kennedy
1964 died at age 84 LBJ



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