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| 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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