Vessey, John William, 1922-2016
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- Affiliation Start: 1941
- Affiliation End: 1985
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 22, 2016
- Organization: United States. Army
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- Affiliation Start: 1939
- Affiliation End: 1941
- Source: New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 22, 2016
- Organization: Minnesota. National Guard
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found: U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Nomination of John W. Vessey, Jr., to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1982 (subj.)t.p. (John W. Vessey, Jr.) p. 4 (b. 6/29/22 Minneapolis, Minn., presently Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.; John William Vessey, General)
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 22, 2016(in obituary published Aug. 18: Gen. John W. Vessey Jr.; b. John William Vessey Jr., June 29, 1922, Minneapolis; d. Thursday night [Aug. 18, 2016], North Oaks, Minn., aged 94; soldier's soldier who lied about his age to enlist in the service, won his commission on a battlefield in World War II, and became a four-star general and then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Reagan administration)
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1982-08-16: new
2016-08-22: revised
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