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Johnson, Hugh Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Hugh Samuel, 1882–1942, American army officer, government administrator, b. Fort Scott, Kans. After graduation (1903) from West Point, he entered the U.S. army as a second…

2017 Year in Review - U.S. News

  Top events for the nation and the world in 2017 Prev Next Shootings in America Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting A shooter opened fire inside a terminal of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood…

William Leon ST. ONGE, Congress, CT (1914-1970)

ST. ONGE William Leon , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Putnam, Windham County, Conn., October 9, 1914; attended the secondary schools of Putnam; graduated from Tufts University,…

Johnston, Albert Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803–62, Confederate general, b. Washington, Ky. After serving in the Black Hawk War, he resigned (1834) from the U.S. army and went to Texas where he enlisted…

Fort Benning

(Encyclopedia) Fort Benning, U.S. army post, 189,000 acres (76,500 hectares), W Ga., S of Columbus; est. 1918. One of the largest army posts in the United States, it is the nation's largest infantry…

Beer, George Louis

(Encyclopedia) Beer, George Louis, 1872–1920, American historian, b. Staten Island, N.Y. He was a tobacco importer for 10 years but also lectured on European history at Columbia from 1893 to 1897.…

Lucien Norbert NEDZI, Congress, MI (1925)

NEDZI Lucien Norbert , a Representative from Michigan; born in Hamtramck, Wayne County, Mich., May 28, 1925; graduated from Hamtramck High School, Hamtranck, Mich., 1943; B.A., University of…

Shriver, Robert Sargent

(Encyclopedia) Shriver, Robert Sargent, 1915–2011, U.S. public official, b. Westminster, Md., husband of Eunice Shriver. A lawyer, he served in World War II and was (1945–46) an assistant editor of…

Oceanside

(Encyclopedia) Oceanside. 1 City (1990 pop. 128,398), San Diego co., S Calif., on the Gulf of Santa Catalina; inc. 1888. It is a commercial and trading center for an inland farm area and for nearby…

Esper, Mark Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Esper, Mark Thomas, 1964–, U.S. army officer and government official, b. Uniontown, Pa., B.S West Point, 1986; M.P.A. Harvard, 1995, Ph.D. George Washington Univ., 2008. Rising to the…