Major General Lawrence Russell Dewey

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Major General Lawrence Russell Dewey

Also Known As: "Bob"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, United States
Death: December 18, 1994 (93)
Shoreham West, 2700 Calvert St NW, Apt 114, Washington, District of Columbia, 20008, United States (Parkinsons )
Place of Burial: Arlington, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Clyde Russell Dewey and Lola Mae Williams
Husband of Florence Rodman Powers Dewey
Father of Private User; Private User; Donald H. Dewey and Private User
Brother of Margaret Dewey and Donald Herbert Dewey

Occupation: Army Officer
Managed by: Kathleen Hughes Hartman
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About Major General Lawrence Russell Dewey

Career Army Officer- 1st Lt. to Major General

Graduated West Point Military Academy in 1924

United States Cavelry

Trophy winning Polo player, Army Host for the International Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in 1938

Combat Commander in the Invasion of North Africa and Italy in World War II

Head the German Constabulatory

First Graduating Class of the National War College. Washington, DC 1947

First Teaching Staff of the National War College 1947-50

Korean War

North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO

Chief of the Joint American Military Aid to Turkey -JAMAT- Ankara, Turkey 1953-55

Head of European Command - EUCOM - Paris, France 1956-59

Head of Army Audit Agency - Washington, DC

Military retirement - 1960 - Ft. Myer, Va.

Central Intelligence Agency, Board of National Estimates - 1960 - 1965

Consultant - Research Analisis Corp. (RAC) 1965 -1968

Treasurer - Shoreham West Cooperative Apts. 1977-83

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Major General Lawrence Russell Dewey's Timeline

1901
May 19, 1901
Des Moines, Iowa, United States
1920
1920
- 1924
Age 18
West Point Military Acadamy, New York, United States
1924
1924
- 1960
Age 22
United States Army
1946
1946
- 1947
Age 44
National War College, District of Columbia, United States