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Commander in Chief

Name: Commander in Chief – United States factsheet records
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United States · Warfare / Korean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1950Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1950

Douglas MacArthur8 July 1950

Warfare / Korean War

Appointed Commander in Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War

Douglas MacArthur26 September 1950

Warfare / Korean War

Appointed Commander in Chief

Names involved

Douglas MacArthur

Provenance

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