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A Photo of General Clifton B. Cates speaking before the House Armed Services Committee

99-190
Accession Number
99-190
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350298121
Keywords
Generals
Marines
Legislative hearings
People Pictured
Cates, Clifton B. (Clifton Bledsoe), 1893-1970
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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
General Clifton B. Cates, Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, telling the House Armed Services Committee that the Army General Staff has dealt "A severe and telling blow" to national security in its efforts to cripple the Corps as a fighting force. He said the blow at their service was planned more than four years ago by General J. Lawton Collins, now Army Chief of Staff. From: Beth Gore.
Date(s)
October 17, 1949