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Title: David Wooster King Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1971
Collection number: 72014
Creator:
King, David Wooster, 1893-
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Diary, orders, correspondence, and memorabilia, relating to French and American military operations in World War I, the American
consular service in Ethiopia in 1926, and Office of Strategic Services activities in North Africa during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], David Wooster King papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
United States. Dept. of State.
United States. Office of Strategic Services.
Secret service--United States.
World War, 1914-1918.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service.
Ethiopia.
Ethiopia--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Armed Forces.
United States--Foreign relations--Ethiopia.
Africa.
| 1893, July 5 | Born, Wickford, R.I. |
| 1914, August | Enlisted in French Foreign Legion |
| 1915, October | Transferred to 170th French Infantry |
| 1917, November | Released by French Army |
| 1918, January | 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army |
| 1918, March | Assistant to Military Attach, Col. W. F. H. Godsden |
| 1918, December | Paris Peace Conference |
| 1919, August | Return to United States for demobilization |
| 1920 | Calcutta, India |
| 1926 | Abyssinia |
| 1935-1945 | Lt. Col. AUS OSS Algiers, Tunisia, Italy, Morocco, Washington, New York |
| 1941-1943 | Vice Consul and Military Intelligence |