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2 unusual facts about Eugene Dooman


Eugene Dooman

A guest of Commodore Edward H. Watson, he was on board the US destroyer Delphy which ran aground during the Honda Point Disaster in 1923.

Later, in 1945, Dooman was involved with Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew (who had headed the Tokyo embassy when he was stationed there 1937-1941) as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State James Dunn in the decision over calling for Japanese surrender.



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