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General Leonard Wood Dies in Rapid City Obit
Rapid City notes the death of General Leonard Wood and discusses his career from a medical officer to governor general of the Philippines and military leader in Cuba and at San Juan Hill. The piece notes his age, honors, and broad impact on U S military and foreign policy, with implications for successor appointments in Manila and Mexico.
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General Wood
Manila
Lambert
Wood
Cushman
Geni
Major Reed
Leonard Wood
Medical Corps
United States Army
Philippine Islands
Army
Theodore Roosevelt
Congres
Sional
Winchester
New Hampshire
Charles Jewett
Caroline E. (Hagar) Wood
Pierce Academy
Middleboro
Mass
Harvard Univeristy
Boston City Hospital
Miles
Arizona
Lawton
Geronimo
New Mexico
North America
Southwest
Presidio
San Francisco
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Cleveland
McKinley
Roosevelt
White House
Navy
Plain States
San Juan Hill
Las Guasimas
United States Volunteers
Santiago
Cuba
Offcer
Moro
Philippines
United States
Argentina
Elihu Root
Rapid City
S. D
Coolidge
Black Hills
Carmi A. Thompson
Henry L. Stimson
Nicaragua
William V. Hodges
Republican National Committee
Japan
Hodges
Noming
James R. Sheffield
Mexico
John Garrett
Baltimore
Philippine Island
Interior Department
War Department