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Notable wartime leaders and careers profiled
Profiles of John J. Pelly, president of the Association of American Railroads, and veteran public figures including James Vincent Forrestal and Gen. Patrick J. Hurley. The piece highlights Pelly’s rail career from Anna, Illinois to New York, Forrestal’s naval service and finance career, and Hurley’s wartime service and awards.
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New York
John Jeremiah Pely
Association of American Railroads
Brakie
Pelly
Illinois Central
University of Illinois
Anna
Ill
Ilinois Central
Central of Georgia Railway
New Haven
James Vincent Forrestal
Navy
Congress
Blunt
Wall Street
Forrestal
Hudson Valley
Beacon
N. Y
Dartmouth
Princeton
Princetonian
Clarence Dillon
Roosevelt
Washington
Dillon Read & Co
Patrick Jay Hurley
New Zealand
South Pacific
Orient
Middle East
Russia
Port Darwin
South Atlantic
Brazil
Hurley
France
Aisne-Marne
Argonne
St. Mihiel
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Indian Territory