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Officer Paterson of Sulu Navy Earns Unity Praise
1934 tale of Lieut Charles William Patterson who left Harvard to serve in the Army and a Sulu archipelago troubleshooter. He trained 600 native police, united Moros and Christians, convened the Sub-Islamic Congress, and earned a warm Worcester welcome with tokens of esteem as Florence and Charles Jr. prepared for a summer in Buzzards Bay.
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Charles W. Patterson
Patterson
Sultan Hadji Mdmed Jamaly
Charles William Patterson
Dorothy Laravur
Florence Patterson
Charles Jr
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Bean
Harvard
Lie Pacific
Pershing
Archipelago
Paterson
Congress
Worcester
Moss Patterson
Pacific
Ila Patterson
Florence
Buzzards Bay
Mass
South Seas Island