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Pentagon Generals Attend Wedding Amid War Turmoil
Washington reports detail a January 1844 wedding in New York at the Pierre attended by Pentagon generals and civilian officials while U.S. soldiers fought in Italy. Accounts questioned travel orders, per diems, and hotel charges, amid Senate inquiries into shell contracts and wartime duties.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Italy
New York
Pierre
Natalie
Munitions Empires
Mian N. Portes
Sen
Homer Perqueon
Michigan
Senate
Murray
Henry
Rayfrehd Marlin
James M. Mead
Albert Jacobsen
War Department
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Timothy K. Williams
Chemical Warfare Branch
Chemical Warfare Development
Sen. Mead
Garston Boys
Reem
Shell
America
William Knowland
California
Congressman May
Owen Brewater
Garssons
Knowhland
Sen. Ferguson