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William Frederic Marquat ( March 17, 1894 - May 30, 1968) was a Major General in the US Army. Prior to his service in the military, Marquat was a reporter for the Seattle Times. Prior to the Japanese invasion of 1941, Marquat served with the Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines, as the chief engineering advisor.1 Early Life
Marquat was born in St. Louis, Missouri to William and Sara (Layden) Marquat.
2 Marquat Library
The Marquat Library was formed, in 1969, at Fort Gordon , Georgia, at the US Army Civil Affairs School . The library was moved, in 1973 when the school moved to Fort Bragg.
3 Military Career
- World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of -- Coast Artillery Office
- World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough
- staff officer to General MacArthurDouglas MacArthur GCB ( January 26, 1880— April 5, 1964) was an American military leader. He served in the U. Army his entire life, taking part in three major wars ( World War I, World War II, Korean War) and rising to the rank of General of the Army, one
- commander of the 14th Anti-Aircraft Command
- Post World War II
- Chair of the Allied Council for Japan
- 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: - 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. -- Head of the Economics and Science Section General Headquarters for the Supreme Allied Powers - TokyoTokyo (; Tokyo lit. eastern capital) is the capital of Japan as well as the most populous conurbation in Japan, and the world's largest metropolitan area by population with 33,750,000 people living within its urban influence. A little more than 12 million, JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh
- 1952 - 1955 -- Chief of Civil Affairs and Military Government
- 1955 -- retires
Marquat, William F.
Marquat, William F.
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