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Greve Folke Bernadotte: Quick Facts

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Born January 2, 1895 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died September 17, 1948 (aged 53) • Jerusalem • Israel
Role In 1948 Arab-Israeli War • World War II

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Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
American military officer
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Matthew B. Ridgway, 1951.
Matthew Bunker Ridgway
United States general
Mark Clark
Mark Clark
American military officer
Lemnitzer, Lyman
Lyman Lemnitzer
American military officer
Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling and leaning on a surface, holding a cigarette in a holder, wearing a suit and glasses, photographed in 1937.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Peter Fraser
Peter Fraser
prime minister of New Zealand
James Gavin, commander of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, 1944–45.
James Maurice Gavin
American military commander
Walter Bedell Smith, 1946.
Walter Bedell Smith
United States general
Patrick J. Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley
American diplomat
Alva Myrdal.
Alva Reimer Myrdal
Swedish diplomat
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
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Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
American military officer
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese soldier and statesman
Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
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Harold K. Johnson
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