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2 unusual facts about Eugene Dooman


Eugene Dooman

A guest of Commodore Edward H. Watson, he was on board the US destroyer Delphy which ran aground during the Honda Point Disaster in 1923.

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Later, in 1945, Dooman was involved with Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew (who had headed the Tokyo embassy when he was stationed there 1937-1941) as Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary of State James Dunn in the decision over calling for Japanese surrender.



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