Frank Knox, the Glossary

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1. 76 relations: Adolf Hitler, Alf Landon, Allies of World War II, Alma College, Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery, Atlantic Ocean, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Australia, Bachelor of Arts, Battle of France, Battle of Las Guasimas, Battle of San Juan Hill, Boston, Bull Moose Party, Canada, Canadians, Charles Curtis, Charles Edison, Charles L. McNary, Charlottetown, Chicago Daily News, Colonel (United States), Commonwealth of Nations, Cuba, Democratic Party (United States), Ed J. Davenport, Empire of Japan, Ernest J. King, Fifth column, Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship, Franklin D. Roosevelt, German declaration of war against the United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Harry S. Truman, Harvard University, Hawaii, Henry L. Stimson, Herbert Hoover, History of the Republican Party (United States), Internment of Japanese Americans, Isolationism, James Forrestal, John Nance Garner, List of United States political appointments across party lines, List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets, Maine, Massachusetts, Medal for Merit, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, ... Expand index (26 more) »

2. 1936 United States vice-presidential candidates
3. Alma College alumni
4. Candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election
5. Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members
6. Rough Riders
7. United States Navy civilians of World War II

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Alf Landon

Alfred Mossman Landon (September 9, 1887October 12, 1987) was an American oilman and politician who served as the 26th governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937. Frank Knox and Alf Landon are candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election.

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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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Alma College

Alma College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Alma, Michigan.

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.

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Battle of Las Guasimas

The Battle of Las Guasimas of June 24, 1898 was a Spanish rearguard action by Major General Antero Rubín against advancing columns led by Major General "Fighting Joe" Wheeler and the first land engagement of the Spanish–American War.

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Battle of San Juan Hill

The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the Battle for the San Juan Heights, was a major battle of the Spanish–American War fought between an American force under the command of William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler against a Spanish force led by Arsenio Linares y Pombo. Frank Knox and battle of San Juan Hill are Rough Riders.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Bull Moose Party

The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadians

Canadians (Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada.

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Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. Frank Knox and Charles Curtis are Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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Charles Edison

Charles Edison (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was an American politician. Frank Knox and Charles Edison are Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members and United States Secretaries of the Navy.

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Charles L. McNary

Charles Linza McNary (June 12, 1874February 25, 1944) was an American Republican politician from Oregon. Frank Knox and Charles L. McNary are Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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Charlottetown

Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County.

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Chicago Daily News

The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Colonel (United States)

A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Ed J. Davenport

Edward J. Davenport (February 9, 1899 – June 24, 1953) was an American politician who served on the Los Angeles City Council for the 12th district from 1945 to 1953.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Ernest J. King

Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II.

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Fifth column

A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation.

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Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship

The Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship program is a scholarship program which funds students from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to undertake graduate study at Harvard University.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. Frank Knox and Franklin D. Roosevelt are candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election.

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German declaration of war against the United States

On 11 December 1941, four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States declaration of war against Imperial Japan, Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a "series of provocations" by the United States government when the U.S.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States.

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Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Henry L. Stimson

Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson are Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members.

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Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. Frank Knox and Herbert Hoover are candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election.

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History of the Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States.

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Internment of Japanese Americans

During World War II, the United States forcibly relocated and incarcerated about 120,000 people of Japanese descent in ten concentration camps operated by the War Relocation Authority (WRA), mostly in the western interior of the country.

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Isolationism

Isolationism is a term used to refer to a political philosophy advocating a foreign policy that opposes involvement in the political affairs, and especially the wars, of other countries.

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James Forrestal

James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Frank Knox and James Forrestal are Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members, United States Navy civilians of World War II and United States Secretaries of the Navy.

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John Nance Garner

John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. Frank Knox and John Nance Garner are 1936 United States vice-presidential candidates.

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List of United States political appointments across party lines

United States presidents typically fill their Cabinets and other appointive positions with people from their own political party.

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List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets

This is a list of the candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States of the Republican Party, either duly preselected and nominated, or the presumptive nominees of a future preselection and election. Frank Knox and list of United States Republican Party presidential tickets are Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees.

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Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Lower 48.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Medal for Merit

The Medal for Merit was the highest civilian decoration of the United States in the gift of the president. Frank Knox and Medal for Merit are medal for Merit recipients.

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Naval Air Station Patuxent River

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, also known as NAS Pax River, is a United States naval air station located in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay near the mouth of the Patuxent River.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the U.S. from the Great Depression.

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New Hampshire Union Leader

The New Hampshire Union Leader is a daily newspaper from Manchester, the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Public domain

The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.

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Racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces

A series of policies were formerly issued by the U.S. military which entailed the separation of white and non-white American soldiers, prohibitions on the recruitment of people of color and restrictions of ethnic minorities to supporting roles.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Robert P. Bass

Robert Perkins Bass (September 1, 1873July 29, 1960) was an American farmer, forestry expert, and Republican politician from Peterborough, New Hampshire.

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Rough Riders

The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. Frank Knox and Rough Riders are American military personnel of the Spanish–American War.

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Spanish Campaign Medal

The Spanish Campaign Medal was a military award of the United States Armed Forces which recognized those men of the U.S. military who had served in the Spanish–American War.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T.R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, historian, naturalist, explorer and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. Frank Knox and Theodore Roosevelt are American military personnel of the Spanish–American War, Republican Party (United States) vice presidential nominees and Rough Riders.

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Union of South Africa

The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Unie van Suid-Afrika) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of the Navy

The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department within the United States Department of Defense. Frank Knox and United States Secretary of the Navy are United States Secretaries of the Navy.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Vice President of the United States

The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War I Victory Medal (United States)

The World War I Victory Medal (known prior to establishment of the World War II Victory Medal in 1945 simply as the Victory Medal) was a United States service medal designed by James Earle Fraser of New York City under the direction of the Commission of Fine Arts.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1936 Republican National Convention

The 1936 Republican National Convention was held June 9–12 at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.

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1936 United States presidential election

The 1936 United States presidential election was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936.

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See also

1936 United States vice-presidential candidates

• Claude A. Watson
• Florence Garvin
• Frank Knox
• George A. Nelson
• James W. Ford
• John Nance Garner

Alma College alumni

• Abraham Zaleznik
• Brad Guigar
• Dan Scripps
• Daniel Henney
• Dayna Polehanki
• Douglas Wahlsten
• Frank Knox
• Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima
• Gary Peters
• George Allen (American football coach)
• George B. Wells
• James Magee (artist)
• Jennifer Haase
• Jim Daniels
• Karen McDonald (politician)
• Lester W. Sharp
• Mary Hakken-Phillips
• Matthew vandenBerg
• Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
• Ralph Tyler Flewelling
• Tom Crean (basketball)
• Tom Shaw (bishop)
• Wilfred D. Webb
• William C. Goggin
• William Skinner Cooper
• Winifred Heston

Candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election

• Alf Landon
• Arthur Vandenberg
• D. Leigh Colvin
• Earl Browder
• Earl Warren
• Francis Townsend
• Frank Knox
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Frederick Steiwer
• Henry Skillman Breckinridge
• Herbert Hoover
• L. J. Dickinson
• Norman Thomas
• Ogden L. Mills
• Stephen A. Day
• Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
• Warren Green
• William Borah
• William Dudley Pelley
• William Lemke

Franklin D. Roosevelt administration cabinet members

• Charles Edison
• Claude A. Swanson
• Claude R. Wickard
• Cordell Hull
• Daniel C. Roper
• David Niles
• Edward Stettinius Jr.
• Frances Perkins
• Francis Biddle
• Frank C. Walker
• Frank Knox
• Frank Murphy
• George Dern
• Harold L. Ickes
• Harry Hines Woodring
• Harry Hopkins
• Henry A. Wallace
• Henry L. Stimson
• Henry Morgenthau Jr.
• Homer Stille Cummings
• James Farley
• James Forrestal
• Jesse H. Jones
• Leo Crowley
• Robert H. Jackson
• William H. Woodin

Rough Riders

• Allyn K. Capron
• Battle of San Juan Hill
• Ben Daniels (pioneer)
• Billy McGinty (cowboy)
• Buckey O'Neill
• Chris Madsen
• Craig Wadsworth
• David E. Warford
• Frank Frantz
• Frank Knox
• George E. Truman
• George G. McMurtry
• Hamilton Fish II (Rough Rider)
• Harry von Meter
• Henry Nash
• John Campbell Greenway
• Juan Alamia
• Leonard Wood
• Robert Wrenn
• Roosevelt Park (San Antonio)
• Rough Riders
• Rough Riders Memorial
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas H. Rynning
• Tom Horn

United States Navy civilians of World War II

• Alfred Marshall (businessman)
• Frank Knox
• James Forrestal
• Lewis Cotlow
• Ralph Austin Bard

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Knox

Also known as Frank M. Knox, Franklin Knox, Knox, Frank, Knox, William Franklin, W. Frank Knox, William Franklin "Frank" Knox, William Franklin Knox.

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