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G. McMurtrie Godley, the Glossary

George McMurtrie Godley (1917–1999) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Laos 1969-1973, at the height of the Vietnam War.^[1]

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Ambassadors of the United States to Laos
Ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon
Ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Diplomats from New York City

Americans

Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs within the United States Department of State. G. McMurtrie Godley and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs are Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.

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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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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Charles S. Whitehouse

Charles Sheldon Whitehouse (November 5, 1921 – June 25, 2001) was an American career diplomat. G. McMurtrie Godley and Charles S. Whitehouse are ambassadors of the United States to Laos and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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Communism

Communism (from Latin label) is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered around common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange that allocates products to everyone in the society based on need.

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Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States.

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Diplomat

A diplomat (from δίπλωμα; romanized diploma) is a person appointed by a state, intergovernmental, or nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organizations.

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Edmund A. Gullion

Edmund Asbury Gullion (March 2, 1913 Lexington, Kentucky - March 17, 1998 Winchester, Massachusetts) was an American diplomat. G. McMurtrie Godley and Edmund A. Gullion are ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Emergency medical services

Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care.

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Fall of Saigon

The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong on 30 April 1975.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Francis E. Meloy Jr.

Francis Edward Meloy Jr. (March 28, 1917 – June 16, 1976) was a U.S. diplomat murdered in Beirut, Lebanon in 1976 by Lebanese leftist militants. G. McMurtrie Godley and Francis E. Meloy Jr. are ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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Glimmerglass Festival

The Glimmerglass Festival (formerly known as Glimmerglass Opera) is an American opera company.

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Guerrilla warfare

Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.

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Hartwick College

Hartwick College is a private liberal arts college in Oneonta, New York.

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Head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer is a general term encompassing multiple cancers that can develop in the head and neck region.

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Hotchkiss School

The Hotchkiss School is a private college-preparatory day and boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut.

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J. William Fulbright

James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974.

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Kingdom of Laos

The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975.

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Kinshasa

Kinshasa (Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until June 30, 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Laotian Civil War

The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975.

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Larynx

The larynx, commonly called the voice box, is an organ in the top of the neck involved in breathing, producing sound and protecting the trachea against food aspiration.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Laos

This is a list of United States ambassadors to Laos. G. McMurtrie Godley and list of ambassadors of the United States to Laos are ambassadors of the United States to Laos.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States and other Heads of Mission to Lebanon. G. McMurtrie Godley and list of ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon are ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon.

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List of ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. G. McMurtrie Godley and list of ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo are ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Mainland Southeast Asia

Mainland Southeast Asia (also known Indochina or the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the 1st and only President of Zaire from 1971 to 1997.

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Morris, New York

Morris is a town located in Otsego County, New York, United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa; chữ Nôm: 越南民主共和), was a socialist state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1945 to 1976, with formal sovereignty being fully recognized in 1954.

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Oneonta, New York

Oneonta is a city in southern Otsego County, New York, United States.

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Pathet Lao

The Pathet Lao (translation), officially the Lao People's Liberation Army, was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)

The Republic of the Congo (République du Congo) was a sovereign state in Central Africa, created with the independence of the Belgian Congo in 1960.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Robert H. McBride

Robert Henry McBride (May 25, 1918 – December 26, 1983) was an American diplomat. G. McMurtrie Godley and Robert H. McBride are ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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Royal Lao Government

The Royal Lao Government was the ruling authority in the Kingdom of Laos from 1947 until the communist seizure of power in December 1975 and the proclamation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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Sergeant major

Sergeant major is a senior non-commissioned rank or appointment in many militaries around the world.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Swiss Armed Forces

The Swiss Armed Forces (Schweizer Armee; Armée suisse; Esercito svizzero; Armada svizra) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Thai people

Thai people (ชาวไทย; endonym), Chao Phraya Thai (ไทยลุ่มเจ้าพระยา; exonym and also academic), Central Thai people (คนภาคกลาง; exonym and also domestically), Southern Thai people (คนใต้; exonym and also domestically), Siamese, Thai Siam (ไทยสยาม; historical exonym and sometimes domestically), Tai Noi people (ไทน้อย; historical endonym and sometimes domestically), are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Thailand.

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United States Foreign Service

The United States Foreign Service is the primary personnel system used by the diplomatic service of the United States federal government, under the aegis of the United States Department of State.

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United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the U.S. Senate charged with leading foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate.

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United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs

The Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs was a special committee convened by the United States Senate during the George H. W. Bush administration (1989 to 1993) to investigate the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, that is, the fate of United States service personnel listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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University of Nebraska at Kearney

The University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) is a campus of the public University of Nebraska system and located in Kearney, Nebraska.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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William B. Buffum

William Burnside Buffum (September 10, 1921 – April 13, 2012) was an official in the United States Department of State. G. McMurtrie Godley and William B. Buffum are ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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William H. Sullivan

William Healy Sullivan (October 12, 1922 – October 11, 2013) was an American Foreign Service career officer who served as ambassador to Laos from 1964 to 1969, the Philippines from 1973 to 1977, and Iran from 1977 to 1979. G. McMurtrie Godley and William H. Sullivan are ambassadors of the United States to Laos and United States Foreign Service personnel.

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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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Yale University

Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._McMurtrie_Godley

Also known as George M. Godley, George McMurtrie Godley, Mac Godley, McMurtrie Godley.

, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, University of Chicago, University of Nebraska at Kearney, University of Virginia, Vietnam War, William B. Buffum, William H. Sullivan, World War II, Yale University.

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See also

Ambassadors of the United States to Laos

Ambassadors of the United States to Lebanon

Ambassadors of the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Assistant Secretaries of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Diplomats from New York City

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