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Childhood
Military Career
William Whitson gained a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy in 1948. He then pursued a twenty-two year military career in a variety of assignments including a topographic survey of the Philippines; General’s Aide at the United Nations; completion of a Ph.D. in international relations and economics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; instructor at West Point in the economics of national security and international relations; ranger and parachute training; advisor to the Dean of the Korean Military Academy; company command and battle group operations officer with the 82nd airborne division; Chinese language training; political analyst with the American Embassy in the Republic of China (Taiwan); political analyst with the American Consulate in Hong Kong; and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Systems Analysis.
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 |  (1930) NICHOLS FIELD (P-12s) |  (1930) 4th COMPOSITE SQDN |
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 (1944) THE POINT I (Whit and his father) |  1946 - The Point IV, Camid Summer |  1947 - The Point VI - SENEFF |
 1948 - The Point VIII, 2nd Lieutenant |  1948 - The Point VIII, 2d Lieutenant |  1950 - Romblon Surveying Crew - Philippines |
 (1954) USMA EURO |  (1958-59) 1 KMA, LEE HAN-LIM |  (1958-59) 3 KMA, ADVISOR TO DEAN |
 (1958-59) 2 KMA |  (1960) FT. BRAGG IV |  (1961) 2 S-3, 501ST BATTLE GROUP |
 (1961) 1 501st BATTLE GROUP |  (1963) 1 LEAVENWORTH |  (1970) RETIREMENT I |
 (1970) SCUSA, WEST POINT |  (1970) RETIREMENT II |  Whit's Military Ribbons and Medals |
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