Laird, Melvin R.
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Name (Hebrew)
לאירד, מלווין ר'
Name (Latin)
Laird, Melvin R.
Date of birth
1922-09-01
Date of death
2016-11-16
Place of birth
Omaha (Neb.)
Place of death
Fort Myers (Fla.)
Occupation
Cabinet officers
Legislators
Presidents--United States--Staff
Legislators--United States
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Melvin Robert
Language
English
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1922
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His A house divided, 1962. died Wednesday [November 16] in Fort Myers, Fla. ( (New York Times, Melvin Laird, Defense Secretary Who Challenged Vietnam Policy, Dies at 94, viewed 17 November 2016) )
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Melvin Laird official photo
Unknown author, Public domain
File:General Alexander Haig being presented with the Distinguished Service Medal by President Richard Nixon at the White House.jpg
White House Archive, CC BY-SA 4.0
File:Melvin Laird, Donald Rumsfeld, Dale VanAtta · DD-SC-07-14896.JPEG
Helene C. Stikkel
, Public domain
File:Melvin Laird meets with Elliot Richardson.jpg
Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007
Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008, Public domain
File:Melvin Laird official photo.JPEG
Unknown author, Public domain
File:Moorer Abrams Zumwalt Cushman Ryan Laird 1973.jpg
PHC Davis Wilson, Public domain
File:Richard M. Nixon, ca. 1935 - 1982 - NARA - 530679.jpg
Unknown author or not provided
, Public domain
File:Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird in 1970.jpg
Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report Magazine, Public domain
File:U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General John D. Ryan and U.S. Air Force Secretary Robert C. Seamans and U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird at a ceremony honoring General Hap Arnold at The Pentagon.jpg
The U.S. National Archives, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (September 1, 1922 – November 16, 2016) was an American politician, writer and statesman. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. First elected in 1952, Laird was the last living Representative elected to the 83rd Congress at the time of his death.
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