3 WW2 Uniforms Belonging To Seldin Chapin
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WW2 Uniform Belonging To Seldin Chapin .Selden Chapin
Lieutenant (jg), United States Navy
Foreign Service Officer From contemporary press reports:
Selden Chapin was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1899. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919. He married Mary Paul Noyes, March 30, 1927.
Chapin served in the United States Navy from 1919 to 1925.
He was appointed a Foreign Service Officer, March 1925. He then served as Vice Consul, Hankow,... 1925. Secretary, Diplomatic Service, 1927. Third Secretary, Peking, 1927, Rome, 1929, Quito, 1932, San Salvador, 1934, Port-au-Prince, 1934. Department of State, 1936. Assistant chief, Division of American Republics, 1938. Consul, First Secretary, Montevideo, 1940. Department of State, 1941. Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics, 1942. U.S. Liaison Officer with the Inter-American Commission for Political Defense, Montevideo, 1942. Executive Secretary, Commission on Political Planning, Department of State, 1943. Counselor, American Diplomatic Mission and Executive Office, Civil Affairs Section, AFHQ, Algiers, 1943. Charge d'affairs, Algiers and Paris, 1944. Department of State, 1945. Director, Office of Foreign Service, Director General, November 13, 1946-April 7, 1947. EE and MP to Hungary, April 1947-49 (declared persona non grata by the Communist government of Hungary, recalled for consultation by Department of State, 1949). AE and P to the Netherlands, 1949, to Panama, 1953-55, to Iran, 1955-58. Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs, National War College, 1958-60. Ambassador, Lima, Peru, 1960.
Home: Running Point, Seal Harbor, Maine. He died March 26, 1963, and was buried in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Condition is Used.
Lieutenant (jg), United States Navy
Foreign Service Officer From contemporary press reports:
Selden Chapin was born at Erie, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1899. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1919. He married Mary Paul Noyes, March 30, 1927.
Chapin served in the United States Navy from 1919 to 1925.
He was appointed a Foreign Service Officer, March 1925. He then served as Vice Consul, Hankow,... 1925. Secretary, Diplomatic Service, 1927. Third Secretary, Peking, 1927, Rome, 1929, Quito, 1932, San Salvador, 1934, Port-au-Prince, 1934. Department of State, 1936. Assistant chief, Division of American Republics, 1938. Consul, First Secretary, Montevideo, 1940. Department of State, 1941. Assistant Chief, Division of American Republics, 1942. U.S. Liaison Officer with the Inter-American Commission for Political Defense, Montevideo, 1942. Executive Secretary, Commission on Political Planning, Department of State, 1943. Counselor, American Diplomatic Mission and Executive Office, Civil Affairs Section, AFHQ, Algiers, 1943. Charge d'affairs, Algiers and Paris, 1944. Department of State, 1945. Director, Office of Foreign Service, Director General, November 13, 1946-April 7, 1947. EE and MP to Hungary, April 1947-49 (declared persona non grata by the Communist government of Hungary, recalled for consultation by Department of State, 1949). AE and P to the Netherlands, 1949, to Panama, 1953-55, to Iran, 1955-58. Deputy Commandant for Foreign Affairs, National War College, 1958-60. Ambassador, Lima, Peru, 1960.
Home: Running Point, Seal Harbor, Maine. He died March 26, 1963, and was buried in Section 8 of Arlington National Cemetery.
Condition is Used.
