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    Ralph Van DemanUnited States Army general
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    Ralph Van Deman - Wikipedia

    Early career

    Van Deman was born in Delaware, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard in 1888. He was commissioned as a
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    Military Intelligence Division

    During the Spanish–American War Van Deman collected information on the military capabilities of Spain in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines and had charge of the White House war map. At the end of hostilities he went to Cu… See more

    BornSeptember 3, 1865 · Delaware, Ohio
    DiedJanuary 22, 1952 (aged 86) · San Diego, California
    BuriedFort Rosecrans National Cemetery
    Alma materHarvard University (B.A.) · Miami University (M.D.)
    Re-formation of MID

    Back in the United States he taught cartography, then became Inspector-General with the 2nd Division. Now a major, he returned to the War College Division in July 1915. He found that there was a general ap… See more

    World War I

    As the result of these efforts the Military Intelligence Section, War College Division, War Department General Staff, was created on 3 May 1917, with Van Deman, now a colonel, at its head. His friend and colleague … See more

    Post-war activities

    In 1918 Van Deman went to France to work for Colonel Dennis Nolan, G2 of the AEF, handing over control of the MID to Brigadier-General Marlborough Churchill. After overseeing security at the Paris Peace Commission, … See more

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