What war did Henry L. Stimson serve as an artillery officer in?
World War II
Spanish-American War
Civil War
World War I
Answer
Henry L. Stimson served as an artillery officer in World War I. He was commissioned as a captain in the 27th Infantry Division and fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He later served as the secretary of war under presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was instrumental in the development of the atomic bomb.
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