Delos Carleton Emmons Military person

Delos Carleton Emmons was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Essentially a "desk general", he was the military governor of Hawaii in the aftermath of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and administered the replacement of normal U.S. banknotes with special war-emergency US banknotes in case the island were actually invaded.

Personal facts

Delos Carleton Emmons
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1888
Birth place
Huntington West Virginia
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1965

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Military person

award
Legion of Merit
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)
military operations
World War II
World War I
military branch
United States Air Force
military command
Hawaiian Department
Western Defense Command
1st Wing
service start1909
service end1948

Delos Carleton Emmons on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Delos%20Emmons
  2. http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5353