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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Dean Gooderham Acheson

Hometown

Middletown, Connecticut

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

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Activity During WWII

He served as under secretary of state and implemented much of the Land-Lease policy. In 1944, he attended the Bretton Woods Conference as the head delegate from the State department. At the conference the post-war international economic structure was designed. The conference was the birthplace of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization.