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	John Lester Hubbard Chafee (October ~~22,~~ 1922 – October ~~24,~~ 1999) was an American politician and ~~officer in the~~ United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island, as ~~the secretary~~ of the Navy, and as a United States senator.		'''John Lester Hubbard Chafee''' (22 October 1922 – 24 October 1999) was an American politician and United States Marine Corps officer who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] with [[:Category:Class 23\|Class 23]]. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island, as Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States senator.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the Marine Corps, spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of Guadalcanal from August 8 until November 1942, when the First Marine Division was relieved. Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family.		John Lester Hubbard Chafee was born on 22 October 1922 in Providence, Rhode Island, the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee, into a politically active family. His great-grandfather Henry Lippitt was governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877; his great-uncles included Governor Charles Warren Lippitt and U.S. Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt; his uncle Zechariah Chafee was a Harvard law professor and noted civil libertarian; and his cousin Frederick Lippitt later served as minority leader of the Rhode Island House. Chafee graduated from Providence's Gordon School in 1931, attended Providence Country Day School, and graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1940. He was an Episcopalian.

	~~John~~ Chafee ~~graduated from a coeducational primary~~ school, ~~Providence's Gordon School,~~ in ~~1931 and then attended Providence Country Day School~~. On ~~23 November~~ 1944, ~~Chafee~~ graduated with ~~23rd~~ Class (PI). In ~~1947, Chafee graduated from Yale~~.		Chafee was in his third year at Yale University when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. He left school to enlist in the Marine Corps and spent his 20th birthday fighting on Guadalcanal with the 1st Marine Division, which was there from 8 August until it was relieved in November 1942. On 14 September 1944 he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to Camp Ritchie, where he graduated with [[:Category:Class 23\|Class 23]] (photo interpretation) on 23 November 1944. In the spring of 1945 he fought in the Battle of Okinawa with the 6th Marine Division.

	~~Following~~ the war~~, he received degrees~~ from Yale ~~University~~ in 1947 and Harvard Law School in 1950.		After the war Chafee graduated from Yale in 1947, where he belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon and Skull and Bones, and from Harvard Law School in 1950; he married Virginia Coates and worked for a law firm. Recalled to active duty in 1951, he commanded Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, in Korea as a captain. The author James Brady, who served under him, wrote that Chafee never served more nobly than as a rifle-company commander in the mountains of North Korea and called him "the only truly great man I've yet met in my life." His military awards include three Presidential Unit Citations, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal, and the United Nations Korea Medal.

	~~His great-grandfather~~, ~~Henry Lippitt, was governor~~ of ~~Rhode Island (1875–1877)~~, and ~~among his great-uncles were~~ a Rhode Island ~~governor, Charles Warren Lippitt~~, and ~~United States Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt~~. John ~~Lester Hubbard Chafee (October 22~~, ~~1922 – October 24~~, ~~1999) was an American politician~~ and ~~officer~~ in the ~~United States Marine Corps~~. ~~After receiving his commission as~~ a ~~second lieutenant~~, ~~he fought in~~ the ~~Battle~~ of ~~Okinawa in the spring of 1945~~.		Chafee became active in Rhode Island politics in the early 1950s, helping to elect a mayor of Providence, and won a seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1956, later becoming minority leader; he was re-elected in 1958 and 1960. In 1962 he was elected governor by 398 votes over the Democratic incumbent John A. Notte Jr., and he was re-elected by wide margins in 1964 and 1966. As governor he helped create the state's public transportation administration and the Green Acres conservation program, and in 1968 he chaired the Republican Governors Association. His daughter Tribbie died after an accident at a horse show in October 1968, at the age of 14, and he was unexpectedly defeated that year by Democrat Frank Licht.

	~~He successfully ran for a seat in~~ the ~~Rhode Island House of Representatives~~ in ~~1956 and later became the minority leader~~. He ~~was re-elected in 1958~~ and ~~1960~~, the ~~latter~~ a ~~year when many Republicans were swept from office in~~ his ~~state~~. ~~From 1969~~ to ~~1972~~, ~~Chafee served as Secretary of~~ the ~~Navy~~.		President Richard Nixon appointed Chafee Secretary of the Navy in 1969. He elevated Admiral Elmo Zumwalt to Chief of Naval Operations over 33 more senior officers and, after the crew of the USS ''Pueblo'' was released by North Korea, rejected a recommended court-martial of its commander, Lloyd Bucher, saying that Bucher and his men had "suffered enough." He resigned in 1972 to run for the Senate, losing that year to Claiborne Pell, and in 1976 he became the first Republican to win a Rhode Island Senate seat since 1930.

	~~He served as governor until 1969~~, ~~when he was surprisingly defeated by underdog Democrat Frank Licht~~. He ~~believed~~ it ~~was essential~~ to the ~~preservation~~ of ~~our democratic system." Chafee was succeeded in~~ the ~~Senate by his son~~, ~~Lincoln~~, ~~who went on to win a full term in his own right in 2000~~ and ~~later served as Governor~~ of ~~Rhode Island. John worked for law firm.~~		In the Senate, Chafee made the environment his chief concern. He joined the Committee on Environment and Public Works in 1977 and chaired it from 1995 to 1999, helped shape the 1980 Superfund program, the Clean Water Act of 1986, the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and wrote the Coastal Barrier Resources Act of 1982. A moderate, he also worked on health care, chairing the Senate Republican Task Force on Health from 1992 and co-founding the bipartisan Senate Mainstream Coalition with John Breaux in 1993, and he sponsored the foster-care independence legislation later named for him. He chaired the Senate Republican Conference from 1985 to 1990 and sat on the Select Committee on Intelligence. In February 1999 he voted against both articles of impeachment against President Bill Clinton. Chafee announced his retirement in March 1999 and died of heart failure at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on 24 October 1999, two days after his 77th birthday. President Clinton said in his eulogy that Chafee "embodied the decent center." He was succeeded in the Senate by his son Lincoln Chafee. The John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System and the John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge were named in his honor, and he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.

	~~He married Virginia Coates~~. A ~~member of the Republican Party~~, he ~~served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island~~, as the ~~secretary of~~ the ~~Navy~~, and ~~as a United States senator~~. He ~~was~~ the ~~son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter)~~ and ~~John Sharpe Chafee.~~

	~~His cousin was Frederick Lippitt, former Minority Leader in~~ the ~~Rhode Island House of Representatives~~. ~~He had two daughters and four sons, one~~ of ~~whom is former Rhode Island Governor and former United States Senator Lincoln Chafee~~. Chafee ~~was an Episcopalian.~~

	~~At Yale, he was a member~~ of the ~~Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter) and Skull and Bones fraternities. Author James Brady,~~ in ~~his memoir of the Korean War and serving as a Marine under Chafee~~, ~~writes that "[n]owhere~~, ~~at any time~~, ~~did John Chafee serve more nobly than he did as a Marine officer commanding a rifle company~~ in ~~the mountains of North Korea," and~~ that "~~[h]e was~~ the ~~only truly great man I've yet met in my life..~~." Chafee's military awards include three awards of the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Korea Medal. Chafee became active in ~~behind-~~the~~-scenes Rhode Island politics~~ by ~~helping elect a mayor of Providence in the early 1950s~~.

	~~As governor,~~ Chafee ~~helped create~~ the ~~state's public transportation administration as well as what was known as the Green Acres program, a conservation effort. For him, civility was not simply a matter of personal manners~~. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge were named in his honor.

	~~One of his daughters~~, ~~Tribbie, died following an accident at a horse show in October 1968 at~~ the ~~age~~ of ~~14. His uncle, Zechariah Chafee, was a Harvard law professor, and a notable civil libertarian. President Clinton eulogized him, saying, "He embodied the decent center~~.

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			* 22 October 1922 — Born in Providence, Rhode Island.
			* 1940 — Graduated from Deerfield Academy.
	* 14 September 1944 — Received Commission as 2nd Lt and assigned to Camp Ritchie.		* 14 September 1944 — Received Commission as 2nd Lt and assigned to Camp Ritchie.
			* 23 November 1944 — Graduated with Class 23 (PI).
	* May 1945 — Served with 6th Marine Division on Okinawa.		* May 1945 — Served with 6th Marine Division on Okinawa.
	* ~~1951~~ — ~~Recalled to serve as Captain (Commander of Rifle Company)~~.		* 1947 — Graduated from Yale University.
	* 1951 — Recalled to serve in Korea as ~~Rifle~~ Company ~~Commander with~~ 7th.		* 1950 — Graduated from Harvard Law School.
			* 1951 — Recalled to serve in Korea as Captain, commanding Dog Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division.
			* 1956 — Elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
			* 1962 — Elected governor of Rhode Island; re-elected 1964 and 1966.
	* 1969 — 1972 Served as Secretary of the Navy.		* 1969 — 1972 Served as Secretary of the Navy.
	* 8 to ~~11/42 Served on Guadalcanal with 1st Marine Division~~.		* 1976 — Elected to the U.S. Senate.
	* ~~Assigned to Camp Ritchie~~.		* 24 October 1999 — Died in Bethesda, Maryland.
	* Marine Division.		* August — November 1942 Served on Guadalcanal with 1st Marine Division.
	* Married Virginia Coates.		* Married Virginia Coates.
	* in Korea with 1st Marine Division.
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-John Lester Hubbard Chafee (October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. On 23 November 1944, Chafee graduated with 23rd Class (PI). In 1947, Chafee graduated from Yale. From 1969 to 1972, Chafee served as Secretary of the Navy. John worked for law firm. He married Virginia Coates. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island, as the secretary of the Navy, and as a United States senator. Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family. He was the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee. His great-grandfather, Henry Lippitt, was governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877), and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor, Charles Warren Lippitt, and United States Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt. His uncle, Zechariah Chafee, was a Harvard law professor, and a notable civil libertarian. His cousin was Frederick Lippitt, former Minority Leader in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He had two daughters and four sons, one of whom is former Rhode Island Governor and former United States Senator Lincoln Chafee. One of his daughters, Tribbie, died following an accident at a horse show in October 1968 at the age of 14. John Chafee graduated from a coeducational primary school, Providence's Gordon School, in 1931 and then attended Providence Country Day School. Chafee was an Episcopalian. He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the Marine Corps, spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of Guadalcanal from August 8 until November 1942, when the First Marine Division was relieved. After receiving his commission as a second lieutenant, he fought in the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Following the war, he received degrees from Yale University in 1947 and Harvard Law School in 1950. At Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter) and Skull and Bones fraternities. Author James Brady, in his memoir of the Korean War and serving as a Marine under Chafee, writes that "[n]owhere, at any time, did John Chafee serve more nobly than he did as a Marine officer commanding a rifle company in the mountains of North Korea," and that "[h]e was the only truly great man I've yet met in my life..." Chafee's military awards include three awards of the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Korea Medal. Chafee became active in behind-the-scenes Rhode Island politics by helping elect a mayor of Providence in the early 1950s. He successfully ran for a seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1956 and later became the minority leader. He was re-elected in 1958 and 1960, the latter a year when many Republicans were swept from office in his state. As governor, Chafee helped create the state's public transportation administration as well as what was known as the Green Acres program, a conservation effort. He served as governor until 1969, when he was surprisingly defeated by underdog Democrat Frank Licht. President Clinton eulogized him, saying, "He embodied the decent center. For him, civility was not simply a matter of personal manners. He believed it was essential to the preservation of our democratic system." Chafee was succeeded in the Senate by his son, Lincoln, who went on to win a full term in his own right in 2000 and later served as Governor of Rhode Island. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge were named in his honor.
+He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the Marine Corps, spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of Guadalcanal from August 8 until November 1942, when the First Marine Division was relieved. Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	John Lester Hubbard Chafee (October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. John worked for law firm. He married Virginia Coates. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island, as the secretary of the Navy, and as a United States senator. Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family. He was the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee. His great-grandfather, Henry Lippitt, was governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877), and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor, Charles Warren Lippitt, and United States Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt. His uncle, Zechariah Chafee, was a Harvard law professor, and a notable civil libertarian. His cousin was Frederick Lippitt, former Minority Leader in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He had two daughters and four sons, one of whom is former Rhode Island Governor and former United States Senator Lincoln Chafee. One of his daughters, Tribbie, died following an accident at a horse show in October 1968 at the age of 14. John Chafee graduated from a coeducational primary school, Providence's Gordon School, in 1931 and then attended Providence Country Day School. Chafee was an Episcopalian. He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the Marine Corps, spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of Guadalcanal from August 8 until November 1942, when the First Marine Division was relieved. After receiving his commission as a second lieutenant, he fought in the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Following the war, he received degrees from Yale University in 1947 and Harvard Law School in 1950. At Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter) and Skull and Bones fraternities. Author James Brady, in his memoir of the Korean War and serving as a Marine under Chafee, writes that "[n]owhere, at any time, did John Chafee serve more nobly than he did as a Marine officer commanding a rifle company in the mountains of North Korea," and that "[h]e was the only truly great man I've yet met in my life..." Chafee's military awards include three awards of the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Korea Medal. Chafee became active in behind-the-scenes Rhode Island politics by helping elect a mayor of Providence in the early 1950s. He successfully ran for a seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1956 and later became the minority leader. He was re-elected in 1958 and 1960, the latter a year when many Republicans were swept from office in his state. As governor, Chafee helped create the state's public transportation administration as well as what was known as the Green Acres program, a conservation effort. He served as governor until 1969, when he was surprisingly defeated by underdog Democrat Frank Licht. President Clinton eulogized him, saying, "He embodied the decent center. For him, civility was not simply a matter of personal manners. He believed it was essential to the preservation of our democratic system." Chafee was succeeded in the Senate by his son, Lincoln, who went on to win a full term in his own right in 2000 and later served as Governor of Rhode Island. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge were named in his honor.		John Lester Hubbard Chafee (October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. On 23 November 1944, Chafee graduated with 23rd Class (PI). In 1947, Chafee graduated from Yale. From 1969 to 1972, Chafee served as Secretary of the Navy. John worked for law firm. He married Virginia Coates. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th governor of Rhode Island, as the secretary of the Navy, and as a United States senator. Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family. He was the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee. His great-grandfather, Henry Lippitt, was governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877), and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor, Charles Warren Lippitt, and United States Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt. His uncle, Zechariah Chafee, was a Harvard law professor, and a notable civil libertarian. His cousin was Frederick Lippitt, former Minority Leader in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He had two daughters and four sons, one of whom is former Rhode Island Governor and former United States Senator Lincoln Chafee. One of his daughters, Tribbie, died following an accident at a horse show in October 1968 at the age of 14. John Chafee graduated from a coeducational primary school, Providence's Gordon School, in 1931 and then attended Providence Country Day School. Chafee was an Episcopalian. He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the Marine Corps, spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of Guadalcanal from August 8 until November 1942, when the First Marine Division was relieved. After receiving his commission as a second lieutenant, he fought in the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Following the war, he received degrees from Yale University in 1947 and Harvard Law School in 1950. At Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon (Phi chapter) and Skull and Bones fraternities. Author James Brady, in his memoir of the Korean War and serving as a Marine under Chafee, writes that "[n]owhere, at any time, did John Chafee serve more nobly than he did as a Marine officer commanding a rifle company in the mountains of North Korea," and that "[h]e was the only truly great man I've yet met in my life..." Chafee's military awards include three awards of the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Korean Service Medal and the United Nations Korea Medal. Chafee became active in behind-the-scenes Rhode Island politics by helping elect a mayor of Providence in the early 1950s. He successfully ran for a seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1956 and later became the minority leader. He was re-elected in 1958 and 1960, the latter a year when many Republicans were swept from office in his state. As governor, Chafee helped create the state's public transportation administration as well as what was known as the Green Acres program, a conservation effort. He served as governor until 1969, when he was surprisingly defeated by underdog Democrat Frank Licht. President Clinton eulogized him, saying, "He embodied the decent center. For him, civility was not simply a matter of personal manners. He believed it was essential to the preservation of our democratic system." Chafee was succeeded in the Senate by his son, Lincoln, who went on to win a full term in his own right in 2000 and later served as Governor of Rhode Island. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge were named in his honor.

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	* 1951 — Recalled to serve in Korea as Rifle Company Commander with 7th.		* 1951 — Recalled to serve in Korea as Rifle Company Commander with 7th.
			* 1969 — 1972 Served as Secretary of the Navy.
	* 8 to 11/42 Served on Guadalcanal with 1st Marine Division.		* 8 to 11/42 Served on Guadalcanal with 1st Marine Division.
	* Assigned to Camp Ritchie.		* Assigned to Camp Ritchie.
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	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
			* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of John H. Chafee for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
			* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Chafee, John H. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: JOHN CHAFEE (2021).doc, JOHN CHAFEE.doc)