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Kid Berwyn

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1. G. Mennen Williams was a great governor. A veteran of the USN, like JFK

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Mon Sep 2, 2024, 04:32 PM

Sep 2024

During World War II, he served four years in the United States Navy as an air combat intelligence officer in the South Pacific, where he achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and earned ten battle stars.

Source: Detroit Historical Society https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/williams-g-mennen

Michigan has produced many great governors, mostly Democratic, like Soapy.

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