President Harry S. Truman's top Military Aide at a time most crucial to mankind.
Gen. Vaughan was raised in St. Louis. He received his B.S. from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. Later in life he would, with singular confidence and style, ensure that Westminster College would have a name recognized around the world.
Late in 1945, Dr. "Bullet" McClure, president of the college approached the general in Washington, telling him that Sir Winston Churchill would be in the United States in the spring. McClure wanted to invite him to come to the college to give an address. He had written a letter to President Truman and had it with him. The general said, "Let's go over and see the Boss."
They explained the idea. Each man knew Churchill was looking for such an opportunity. His party was out of power, so he was able to give a speech saying exactly what he wanted to say. At the bottom of McClure's letter, Truman wrote: "If you will come out and make a speech, I'll take you out [to Westminster College] and introduce you," and sent the letter to Churchill.
And so it was that two favorite sons, Truman and Vaughan, took Winston Churchill on a train to a lovely old campus on a hill. There, he warned world of a new threat: "From Setttin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budspest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofia.
The general was the husband of the late Margaret Pilcher Vaughn who died in 1976. They were married in 1920. They had two children: Janet Lyle Vaughan of Alexandria VA and David M Vaughan of Atlanta GA.
President Harry S. Truman's top Military Aide at a time most crucial to mankind.
Gen. Vaughan was raised in St. Louis. He received his B.S. from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. Later in life he would, with singular confidence and style, ensure that Westminster College would have a name recognized around the world.
Late in 1945, Dr. "Bullet" McClure, president of the college approached the general in Washington, telling him that Sir Winston Churchill would be in the United States in the spring. McClure wanted to invite him to come to the college to give an address. He had written a letter to President Truman and had it with him. The general said, "Let's go over and see the Boss."
They explained the idea. Each man knew Churchill was looking for such an opportunity. His party was out of power, so he was able to give a speech saying exactly what he wanted to say. At the bottom of McClure's letter, Truman wrote: "If you will come out and make a speech, I'll take you out [to Westminster College] and introduce you," and sent the letter to Churchill.
And so it was that two favorite sons, Truman and Vaughan, took Winston Churchill on a train to a lovely old campus on a hill. There, he warned world of a new threat: "From Setttin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budspest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Sofia.
The general was the husband of the late Margaret Pilcher Vaughn who died in 1976. They were married in 1920. They had two children: Janet Lyle Vaughan of Alexandria VA and David M Vaughan of Atlanta GA.
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Burial Date: 05/23/1981
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