[KS] Look for info on U.S. military government in Korea publication and it author

[Frank Hoffmann]

>  The item is "Repatriation from 25 September 1945 to 31 December 
>1945.  It was prepared by then First Lieutenant William J. Gane 
>(later promoted to Captain).


The mentioned report (OCLC Number: 44968216) has been widely quoted 
in the literature about repatriation from Japan to Korea and about 
Korean residents status in Japan after the liberation of Korea. 
Another copy can be found at Harvard-Yenching Library: (W) D809.K6 A5 
1946 -- and another two copies at the Library of Congress: D809.K6 A5 
1946  and  D809.K6 A5 1946 FT MEADE . There are all together at least 
seven libraries that have copies.

William J. Gane later included some of his military intelligence 
insights in his PhD thesis:

  William J. Gane:
  "Foreign Affairs of South Korea, August 1945 to August 1950"
  Ph.D. dissertation, Northwestern University, 1951

ProQuest dissertation number: AAT 0276442
http://disexpress.umi.com/dxweb#search

If you check for his dissertation in the library catalogue of William 
J[oseph] Gane's alma mater (fastest done using WorldCat) you will 
find that he was born in 1920. If interested in his vita, the 
dissertation does include one.
His grave is at the Arlington Military Cemetery -- exactly here: 
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.us/gmap.asp?Plot_Id=39554&Dead_Id=133091
It seems he was killed on his 39th birthday, August 10, 1959 -- in 
one the first battles in Vietnam I would guess.


Best,
Frank


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Frank Hoffmann
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