He was a cofounder of the American Legion. he played an instrumental role in the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. and he fought long and hard for veterans pensions and VA hospitals. In 1939. while at the InterParliamentary Peace Conference in Oslo. he used his position to rescue 300 Jewish families from Nazi Germany. He also found the necessary payment of $150.000 to get one of three ships of these refugees accepted in the Dominican Republic when they were turned away from our shores. Through all this. he managed to author several history books and was working on his memoirs when he died. Hamilton Fish.
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