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William D. Pawley
Politician + Ambassador + Entrepreneur
Male
Born
Sep 7, 1896
Hometown
Florence, South C...
Died
Jan 7, 1977
Death Place
Miami Beach, Florida
Political Party
Republican Party
William D. Pawley was a U.S. ambassador, a noted businessman and associated with the Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group (AVG) during World War II.
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CHILDHOOD
1896
Birth
William Douglas Pawley was born in Florence, South Carolina on September 7, 1896.
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TWENTIES
1919
22 Years Old
On July 25, 1919, Pawley married Annie Hahr Dobbs of Marietta, Georgia.
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THIRTIES
1927
30 Years Old
In 1927, Pawley began a connection with Curtiss-Wright that would make him an extremely wealthy man.
1928
31 Years Old
In 1928, he returned to Cuba to become president of Nacional Cubana de Aviación Curtiss, which was sold to Pan American Airlines in 1932.
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1933
36 Years Old
In 1933 he moved to China where he became president of China National Aviation Corporation an airline running between Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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FORTIES
1940
43 Years Old
In 1940, Hindustan Aircraft Limited was setup in India with Pawley providing the initial organization.
They were divorced in 1941.
1942
45 Years Old
When Loiwing in turn was captured by Japan in May 1942, Pawley moved his operation to India as a partner in Hindustan Aircraft Limited.
1945
48 Years Old
Pawley was appointed as U.S. Ambassador by Harry Truman to Peru in 1945.
FIFTIES
1954
57 Years Old
Pawley played a role Operation PBSUCCESS, a CIA plot to overthrow the Guatemalan government of Jacobo Arbenz in 1954 after Arbenz introduced land reforms and nationalized the United Fruit Company.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1977
80 Years Old
His final residence was in Miami Beach, Florida, where he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in January 1977, because he suffered from a severe case of the very painful disease - shingles.
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