From a contemporary press report:
Chester V. Clifton, Jr., Senior military aide to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, died December 23, 1991, Walter Reed Army Hospital. He was 78 years old and died of pneumonia after intestinal operation, family member said.
Widely known as Ted, he joined Kennedy staff in 1961 and was officer responsible for the President’s daily morning intelligence briefings on world events. He was in the motorcade in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when JFK was assassinated and made arrangements with the White House to deal with military and national security affairs after the assassination.
Remained as military aide to President Johnson until 1965, when he retired from the army, after 33 years of service.
In December 1965, he was elected president of Thomas J. Deegan Company, a public relations and management consulting firm. He then formed Clifton-Raymond Associates in 1967, and next year established Clifton Counselors, a management consultant firm that dealt mainly with publishing affairs.
General Clifton was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and grew up in Puyallup Valley near Tacoma, Washington. Attended the University of Washington, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in USMA 1936 and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin in 1948.
Before his military career, he worked as reporter for Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the New York Herald Tribune.
In World War II he served in the Field Artillery and fought in Italy, France and Germany. After the war worked in public relations in the army’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and later became an Assistant to General Omar N. Bradley. After attending the National War College in 1954, he served with the Army’s European command in Paris.
He was promoted to Brigadier General in 1956 and returned to Washington, D.C. where became the chief of information for the Army.
He was co-author, with Cecil Stoughton, of “The Memories: J.F.K., 1961- 1963,” published by W. W. Norton; and served as public relations consultant in development of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.
When he retired, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Among his other medals are Legion of Merit, French Croix de Guerre and Italian Cross of Military Valor.
He lived in Washington, D.C., and is survived by his wife, Anne Bodine, and brother, John R. Clifton, of Napa, California. Sep 24, 1913-Dec 23, 1991.
The General’s remains were cremated and were buried with full military honors in Section 30 of Arlington National Cemetery on May 28, 1992.
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Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.
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