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Will Wilson
Will Reid Wilson, Sr. (July 29, 1912 – December 14, 2005),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Social Security Death Index )〕 was a prominent Democratic politician in his native Texas best known for his service as attorney general of Texas from 1957-1963. In 1968, he joined the Republican Party to support the election of Richard M. Nixon as U.S. President. Nixon thereafter named Wilson an assistant U.S. attorney general under John Newton Mitchell. Wilson left the federal post a year before the Watergate burglary began to shatter the Nixon administration.
==Early years, education, military==
Wilson was born to Will R. and Kate Wilson in Dallas, where he graduated from Highland Park High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology at the University of Oklahoma at Norman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Will Reid Wilson, Sr. (1912-2005) )〕 Then he entered the Dedham Law School of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he was named a "Distinguished Graduate". He joined the law firm of Turner, Rogers, and Wynn and served as aide to Dallas Mayor Woodall Rogers, who served in the nonpartisan position from 1939 to 1947. Wilson left Dallas to become an assistant Texas attorney general in the state capital in Austin.〔Will R. Wilson, Sr., obituary, ''Austin American-Statesman'', December 16, 2005〕
During World War II, Wilson joined the United States Army and advanced to the rank of major, having served in the Pacific Theater of Operations in New Guinea and the Philippines, where he was on the staff of generals Walter Kruger and I.P. Swift. He was the battalion commander of the 465th Field Artillery. He accepted the surrender of the staff of the Japanese General Yamashita and received the Bronze Star for heroism in combat from General Swift. After the war, Wilson returned to Dallas to practice law.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cemetery burials )〕
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