George A. Gordon

George Anderson Gordon was born in Huntsville, Alabama on November 19, 1885.

[3][4] In 1916 Gordon joined the United States Army and served in the Pancho Villa Expedition.

[5] Gordon became a career foreign service employee in 1920, and served at embassies in Paris, Budapest, Berlin, and Rio de Janeiro.

[14] In 1937 he became Ambassador to the Netherlands, serving until the Nazi invasion in 1940, after which he closed down the embassy and departed.

[15][16][17][18] Upon returning to the United States Gordon spent the rest of World War II working on foreign policy issues at the State Department, including reorganization and formal re-recognition of Czechoslovakia following its occupation by the Nazis.