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Fairfax Downey
Fairfax Davis Downey, 1893–1990, was a writer and military historian. Fairfax Downey graduated from Yale, where he was an editor of campus humor magazine ''The Yale Record''.〔''Yale Banner and Pot Pourri''. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1926. p. 238.〕 After college, he served in the U.S. Army as a captain of the 12th Field Artillery in World War 1. He was a recipient of the Silver Star for gallantry during the Battle of Belleau Wood. During the Second World War he served in North Africa, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Kansas City and New York City and retired to West Springfield, New Hampshire in the 1950s, where his wife's family had summered for a number of years at the family home ''Adamsfort''. He was married at the time of his death to Washington DC socialite Mildred Adams, daughter of Dr. Samuel S. Adams, and had one daughter and four grandchildren.
He wrote biographies of Richard Harding Davis, Charles Dana Gibson, and Richard Francis Burton. His books on history and military history included ''Our Lusty Forefathers,'' (1947), ''Sound of the Guns'' (1956), and ''Storming of the Gateway'' (1960).〔("Fairfax Downey, 96, A Military Historian" ) Obituary in ''The New York Times'' June 6, 1990, accessed February 6, 2011〕
Fairfax Davis Downey, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.〔(His page, arlingtoncemetery.net ) accessed February 6, 2011〕 Fairfax Downey was the son of General George F. Downey and the grandson of Captain, Brevet Major, George Mason Downey, 14th, 32nd, and 21st Infantry, U.S. Army (1861–1888).〔Dedication, ''Indian-Fighting Army'', Fairfax Downey, Old Army Press (reprint edition, 1971), hardcover, 329 pages〕
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