Robert Porter Patterson Sr. was an American judge who served as Under Secretary of War under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of War under President Harry S. Truman. Wikipedia
Born: February 12, 1891, Glens Falls, NY
Died: January 22, 1952 (age 60 years), Elizabeth, NJ
Previous offices: United States Secretary of War (1945–1947), United States Under Secretary of War (1940–1945), and Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1930–1939)
Children: Robert P. Patterson Jr.
Party: Republican Party
Awards: Silver Star
Books
To Amend the Act Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Evacuation and Return of the Remains of Certain Persons who Died and are Buried Outside the Continental Limits of the United States," Approved May 16, 1946, in Order to Provide the Shipment of the Remains of World War II Dead to the Homeland of the Deceased Or Next of Kin, to Provide for the Disposition of Group and Mass Burials, to Provide for the Burial of Unknown American World War II Dead in the United States Military Cemeteries to be Established Overseas, to Authorize the Secretary of War to Acquire Land Overseas and to Establish United States Military Cemeteries Thereon, and for Other Purposes (H.R. 3394). Mr. Andrews of New York
1947
The World War I Memoirs of Robert P. Patterson: A Captain in the Great War
Arming the Nation for War: Mobilization, Supply, and the American War Effort in World War II