Willys Ruggles Peck - People - Department History
Willys Ruggles Peck (1882–1952)
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Career Foreign Service Officer
State of Residence: California
State of Residence: California
- Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary (Thailand)
Appointed: August 19, 1941
Presentation of Credentials: September 16, 1941
Termination of Mission: Japanese forces occupied Bangkok December 8, 1941- Thailand declared war on the United States on January 25, 1942. Peck, having been interned, left post on June 29, 1942.