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Joseph Clark Grew

Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 27, 1880. He served as the U.S. ambassador to Denmark 1920 - 1921 and ambassador to Switzerland 1921 - 1924. In 1924, Grew became the Under Secretary of State and oversaw the establishment of the Foreign Service. Grew was the US Ambassador to Turkey 1927-1932 and the ambassador to Japan beginning in 1932. He was the US ambassador in Tokyo at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor and when the United States and Japan declared war on each other in December 1941. He was interned for a short time by the Japanese government but was released and returned to the United States on June 25, 1942.[1] [2] In 1944, Grew resumed his post as Under Secretary of State.