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Coronel Juan de Dios Rawson<\/strong>, whose father came from Massachusetts, fought in several battles during Argentina’s early years of organization, including the Guerra de la Triple Alianza<\/a>. He was also the half brother of Dr. Guillermo Rawson<\/a>. But his great-grandson, Arturo Rawson<\/strong>, became President of Argentina… for only 72 hours.<\/p>\n Rawson had a long career in the military & rose to the rank of General after several decades of service. As commanding officer of the cavalry, he possessed the troops needed to stage a successful coup d’etat<\/em> already planned by the GOU<\/strong> (Grupo de Oficiales Unidos<\/em>) in 1943. This secret, informal collection of officers aimed to end the D\u00e9cada Infame<\/em> where electoral fraud kept the same people in power year after year.<\/p>\n On 04 Jun 1943, Rawson marched 10,000 soldiers into Buenos Aires & took control of the country. While naming fellow officers to government positions & before he was sworn in as de facto<\/em> President, the GOU realized they had made a mistake in asking Rawson for help. He supported the Allies in World War II while the GOU thought Argentina should remain neutral. Juan Domingo Per\u00f3n<\/strong>, along with other GOU members, forced Rawson to resign & General Pedro Ram\u00edrez<\/strong> took his place.<\/p>\n For a brief period Rawson served as ambassador to Brazil. He also supported an attempted coup to overthrow Per\u00f3n’s government in 1951. Rawson died of a heart attack the following year & did not live to see the eventual ousting of Per\u00f3n in 1955.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coronel Juan de Dios Rawson, whose father came from Massachusetts, fought in several battles during Argentina’s early years of organization, including the Guerra de la…<\/p>\n![\"Buenos](\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/images\/201304Faa.jpg\")
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