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1 the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project DAYTON S. MAK Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial interview date: August 9, 1989 Copyright 2010 A ST TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Born in South Dakota raised in Iowa Family background University of Northern Iowa' University of Ari(ona' )eorge Washington University' University of Pennsylvania Illinois Central ,ailroad United States Army World War II 19.1-19.0 Basic Training and OCS 19.1-19.1 North Africa Campaign 19.2 Convoy Oran Assignment to .2.th AAA Bn. Tunisian campaign To Naples Italian Campaign 19.2-19.0 Naples ,iver crossings Assignments to artillery Cassino Battle ,apido ,iver Crossing An(io Anti-aircraft barrages Environment First Armored Division Casualties ,ome and Beyond Comments on combat Church massacre Combat operations Arrival at )enoa Fort Bliss and discharge 19.0 1 5oined Foreign Service 19.6 Hamburg )ermany' 7ice Consul 19.6-19.8 Environment Duties Social life State Department' FSI9 Arabic Language Study 19.8 Dhahran Saudi Arabia9 7ice Consul 19.8-19.9 Environment 5eddah Saudi Arabia9 Third Secretary Economic Officer 19.9-1900 Ambassador ,ives Childs Environment Commerce Local population Social divisions Meeting future wife University of Pennsylvania9 Mid-East Area and Language Studies 1900-1901 Marriage Tripoli Libya9 2rd Secretary Economic/Political Officer 1901-190. ,eporting Libyan Independence US Wheelus Air Base Agreement Libyan constitution US Aid Program Environment Legation London England9 Political Officer 190.-1906 Ambassador Winthrop Aldrich Project Alpha British evacuation of Sue( bases Persian Oil Agreement Southern Arabian Peninsula border problems ,elations with Foreign Office Nasser nationali(es Sue( Canal Company Negotiations re Sue( Canal operations ,evolt in Foreign Office over Sue( Post environment Social life 1 Secretary of State 5ohn Foster Dulles State Department9 Libya Desk Officer 1907-1909 Petroleum Law Wheelus Base compensation State Department9 Staff Assistant Near East South Asia 1909-1961 Duties Secretary of State 5ohn Foster Dulles Secretariat Staff Israeli lobby )reek lobby (AHEPA) Desk officers Egypt Auwait9 ChargB dCaffaires 1961-196. The ,uling Family (Sabahs) )overnment ministers IraDi Prime Minister Easim threatens Auwait British forces arrival Petroleum concessions )overnment officials Auwait foreign development fund Disposition of Auwaiti wealth Foreign labor Population Auwait security issues British embassy Environment Social life Naval War College 196.-1960 Beirut Lebanon9 Chief of the Political Section 1960-1969 Ambassador Armin Meyer Environment Presidential elections Syria Lebanese as merchants Palestinian forces ,elations with Israel SiF Day War Embassy partial evacuation Ambassador Dwight Porter withdrawn Nasser resignation 2 Wartime Beirut South Lebanon Spies and intelligence gathering Press Economy State Department9 Director Near East South Asia Affairs' IN, 1969-1970 Operations ,etirement 1970 Post ,etirement 1970--- ,eturn to Waterloo Iowa Investment banking (broker) Family deaths ,eturn to Washington D.C. Comments on Foreign Service INTERVIEW ": Dayton, when and where were you born? MAA9 I was born in SiouF Falls South Dakota 5uly 10 1917. ": Let%s talk about the family, let%s go on the Mak side. What do you know about them? MAA9 The Mak original name was three-barrel Mak van Waay which in Dutch would be Mak fon vei Gpronounces in DutchH. They were from Dordrecht the Netherlands. The family had an antiDue showroom there an auction house a bit like SothebyCs. ": ,in, MAA9 In Dordrecht. That was the Mak van Waay family. They then moved to Amsterdam. At the same time anther part of the family a son I believe wanted to establish a Mak van Waay firm in Dordrecht itself. According to Dutch law they couldnCt do that. There could only be one firm Mak van Waay so they opened the Firma Mak in Dordrecht. The Firma Mak still eFists and the big building remains on the tour of the old city of Dordrecht. The Mak van Waay part of which ICm a member stayed in Amsterdam until about 10 years ago when the last Mak van Waay died. He had no children. So the Mak van Waay in Holland effectively died out. There are no more. There are many Maks but no Mak van Waays. My great-grandfather emigrated from Dordrecht to Orange City Iowa. When he came over dropped the van Waay' so from then on in the States the name has been Mak. ": When did he come over? MAA9 In the mid-nineteenth century I donCt know the eFact date. But itCs interesting that as soon as his brother had children their name was Mak van Waay of course. When the sons came to the States they dropped the Mak. So they are known as van Wey and there are still some van Waays in the country. I donCt know them ICve corresponded with one who said that he thought that after he and his brother died there would be no more van Waays. But I have seen the name from time to time in the press' so I donCt really know what the situation is. ": Do you know what caused the movement of your great.grandfather from Holland to the 0nited States and then out to Iowa? MAA9 I think it was economics. At that time the US )overnment was giving land grants to colonists who would come over and till the land. A whole colony of Dutch people moved into this area which turned out to be Orange County. They named Orange County of course after William of Orange of Holland. They were just part of a large group of immigrants who came to this country at that time. ": What did your great.grandfather do? MAA9 I really donCt know. I would guess that he was a farmer. All I know is that he lived in Orange City. ": How about your grandfather on that side? MAA9 My grandfatherCs name was Simon. Part of the family moved fairly early from Orange County to Inwood Iowa in Lyon County. ThatCs also in northeast Iowa not too far from Orange City. He lived there after he was an adult. I donCt know a lot about him eFcept that as an adult he became the postmaster and then later on he went into the insurance business. He met his wife my grandmother there in Inwood. Her family was the Lyon family very simple people. ": From what I gather, at least on the Mak side, they weren%t farmers, they were pretty much within the commercial conte2t? MAA9 ThatCs my understanding. I donCt think any of them farmed but what business he was in I donCt know. I do know whoever that my great-grandfather Lyon owned farms and was considered to be well-off. ": What do you know about your grandmother%s background? MAA9 She was a Lyon who were English immigrants at least her father was. All I know is that he came originally from New Iork and later moved to Pennsylvania to a town a 0 town called Bellefonte. I also know that part of his family lived in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. I donCt know when they arrived in this country. His mother I think was of Swiss Austrian or )erman descent because her name sounded )ermanic to me but I canCt remember just what the name was. ItCs a sort of blank and ICve never tried to go into it very far. ": 3our father, when and where was he born? MAA9 He was born in 1891 in Inwood Iowa. ": What do you know about his upbringing? MAA9 He had two sisters. His family I donCt know whether itCs because the Lyons were well off or whether he did well but his family lived in a big house. In those days people had big houses. As you know they had large families and they had big houses. And they had help mainly Scandinavians. That didnCt mean they were wealthy that was the way people lived in those days. I know that his sisters, both were educated at Drake University in Iowa and my father was educated at the University of Iowa. Obviously they werenCt poor but by no means were they rich. ": 3ou father, do you know what his educational specialty was? MAA9 Ies yes he studied law. He was in law school at the University of Iowa but he didnCt like it so he went into business. ": How did he meet your mother? MAA9 My mother was born in Salt Lake City Utah because her father had gone out there to help cousins of his who had a business there. My mother was born there but they only lived there five or siF years. ": Were they Mormon or not? MAA9 They were Methodists. Her motherCs father was a Scotsman who had come over from )lasgow and was a very sharp man. He established a business a trading business a commercial store which mainly outfitted caravans which were going out west. He would provide all of their needs I gather. He made buying trips annually to Europe and brought back fine China and furniture to sell. He was rich. He was a rich man. His daughter was my grandmother. His wife was a Doty whose ancestors were on the Mayflower. .My grandfather Charles Houghton Dayton was a member of the large Dayton family whose ancestor ,alph Dayton came to America from England in 1628. Most of the family settled in New Iork state. ": How do you spell your great.grandmother%s name? 6 MAA9 WeCve always known it as D J O J T J I. ItCs also D J O J T J E J N or D J O J T J E JI. They were from England and they came over on the Mayflower.
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