John Gibbons Adams (23 March 1912 – 26 June 2003) was the

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's counsel in the Army-McCarthy Hearings. He was an Army veteran of

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, and he worked in

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for the Defense Department before he became the

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in 1953. From 1953 to 1955 he was the chief legal adviser to Army Secretary

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1932 births 2003 deaths McCarthyism General Counsels of the United States Army {{US-army-bio-stub