James Julien "Pug" Southerland II (October 28, 1911 – October 12, 1949) was a United States Navy fighter pilot during World War II. He was an ace, having been credited with five victories (some accounts say seven), flying Grumman F4F Wildcats. He was awarded the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross twice, and the Purple Heart.

General Hastings Lionel "Pug" Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965) was a British politician, diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first secretary general of NATO. He also was Winston Churchill's chief …

Led by James “Pug” Southerland, they were aiming to shoot down the Japanese bombers before they could target the American ships. At 1300 hours, the squadrons met. The Americans engaged the Japanese planes, and Southerland shot down the lead bomber — the first American air victory at …

Yet there was even more about General Hastings `Pug` Ismay`s life that make it quite extraordinary. Ismay`s childhood, though, was no more than unusual. He was a child of the Raj – that is to say of British rule in India.

Jan 29, 2025 · Hastings ‘Pug’ Ismay — one of the PM’s closest wartime advisors — is standing on the right. (Image source: WikiMedia Commons) “Who was this mysterious man and what was it that made him so indispensable to a wartime prime minister?” By John Kiszely.

Jan 21, 2022 · General Sir Hastings Lionel “Pug” Ismay was Winston Churchill’s chief military assistant during the Second World War and the first Secretary General of NATO, serving from 1952 to 1957.

He found this work to be even more exhausting than World War II, as civil strife led to hundreds of thousands of deaths in clashes between Hindus and Muslims. When he returned to England, he helped Churchill with the writing of his World War II memoirs.

General Hastings Lionel Ismay played a critical role not only in World War Two, but also in the peace that followed. Yet, he is hardly mentioned in history books. I surveyed a dozen popular histories and tallied up the references to ‘Pug’, as he was known – …

In 1939 Navy Commander Victor "Pug" Henry has been appointed US Naval attaché in Berlin. During the voyage to Europe aboard SS Bremen, Victor befriends a British radio personality, Alistair Talcott "Talky" Tudsbury, his daughter, Pamela, and a German submarine officer, Commodore Grobke.

Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay KG GCB CH DSO PC (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965), nicknamed Pug, was a British Indian Army officer and diplomat. He was Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the Second World War and he was the first Secretary General of NATO from 1952 to 1957.