Douglas Stringfellow

{{short description|US soldier, politician, and military impostor (1922–1966)}} {{use American English|date=April 2026}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Douglas Stringfellow | image = Weber College's 1942 Acorn, p. 47 (cropped to Douglas Stringfellow).jpg | alt = A monochrome bust photo of a white man with dark hair, he is wearing a suit and tie, looking to the camera's right. | caption = Stringfellow in [[Weber College]]'s yearbook,<br />the ''1942 Acorn'' | birth_date = {{birth date|1922|09|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Draper, Utah]], US | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|10|19|1922|09|24|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Long Beach, California]], US | resting_place = [[Ogden, Utah]], US | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Weber College]]|[[Ohio State University]]|[[University of Cincinnati]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|[[Radio announcer]]{{break}}|[[public speaking|public speaker]]{{break}}|politician|[[landscapist]]}} | political_party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|Shirley Mae Lemmon<br />|11 June 1946}} | children = 4 | module = {{Infobox military person |embed=yes | branch = [[United States Army]] | branch_label = Branch | service_years = 1942–1945 ({{age in decimal years|4 November 1942|8 November 1945|round=2}}) | service_years_label = Years | rank = [[Private first class#United States Army|Private first class]] | service_number = 19 152 974<ref name="Utah State Archives and Records Service" /> | battles = [[World War II]] | battles_label = Conflicts }} | module2 = {{Infobox congressman |embed=yes | state = Utah | district = [[Utah's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term_start = 1952 | term_end = 1954 | predecessor = [[Walter K. Granger]] | successor = [[Henry Aldous Dixon]] }} }}

'''Douglas R. Stringfellow''' (24 September 1922{{spaced en dash}}19 October 1966) was an American soldier, politician, and [[military impostor]].

Accidentally injured in [[World War II]], Stringfellow began lying about his service, which he parlayed into being elected a [[list of United States representatives from Utah|representative from Utah]] in the [[83rd United States Congress]]. His falsehoods were uncovered during his campaign for a second term, after which he confessed and withdrew from the race.

==Personal life== Douglas R. Stringfellow was born on 24 September 1922<ref name="World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah" /> in [[Draper, Utah]],<ref name="1966-10-21 New York Times" /> to Henry Elden Stringfellow ({{birth based on age as of date|64|1954|05|09|noage=1|slash=yes}}{{spaced en dash}}1954).<ref name="1954-05-10 Daily Herald" />

He received a public education and graduated from high school in 1941.<ref name="2005 US Congress" /> Stringfellow attended [[Weber College]] in the 1941–1942 academic year,<ref name="1942 Acorn" /> [[Ohio State University]] in 1943, and the [[University of Cincinnati]] from 1943 to 1944.<ref name="1966-10-21 New York Times" /><ref name="2005 US Congress" />

When Stringfellow met his wife, Shirley Mae Lemmon<ref name="Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985" /> (born {{birth based on age as of date|67|1994|10|19|noage=1|slash=yes}}),<ref name="1994-10-18 Standard-Speaker" /> in early 1945, she was a dancer with the [[United Service Organizations]].<ref name="2014-01-04 Daily Sentinel" /> They were married on 11 June 1946 in [[Salt Lake, Utah]],<ref name="Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985" /> at [[Salt Lake Temple]];<ref name="1994-10-18 Standard-Speaker" /> they moved to [[San Clemente, California]] in May 1966.<ref name="1966-10-21 News & Advance" /> Stringfellow had four children<ref name="1994-11-06 Spectrum" /> and was a lifelong member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref name="1954-10-18a Kingsport Times" />

==Military service== Stringfellow enlisted in the [[United States Army]] on 4 November 1942 in [[Ogden, Utah]].<ref name="World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah" /> He was an [[infantryman]].<ref name="1994-10-27 Columbian" /> His first overseas deployment was to [[southern France]] in December 1944 for [[demining]]. Within two weeks he took accidental [[fragmentation (weaponry)|shrapnel]] to the spine<ref name="2018-summer Journal of Military History" /> from an [[S-mine]],<ref name="2014-01-04 Daily Sentinel" /> becoming [[paraplegia|paraplegic]]<ref name="1966-10-28 Time" /> and earning a [[Purple Heart]].<ref name="2018-summer Journal of Military History" /> He was transferred back to Utah from France in January 1945.<ref name="1994-11-06 Spectrum" />

He formally [[separation (United States military)|separated]] from the military on 8 November 1945 as a [[private first class#United States Army|private first class]] at [[Brigham City, Utah]].<ref name="World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah" /> Afterward, he worked as a [[radio announcer]] in [[Ogden, Utah]].<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" />

===Stolen valor=== After his separation, Stringfellow began speaking to [[Mormon]] gatherings and civic groups in the [[Salt Lake City metropolitan area]].<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" /> He lied extensively about his service, claiming that he had been assigned to the [[Office of Strategic Services]]<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" /><ref name="1966-10-28 Time" /> and sent on a top-secret mission to capture Nazi nuclear physicist<ref name="2018-summer Journal of Military History" /> [[Otto Hahn]] along with 29 other soldiers. He claimed that all the other men were killed,<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" /> and that he was captured and tortured at [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].<ref name="1954-10-18a Kingsport Times" /> He variously explained his paraplegia as either a result of that torture,<ref name="2018-summer Journal of Military History" /> or from a [[land mine]] after his escape to France.<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" />

Stringfellow's story secured him many [[speaking engagement]]s across the country, including on [[Suspense (American TV series)|''Suspense'']] and [[This Is Your Life (American TV series)|''This Is Your Life'']]. It also garnered him "a mantelful of awards from civic and veterans' organizations", including the [[Junior Chamber of Commerce]] naming him in the top ten outstanding young men in the United States.<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" /> The [[Evergreen Freedom Foundation]] ranked his public speaking behind only presidents [[Herbert Hoover]] and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].<ref name="1994-10-27 Columbian" /> Multiple [[film studio]]s bid for the rights to adapt his story, with [[Hall Bartlett]] winning<ref name="1954-10-15 Kansas City Times" /> in the week of 10 October 1954.<ref name="1954-10-18b Kingsport Times" />

==US Congress== In 1952, he announced his candidacy for [[list of United States representatives from Utah|United States representative from Utah]], capitalizing extensively on the lies about his military service. He easily won<ref name="2018-summer Journal of Military History" /> as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]],<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" /> defeating [[Ernest R. McKay]] in [[1952 United States House of Representatives elections#Utah|the election]].<ref name="1966-10-28 Time" />

{{election box begin no change|title=[[1952 United States House of Representatives elections#Utah|1952, general, United States Representative from Utah]], 1st District<ref name="1953-05-12 Snader" />}} {{election box winning candidate with party link no change |party=Republican Party (United States) |candidate=Douglas Stringfellow |votes=76545 |percentage={{percentage|76545|126443|2|%={{null}}}}}} {{election box candidate with party link no change |party=Democratic Party (United States) |candidate=Ernest R. McKay |votes=49898 |percentage={{percentage|49898|126443|2|%={{null}}}}}} {{election box end}}

===Service=== [[File:Douglas R. Stringfellow, 83rd Congress.jpg|thumb|left|Stringfellow in 1953|alt=A monochrome bust photo of a white man with dark hair, he is wearing a dark-colored suit and tie, looking to the camera's right.]] Stringfellow served in the [[83rd United States Congress]] from 1952 to 1954.<ref name="1965-11-10 Herald-Journal" /><ref name="1966-10-28 Time" /> He liaised with the [[United States Atomic Energy Commission]] (AEC) after reports that [[Upshot-Knothole Harry]], a [[nuclear weapons testing|nuclear weapons test]], had sickened miners in [[St. George, Utah]];<ref name="1953-05-20 Deseret News" /> Stringfellow later requested the AEC postpone or relocate planned [[Operation Teapot]] tests after his [[southern Utah]] constituents feared for their livestock.<ref name="1954-10-10 Carlsbad Current-Argus" /> He supported construction of the [[Echo Park Dam]].<ref name="1954-01-18 Deseret News" /> Despite being in support of agricultural [[price controls]], he supported efforts by the [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]], [[Ezra Taft Benson]], to lower such supports.<ref name="1954-02-23 Flint Journal" />

===Exposé=== In [[1954 United States House of Representatives elections|the next election cycle]], Stringfellow looked like an easy winner for reelection<ref name="1966-10-28 Time" /> against [[Walter K. Granger]].<ref name="1954-10-15 Kansas City Times" />

When reporters began investigating the persistent rumors about Stringfellow's story, they were stonewalled by the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] over its "fear of offending a congressman."<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" /> In an article titled "The Strange Case of Congressman Doug Stringfellow",<ref name="1954-10-17 Tennessean" /> citing hard evidence,<ref name="2014-01-04 Daily Sentinel" /> and published two weeks before the November election, Harold G. Stagg of the ''[[Army Times]]'' reported how Stringfellow's story did not withstand scrutiny—later adding that [[White House]] staff had known this for six months.<ref name="1954-11-03 Oregon Daily Journal" /> Representative Stringfellow called it political persecution,<ref name="1954-10-15 Kansas City Times" /> threatened a [[libel]] lawsuit, and called upon [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|President Eisenhower]] to release secret allegedly-exonerative [[Central Intelligence Agency]] files.<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" />

When Stringfellow was summoned before both [[list of United States senators from Utah|US senators from Utah]] ([[Wallace F. Bennett]] and [[Arthur V. Watkins]]), he admitted his lies before going on [[KSL-TV]]—accompanied by his wife and Watkins—and doing the same:<ref name="1954-10-25 Time" />

{{blockquote|text=Somewhere along the line, the idea ... was integrated in introductions that Doug Stringfellow was a war hero ... Like many other persons suddenly thrust into the limelight, I rather thrived on the adulation and new-found popularity ... I began to embellish my speeches with more picturesque and fanciful incidents. I fell into a trap, which in part had been laid by my own glib tongue. [...] I was never an OSS agent. I never participated in any secret, behind-the-lines mission ... I never captured Otto Hahn or any other German physicist}}

The chairman of the [[Utah Republican Party]] reported that "reaction to Stringfellow's disclosure at state party headquarters was 'tremendous,' and that a 'large volume' of the telephone calls and telegrams indicated the callers would still vote for the congressman."<ref name="1954-10-18b Kingsport Times" /> Stringfellow did not resign from office.<ref name="2022-12-29 Washington Post" /> He dropped out of the race and was replaced on the ballot by [[Henry Aldous Dixon]],<ref name="1954-10-23 Lancaster Eagle-Gazette" /> who won the election.<ref name="2014-01-04 Daily Sentinel" />

==Later life, death, and legacy== After his single term in office, Stringfellow became a [[public speaking|public speaker]].<ref name="1956-06-03 Fort Worth Star-Telegram" /> He later worked as a [[landscape painter]]<ref name="1966-10-28 Time" /> in California, Mexico, and Utah.<ref name="1966-10-21 Evansville Courier" /><ref name="1966-10-21 Arizona Daily Star" /> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that Stringfellow did not return the awards he had received while telling his false OSS story; he said he "felt these were given me for my present abilities and activities".<ref name="2022-12-29 Washington Post" />

[[File:Gravestone for Douglas Stringfellow at Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch in Ogden, Utah (23 March 2026, N view, 1 of 3).tif|thumb|Stringfellow's gravemarker|alt=A ruddy metal plaque set into the ground, illuminated by late-day sunlight, reads: "DOUGLAS R. STRINGFELLOW, UTAH, PFC ARMD INFANTRY, WORLD WAR II BSM-PH, SEPT 24 1922 [to] OCT 19 1966"]] From 26 October{{spaced en dash}}9 November 1965, while living in [[San Miguel de Allende]], Stringfellow suffered three [[heart attack]]s. Doctors determined the cause to be a [[blood clot]] in his lungs, caused by poor circulation in his paralyzed legs.<ref name="1965-11-10 Herald-Journal" /> He later died of another heart attack at age 44, on 19 October 1966, in [[Long Beach, California]].<ref name="1966-10-21 News & Advance" /> He was interred at [[Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch]] in [[Ogden, Utah]].<ref name="2005 US Congress" />

Stringfellow wrote a 385-page autobiography, for which he received a {{US dollar|20000}} [[advance against royalties|advance]] from [[Random House]], but he returned the company's money when he declined to publish. In it, he wrote that he only realized his own stories were fabrications once others began to question them. He had confessed to intentionally lying because he preferred to be considered a liar rather than admit his self-delusion and be thought crazy. [[University of Warwick]] professor of [[psychology]], Kimberly Wade, said that her research supported the possibility of Stringfellow having [[false memory|false memories]]; Roger K. Pitman, professor of [[psychiatry]] at [[Harvard Medical School]], said that such cases were extremely rare but possible, "it may have been part of his [[post-traumatic stress disorder|post-traumatic {{bracket|stress disorder}}]] [[psychopathology]]."<ref name="2014-01-04 Daily Sentinel" />

==See also== * {{annotated link|Dan Johnson (Kentucky politician)}} * {{annotated link|List of federal political scandals in the United States}} * {{annotated link|George Santos}}

==References== <references>

<ref name="1942 Acorn">{{cite book |year=1942 |title=1942 Acorn |publisher=[[Weber College]] |page=47}}</ref>

<ref name="1953-05-12 Snader">{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 |last1=Rockwood |first1=Earl |last2=Snader |first2=Lyle |publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |date=1953-05-12 |chapter=Utah |page=44 |url=https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1952election.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241024074130/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1952election.pdf |archive-date=2024-10-24 |quote=Showing the highest vote for presidential electors, and the vote cast for each nominee for United States Senator, Representative, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner to the Eighty-third Congress, together with a recapitulation thereof, including the electoral vote.}}</ref>

<ref name="1953-05-20 Deseret News">{{cite news |date=1953-05-20 |title=AEC Sends Experts to Check Sick Utahns |work=[[Deseret News]] |language=en |volume=341 |issue=120 |page=1A |issn=0745-4724 |oclc=367900153}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-01-18 Deseret News">{{cite news |date=1954-01-18 |title=Echo Park's Artificial Lake Would Be Recreation Area |work=[[Deseret News]] |language=en |volume=342 |issue=15 |page=1B |issn=0745-4724 |oclc=367900153}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-02-23 Flint Journal">{{cite news |date=1954-02-23 |location=Washington |title=Dairy Solons Change Stand |work=[[The Flint Journal]] |language=en |volume=71 |agency=[[United Press International]] |page=10 |quote=Reported Backing Price-Support Cuts}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-05-10 Daily Herald">{{cite news |date=1954-05-10 |location=[[Ogden, Utah]] |title=Father of Congressman Dies in Ogden at 64 |work=[[Daily Herald (Utah)|The Daily Herald]] |language=en |volume=68 |issue=246 |agency=[[United Press International]] |page=2 |issn=0891-2777}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-10 Carlsbad Current-Argus">{{cite news |last1=Myler |first1=Joseph L. |date=1954-10-10 |location=Washington |title=AEC Denies Atomic Tests Kill Cattle |work=[[Carlsbad Current-Argus]] |language=en |volume=69 |issue=4 |agency=[[United Press International]] |pages=1–2 |issn=1522-5763}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-15 Kansas City Times">{{cite news |last1=Moore |first1=Bill |date=1954-10-15 |editor-last1=Cauley |editor-first1=John R. |title=Shadow on War Hero: Army Times Questions OSS Role of Rep. Stringfellow |work=[[The Kansas City Times]] |language=en |volume=117 |issue=247 |pages=1, 8 |issn=2574-5182 |quote=The Utah Congressman, Here on Speaking Trip, Says the CIA Can Back Up His Record.}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-17 Tennessean">{{cite news |date=1954-10-17 |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |editor-last1=Harwell |editor-first1=Coleman A. |title=Stringfellow Sobs Heroic Tale Hoax |work=[[The Tennessean]] |language=en |volume=48 |issue=172 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |pages=1, 6 |issn=2835-7523 |quote=Congressman Admits Cloak, Dagger Story of Wartime Service False}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-18a Kingsport Times">{{cite news |date=1954-10-18 |editor-last1=Binkley |editor-first1=Ellis |title=Stringfellow Gave Heroic Speech Here |work=[[Kingsport Times]] |language=en |volume=XL |issue=207 |page=1}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-18b Kingsport Times">{{cite news |date=1954-10-18 |editor-last1=Binkley |editor-first1=Ellis |title=Utah GOP Will Consider Fate of Rep. Stringfellow Tonight |work=[[Kingsport Times]] |language=en |volume=XL |issue=207 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=1}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-23 Lancaster Eagle-Gazette">{{cite news |date=1954-10-23 |title=New Complexion in Election |work=[[Lancaster Eagle-Gazette]] |language=en |issue=162 |page=11}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-10-25 Time">{{cite magazine |date=1954-10-25 |title=Veterans: The Hoax |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en |volume=64 |issue=17 |page=17 |issn=0040-781X |oclc=1311479}}</ref>

<ref name="1954-11-03 Oregon Daily Journal">{{cite news |last1=Pearson |first1=Drew |author-link1=Drew Pearson (journalist) |date=1954-11-03 |editor-last1=Pangborn |editor-first1=Arden X. |title=Sen. Langer Behind New FTC Inquiry |work=[[Oregon Daily Journal]] |language=en |volume=LIII |issue=206 |page=18 |issn=2835-9852}}</ref>

<ref name="1956-06-03 Fort Worth Star-Telegram">{{cite news |last1=Wetzel |first1=Frank |date=1956-06-03 |location=[[Ogden, Utah]] |title=Ex-Representative Who Confessed Heroism Hoax Making 'Comeback' |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |language=en |volume=76 |issue=124 |page=7 |issn=0889-0013 |quote=Returns to Lecture Tour}}</ref>

<ref name="1965-11-10 Herald-Journal">{{cite news |date=1965-11-10 |location=[[Mexico City]] |title=Stringfellow Suffers Heart Attack |work=[[The Herald Journal]] |language=en |volume=56 |issue=268 |agency=[[United Press International]] |page=5 |issn=2834-538X}}</ref>

<ref name="1966-10-28 Time">{{cite magazine |date=1966-10-28 |title=Milestones |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |language=en |volume=88 |issue=18 |page=108 |issn=0040-781X |oclc=1311479}}</ref>

<ref name="1966-10-21 Arizona Daily Star">{{cite news |date=1966-10-21 |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |editor-last1=Mathews |editor-first1=William W. |title=Death Takes Ex-Solon Who Admitted War Hoax |work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |language=en |volume=125 |issue=294 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=B-7 |issn=0888-546X |oclc=2949521}}</ref>

<ref name="1966-10-21 Evansville Courier">{{cite news |date=1966-10-21 |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |editor-last1=Hall |editor-first1=Woodrow |title=Agent Who Wasn't Dies in Vet Hospital |work=[[Evansville Courier]] |language=en |volume=121 |issue=247 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=2-A |issn=1077-5390}}</ref>

<ref name="1966-10-21 New York Times">{{cite news |date=1966-10-21 |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |editor-last1=Catledge |editor-first1=Turner |editor-link1=Turner Catledge |title=Ex-Rep. Douglas Stringfellow, Who Invented Hero Story, Dies |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en |volume=CXVI |issue=39717 |agency=[[United Press International]] |page=41 |issn=0362-4331 |oclc=1645522 |quote=Utahan Admitted in '54 That Account of World War II Mission Was a Hoax}}</ref>

<ref name="1966-10-21 News & Advance">{{cite news |date=1966-10-21 |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |editor-last1=Scruggs |editor-first1=Philip Lightfoot |title=Stringfellow Dies at 44 |work=[[The News & Advance]] |language=en |volume=101 |issue=294 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=A-1 |issn=2578-9228 |oclc=25499955}}</ref>

<ref name="1994-10-18 Standard-Speaker">{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Vern |date=1994-10-18 |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |editor-last1=Saul |editor-first1=Ramon S. |title=Bio offers insight about disgraced rep. |work=[[Standard-Speaker]] |language=en |volume=128 |issue=36992 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=23 |issn=2159-0532}}</ref>

<ref name="1994-10-27 Columbian">{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Vern |date=1994-10-27 |editor-last1=Cleaveland |editor-first1=Janet |title=Book shows congressman lived in fear |work=[[The Columbian]] |language=en |volume=105 |issue=16 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=A2 |issn=1043-4151 |oclc=15644994 |quote=Politician was eventually disgraced by revelation his war record was a hoax}}</ref>

<ref name="1994-11-06 Spectrum">{{cite news |date=1994-11-06 |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |editor-last1=Fontenot |editor-first1=Janet |title=Widow of disgraced Utah congressman remembers him fondly |work=[[The Spectrum (Utah)|The Spectrum]] |language=en |volume=28 |issue=257 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=D7 |issn=0890-8877}}</ref>

<ref name="2005 US Congress">{{cite book |author=[[United States Congress]] |title=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]], 1774–2005 |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |publisher=[[Government Printing Office]] |year=2005}}</ref>

<ref name="2014-01-04 Daily Sentinel">{{cite news |last1=Davison |first1=Lee |date=2014-01-04 |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |title=Disgraced Utah congressman believed his false war stories |work=[[The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado)|The Daily Sentinel]] |language=en |volume=121 |issue=46 |page=3A |issn=1545-8962}}</ref>

<ref name="2018-summer Journal of Military History">{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Alan |date=Summer 2018 |title=Great Pretenders |department=War List |journal=[[The Journal of Military History]] |language=en |volume=30 |issue=4 |publisher=[[Society for Military History]] |pages=20–22 |issn=0899-3718 |jstor=08993718 |oclc=473101577 |quote=Meet nine audacious military impersonators who demonstrated everything from monumental buffoonery to medal-worthy bravery.}}</ref>

<ref name="2022-12-29 Washington Post">{{cite news |last1=Brockell |first1=Gillian |date=2022-12-29 |title=The congressman who 'embellished' his résumé long before George Santos |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/29/george-santos-douglas-stringfellow/ |url-access=subscription |work=[[The Washington Post]] |language=en |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230030903/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/29/george-santos-douglas-stringfellow/ |archive-date=2022-12-30 |access-date=2026-04-06}}</ref>

<ref name="Utah State Archives and Records Service">{{citation |mode=cs1 |publisher=[[Utah State Archives and Records Service]] |location=[[Salt Lake City]] |title=Military Service Cards, ca. 1898-1975 |author=Department of Administrative Services, Division of Archives and Records Service |series=85268 |type=reel 41}}</ref>

<ref name="Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985">{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Utah, U.S., Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985 |via=[[Ancestry.com]] |publication-place=[[Provo, Utah]] |publication-date=2015}}</ref>

<ref name="World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah">{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Utah, U.S., World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945 |location=[[Lehi, Utah]] |author=[[United States Army]] |via=[[Ancestry.com]]}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * {{cite journal |title=McCarthyism, Granger, and Stringfellow |last1=Seegmiller |first1=Janet Burton |journal=[[Utah Historical Quarterly]] |date=Fall 1967 |url=https://historytogo.utah.gov/mccarthyism-granger-stringfellow/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003210111/https://historytogo.utah.gov/mccarthyism-granger-stringfellow/ |archive-date=2024-10-03}}

==External links== * [https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?q=Douglas+Stringfellow Stringfellow media] at the [[J. Willard Marriott Library]] * {{Commons category-inline}}

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