John Garrett Underhill, Jr.

Who was John Garrett Underhill, Jr.?

John Garrett Underhill, Jr., also known as Garrett Underhill and Gary Underhill, was Captain General Staff G2 World War II and received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service. He was a Harvard graduate, linguist, and self-taught military affairs expert. For five years he was a military correspondent for Life magazine and helped to make their Foreign News Department one of the most knowledgeable centers of military intelligence in the world. Near the end of his life Underhill became surrounded in controversy surrounding facts related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.