Please answer the following question: Facts: - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: world war i world war ii - death date: 14 july 1982 - allegiance: united states united states of america - relations: gen john r. deane , jr. -lrb- son -rrb- - rank: 30px major general - awards: distinguished service medal legion of merit - birth date: 18 march 1896 - serviceyears: 1917 & ndash ; 1946 - name: john russell deane - branch: 25px united states army - image: maj. military mission to moscow , arrives at the residence of gen. u. s. ambassador ... - nara - 199001.jpg john r. deane , commanding general , - death place: charleston , south carolina - birth place: san francisco , california Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john r. deane .
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major general john russell deane -lrb- march 18 , 1896 - july 14 , 1982 -rrb- , united states army , served in the u.s. embassy in moscow during world war ii and was an attendee at the 1943 moscow conference .deane authored '' the strange alliance - the story of our efforts at wartime cooperation with russia '' -lrb- the viking press , 1947 -rrb- .