United States. Army
Organization
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Ken Hechler Interview Transcript
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1164
Overview
Transcription of an oral history interview by Niel M. Johnson of the Harry S. Truman Library with Ken Hechler. Hechler, born 1914 in Roslyn, NY, received A.B., Swarthmore 1935; M.A., Columbia 1936; Ph.D., Columbia 1940 in Political Science which he later taught at Columbia, Princeton, and Marshall Universities. He served as a U. S. Army combat historian in Europe during World War II. Hechler was a research assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was special assistant to President...
Dates:
1985
Louis Reed and Mildred Johnston Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2592
Overview
Louis Reed (1899-ca. 1985) served in France and Germany during World War I. Collection contains letters he wrote to his future wife, Mildred Johnston. Reed and Johnston married many years later, after the death of Reed's first wife. Reed's letters, written between 1918 and 1920, discuss army life, the front in France, and the occupation of Germany. Collection also contains a 235-page photocopied typescript that Reed wrote about the history of Burning Springs, Wirt County, and its role in the...
Dates:
1918-1920 and undated
Okey P. Keadle, Soldier, World War I Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2960
Overview
Letters from Okey P. Keadle (1894-1958) to his family in Williamson, West Virginia, written while he served with the first American army regiment on active duty in France during World War I. Keadle was stationed in Paris and Tours, serving as a clerk. Subjects include his reaction to French customs, wartime civilian life in Paris, celebrations held by the American troops, and fashions and popular entertainers of the day.
Dates:
1919-1927
Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2714
Overview
Papers regarding Thomas W. Bennett (1947-1969), a West Virginia University student who won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his services as a U.S. Army medic during the Vietnam War. He performed duties as a conscientious objector willing to serve. The microfilmed collection includes personal letters, programs, magazine articles, and other papers relating to his life and death. Most of the letters were written by Bennett, his parents, other relatives, and friends while Bennett was in the...
Dates:
1962-2003
Vernon K. Deal Papers and Diary
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0326
Overview
The discharge papers of an American soldier who served in the Philippines during the insurrection. Also includes a published diary by one of the officers of his unit, George F. Collins, about life on ship and port calls to and from their tour of duty.
Dates:
1899-1901
William Emory Paul World War I Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0834
Overview
The letters, diary, and service related documents of William Emory Paul, a Captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps, who served with the 327th Inf. Reg., 82nd Div. A.E.F. in France during World War I. Most of the documents are supply forms, regulations, and his service records and identification papers. The diary records his time spent at the front working in medical aide stations during the Meuse-Argonne campaign, for which he received promotion to Major. The letters are to his parents or to...
Dates:
1917-1919
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- World War, 1914-1918 4
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- Indians of North America 3
- Universities and colleges 3
- World War, 1939-1945 3
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Elections 2
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- Philippines 2
- Railroads 2
- Spanish-American War, 1898 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Soldiers' letters 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Alsace-Lorraine (Germany) 1
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 1
- Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Banks - American Security and Trust. 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Boston (Mass.) 1
- Burning Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- California 1
- Camp Gordon (DeKalb County, Ga.) 1
- Cemeteries -- National Cemetery (Grafton, W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Chile 1
- China 1
- Civil War - United States 3rd Artillery Regiment, Company B. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 13th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - WV 11th. Inf. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 4th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Civil War battles - Mine Run. 1
- Civil War battles - The Wilderness. 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - Medical care. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Cuba 1
- Egypt 1
- Election of 1892. 1
- Elmira (N.Y.) 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fortification 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Germany 1
- Grafton. 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Japan 1
- Kentucky 1
- Keyser (W. Va.) 1
- Korean Conflict. 1
- Latin America 1
- Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New York (State) 1
- North Dakota 1
- Oakland (Md.) 1
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1
- Paris (France) 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Photography 1
- Physicians - letters and papers. 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877 1
- Railroad workers. 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - International Railway Survey Central and South America. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Rhode Island 1
- Shipping 1
- Soldiers' letters - Viet Nam War. 1
- Soldiers' letters -- World War, 1914-1918 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Teachers 1
- Temperance 1
- Texas 1
- Travel accounts. 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 1
- Viet Nam War - letters of soldiers' families. 1
- Viet Nam War - soldiers' letters. 1
- Vietnam 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Washington Territory 1
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