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George B. Hightower Collection
George Hightower served in the China-Burma-India Theatre during World War II with the “Flying Tigers” of the 14th Air Force under the command of General Claire L. Chennault. The collection contains materials that document the activities of the 14th Air Force in China. These materials include books, diaries, newspaper articles, and photocopies of maps.
Collection Formats:
Henry J. Cronin biography written by Lean Ingle, Liberty University Graduate Student in History, museum intern, summer 2018
Hannah Early Karicofe Biography written by Leah Ingle, Liberty University Graduate Student in History, museum intern, summer 2018.
An unlikely band of information hunters—librarians, archivists, and scholars—came together during World War II, their war effort centered on collecting books and documents. They gathered enemy publications in the spy-ridden cities of Stockholm and Lisbon, searched for records in liberated Paris and the rubble of Berlin, seized Nazi works from bookstores and schools, and unearthed […]
Enlisted men’s barracks, Ft. Howard, MD
Captain Arthur Palfrey Terry Biography
GLEASON AND MARGARET WILSON COLLECTION
An inventory of George C. Marshall’s personal library at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, Va.
Collection Number: 224
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