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Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. Papers
The papers of Lucian King Truscott, Jr. (1895-1965) include his personal correspondence (1936-1964) and his military papers (1942-1944, 1961). The WW II papers deal with his service as an Army officer who rose from the rank of Colonel to temporary Lieutenant General. He was stationed with the European Theater of Operations Headquarters (1942-1943), and held the following commands: Third Division, 1943-1944; VI Corps, 1944; Fifth Army, 1944-1945; and the Third Army, 1945-1946. His professional papers also treat his service on the War Department Screening Board (1946-1947), the Joint Amphibious Operation Report (1949) and a Rehabilitation Study (1961). Included are correspondence, memoranda, radio messages, transcripts of hearings, transcripts of telephone conversations, speeches, reports, maps, and printed materials.
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: 20, 85-19 UL, map case
Date: 1918-1966
Collection Size: 10 linear feet
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