Carlson, Evans Fordyce, 1896-1947
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Evans Fordyce Carlson (26 February 1896 – 27 May 1947) was a decorated and retired United States Marine Corps general officer who was the legendary leader of "Carlson's Raiders" during World War II. Many credit Carlson with developing the tactics and attitude that would later come to define America's special operations forces. He is renowned for the "Makin Island raid" in 1942, and his raiders' "Long Patrol" (aka Carlson's patrol) behind Japanese lines on Guadalcanal, in which 488 Japanese were killed. Carlson popularised the phrase "gung-ho".
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Raymond Swing Papers, 1933-1964 | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Oswald Garrison Villard papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Duesler, Frank, 1921-2007,. Oral history interview with Frank Duesler, [sound recording], 2002. | Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Maud Russell papers, 1914-1990, 1918-1989 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Ida Pruitt, 1850s-1992 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | James M. McHugh papers, 1930-1965. | Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Official Military Personnel File for Evans F. Carlson. 1915-1962. | National Archives at St. Louis | |
| referencedIn | Eleanor Roosevelt Visiting Lieutenant Colonel Evans F. Carlson at San Diego Naval Hospital. 1944. | National Archives at Boston |
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| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Duesler, Frank, 1921-2007, | person |
| correspondedWith | Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966 | person |
| associatedWith | J. M.(James Marshall) McHugh 1899- | person |
| associatedWith | McHugh, J. M. (James Marshall), 1899- | person |
| associatedWith | Pruitt, Ida | person |
| associatedWith | Russell, Maud | person |
| correspondedWith | Swing, Raymond, 1887-1968. | person |
| memberOf | United States. Marine Corps | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 | person |
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Birth 1896-02-26
Death 1947-05-27
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