Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Drafts and Background Material in Support of the Publication, "Riviera to the Rhine, 1944-1945", 1978 - 12/1993.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Drafts and Background Material in Support of the Publication, "Riviera to the Rhine, 1944-1945", 1978 - 12/1993.

1944 - 1993

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12058901

This series consists of handwritten notes, draft manuscripts, critical comments and corrections, and published articles concerning the Histories Division publication, "Riviera to the Rhine, 1944-1945" a comprehensive history of Sixth Army Group's ground campaigns in France and Germany during World War II. Correspondence in the German language, in the French language, from historian Georges Coudry; and from many other historians and retired Army officers, including William J. Casey, General Garrison H. Davidson, and Colonel Thomas E. Griess, head of the U.S. Military Academy Department of History, is included. Correspondence from General Jacob L. Devers concerning the disputed defense of Strasbourg, France, and his interview notes concerning the crossing of the Rhine River are also included. Biographical sketches are included for U.S. Army generals, including Devers, Edward H. Brooks, Wade H. Haislip, John E. Dahlquist, Harry J. Collins, William W. Eagles, Lucian King Truscott, John W. O'Daniel, Robert Tryon Frederick, Henry Charles Wolfe, Norman D. Cota, Ira Clarence Baker, Benjamin Franklin Caffey, Jr., John H. Church, Alexander McCarrell Patch, Paul Langdon Williams, Arthur Riehl Wilson, and William G. Wyman. A 1948 press release announcing the award of the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Gus J. Kefurt is included. Many sketch maps, and a few ceremonial photographs taken in France in 1980 are also included.

5 linear feet, 1 linear inch

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11625435

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Frederick, Robert Tryon, 1907-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d32p4d (person)

Robert Tryon Frederick (March 14, 1907 – November 29, 1970) was born in San Francisco, California. From West Point, he was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1928. In 1939, he graduated from Command and General Staff School. From 1941 to 1942, Frederick worked on the War Department General Staff. In 1942, Frederick became commander of the 1st Special Service Force (later called the "Devil's Brigade" by the Germans) in the Mediterranean and Pacific Theater of Operations. He organiz...

Truscott, Lucian King, 1895-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j10jz9 (person)

General Lucian King Truscott Jr. (January 9, 1895 – September 12, 1965) was a highly decorated senior United States Army officer, who saw distinguished active service during World War II. Between 1943–45, he successively commanded the 3rd Infantry Division, VI Corps, Fifteenth Army and Fifth Army. He was, along with Alexander Patch, among the few U.S. Army officers to command a division, a corps, and a field army on active service during the war. His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads...