Security Classified General Correspondence, 1942–1946

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Security Classified General Correspondence, 1942–1946

1942-1946

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This series consists of correspondence, published articles, memorandums, circulars, manuals, bulletins, photographs, messages, and scrap books relating to administration, recruiting, policies, and publicity. There are records relating to publicity filed under decimal 000.7. There are records relating to Japanese-American and African-American women filed under decimal 291.2. There are records relating to recruiting filed under decimal 341. There are records relating to training centers and officer candidate schools filed under decimal 352.

63 linear feet, 5 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

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National Archives at College Park

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