John H. Griffith collection 1942-1972 1942-1945, 1951-1952 Griffith, John H. collection

United States. Army. Medical Department

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War Department General Order no. 1 for 1904 required "every staff corps and department, regiment, battalion not forming part of a regiment, and independent troop, battery, or company" to keep "a detailed history of the services of the organization. This history will, at all times, be kept as nearly up to date as possible." From the guide to the Papers pertaining to the current history of the U.S. Medical Dept., 1905-1913, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

Griffith, Leon A.

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John Herrmann Griffith, the son of Leon Griffith and Amelia Hermann, was born on January 25, 1924, and grew up in Vicksburg, Michigan. He graduated as valedictorian from Vicksburg High School and received a scholarship to the University of Michigan, where he matriculated in 1942. Griffith studied history at the university until being drafted by the army in 1944, and attended the United States Army Surgical Technician School at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. During the ...

Thurber, James, 1894-1961

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James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894. Considered one of the 20th century's more prominent humorists, he wrote nearly forty books of stories, essays, autobiography, and a Broadway play. Thurber passed away in 1961. From the description of James Thurber letters to Mrs. Robert Sterling, 1946-1950. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 181589252 Epithet: author and cartoonist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person ...

Dom zu Bremen (Bremen, Germany)

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United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 134th.

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Pyle, Ernie, 1900-1945

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Ernest "Ernie" Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize—winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for the columns he wrote as a roving human-interest reporter from 1935 through 1941 for the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate that earned him wide acclaim for his simple accounts of ordinary people across North America. When the United States entered World W...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Griffith, Amelia Herrmann

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John Herrmann Griffith, the son of Leon Griffith and Amelia Hermann, was born on January 25, 1924, and grew up in Vicksburg, Michigan. He graduated as valedictorian from Vicksburg High School and received a scholarship to the University of Michigan, where he matriculated in 1942. Griffith studied history at the university until being drafted by the army in 1944, and attended the United States Army Surgical Technician School at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. During the ...

Griffith, John Herrmann, 1924-2003

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 86th.

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Hermann, Christian

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