Lewis H. Brereton Papers. 1918 - 1967. Personal Papers

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Lewis H. Brereton Papers. 1918 - 1967. Personal Papers

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This series documents the military career and the retirement years of Lewis H. Brereton, including World War II, air warfare, the Far East Air Force, Japanese planes, and bombings. This series contains correspondence, messages, articles (many by Brereton), diaries, orders, commissions, commendations, awards, decorations, maps and scrapbooks. Materials worthy of special note are a copy of General Brereton's Headquarters Diary for the period December 8, 1941 to February 24, 1942 while he was commander of the Far East Air Force in the Philippines and correspondence exchanged with George C. Marshall.

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Brereton, Lewis H. (Lewis Hyde), 1890-1967

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Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. A 1911 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he began his military career as a United States Army officer in the Coast Artillery Corps prior to World War I, then spent the remainder of his service as a career aviator. Brereton was one of the few senior U.S. commanders in World War II who served in combat theaters continuously from the attack on Pear...

Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959

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George Catlett Marshall (b. December 31, 1880, Uniontown, Pennsylvania-d. October 16, 1959, Washington, D.C.), had a long and auspicious career in the United States (U.S.) Army and to the United States. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 and served his country as U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Envoy to China, Army Chief of Staff, and as President of the American Red Cross. Marshall, America's first five-star general, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, ...