Guide to the Alexander Gordeuk Papers 1942-1996

Rutgers University

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From July 12 to July 17, 1967, the city of Newark, New Jersey, was wrecked by racial violence. In six days of rioting, 23 people were killed, 725 were injured and nearly 1,500 were arrested. Property damage was estimated at over $10 million. While the riots were still in progress, sixty community leaders formed a Committee of Concern with the following aims: to help restore calm to the city, to study the causes of racial unrest, and to formulate goals for social and economic improve...

United States. Army. Ordnance Company, 135th.

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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...

Gordeuk, Alexander

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Alexander Gordeuk was born in Frenchtown, New Jersey, on September 11, 1920. His parents emigrated from the Russian Empire (present day Belarus) and raised Alexander and his ten siblings on a farm in Frenchtown. The Gordeuks struggled to support themselves during the Great Depression; as young Alexander helped his family tend to the farm, he cultivated an interest in agriculture. After graduating from Frenchtown High School in 1937, Gordeuk was awarded a New Jersey State...

Porter, David D.

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United States. Army. Armored Division, 13th

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University of California (1868-1952)

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Administrative History During the mid-twentieth century, the American Labor Movement reached a pinnacle of power and influence within society. The Second World War required that labor be managed as a strategic resource; the high productivity of workers during the war carried over in the peace time economy, which experienced a sustained economic "boom." Unlike European labor relations, where unions play an "official" role in government, the Am...

Krunich, Milutin, 1893-

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Wogan, John B.

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