Guide to the Douglas L. McCabe Papers 1943-1995 (inclusive) 1945-1946 (bulk)

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...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Daily Pacifican

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United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 113th

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United States. Army. Transportation Corps

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The USS St. Mihiel was built by the American International Shipbuilding Corp. on Hogs Island, Pennsylvania in 1920. She was used as an army transport, carrying soldiers to and from battle. In 1923, she carried the last American soldiers back from Germany at the end of World War I. In 1943, the USS St. Mihiel was decommissioned to the Navy, where she served as an army hospital ship. From the description of USS Mihiel quarantine report, 1923. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat reco...

Luzon Stevedoring Company, Inc.

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Yamashita, Tomobumi, 1885-1946

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Piehler, G. Kurt

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Hale, Richard M.

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Homma, Masaharu, 1887-1946

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Japanese army officer. From the description of Papers of Masaharu Homma, 1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454089 ...

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...

Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-

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Roxas, Manuel A., 1892-1948

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Manuel A. Roxas (b. Jan. 1, 1892–d. Apr. 15, 1948), President of the Phillipines, was elected in 1946. He died while in office. From the description of Roxas, Manuel A., 1892-1948 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10598338 ...

McCabe, Douglas L.

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Douglas L. McCabe was born in the Bronx, New York, on September 21, 1922. He grew up in West Orange, New Jersey, and entered Rutgers in 1940. In the summer of 1943, McCabe and his fellow Advanced ROTC cadets- known as the Black Fifty- were ordered to active duty in the U.S. Army. After basic training and Officer Candidate School he was attached to the 113th Infantry Regiment, a National Guard outfit. $bIn August 1945, McCabe was deployed overseas to Manila (he believed he was going to Alaska). H...