George Price Hays papers 1917-1978

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George Price Hays papers 1917-1978

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Orders, certificates, clippings, and photographs, relating mainly to the occupation of Germany and Austria after World War II.

1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box; (0.8 linear feet)

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Hoover Institution Archives

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Hoover Institution Archives

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United States. Army. Officers.

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Hays, George P. (George Price), 1892-1978

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George Price Hays was born September 27, 1892 in Chee Foo, China to Presbyterian missionary parents. He attended El Reno High School, El Reno, Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma A and M College in 1917. During World War I, he was commissioned as a second Lieutenant with the 10th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Hays rode horseback under heavy fire to maintain communications between artillery and infantry units. For this action at the Second Battle of the Marne, he received the...