Robert Tryon Frederick papers, 1928-1967

ArchivalResource

Robert Tryon Frederick papers, 1928-1967

Correspondence, diaries, writings, memoranda, photographs, and motion picture film, relating to operations of the First Special Service Force in Italy and France during World War II, and to the American Military Mission to Greece in 1951.

eng,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6663295

Hoover Institution Archives

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Frederick, Robert Tryon, 1907-1970

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d32p4d (person)

Robert Tryon Frederick (March 14, 1907 – November 29, 1970) was born in San Francisco, California. From West Point, he was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps in 1928. In 1939, he graduated from Command and General Staff School. From 1941 to 1942, Frederick worked on the War Department General Staff. In 1942, Frederick became commander of the 1st Special Service Force (later called the "Devil's Brigade" by the Germans) in the Mediterranean and Pacific Theater of Operations. He organiz...

United States. Military Mission to Greece.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fc25pf (corporateBody)

United States. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km312r (corporateBody)

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...

Allied Forces. Special Service Force, 1st

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z94jg1 (corporateBody)