Donald McClure Papers, 1944-1948

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Donald McClure Papers, 1944-1948

Correspondence, memoranda, and trial transcripts, relating to "The Long March" of the 1stDivision, U.S. Infantry, into German occupied areas following World War I; Germanmilitary operations in the West during World War II; and German war crime trials,especially the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case, 1947-1948. Includes a report by W. H.Scheidt, Historian, Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, entitled German Military OperationsReport, 1944-1945.

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Hoover Institution Archives

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Scheidt, W. H.

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McClure, Donald

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st

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The 1st Division ("Fighting First" or "The Big Red One") was activated on May 24, 1917, assembled at the New York Port of Embarkation in June, and completed its arrival in France on December 22, 1917. The 1st Division was the first to arrive in France, first to suffer casualties, first to enter Germany, and the first to cross the Rhine. It saw action in the Sommerviller, Ansauville, Lucey, and Saizerais sectors in Lorraine, the Cantigny sector in Picardy, and took part in the Montdidier-Noyon de...

Germany. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht

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