Reminiscences of Clifton Bledsoe Cates : oral history, 1967.

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Reminiscences of Clifton Bledsoe Cates : oral history, 1967.

Education; World War I; aide to Commandant Marine Corps and Commanding General, Department of the Pacific, 1920-23; China, 1929-32; War Plans Division, 1935-37; Shanghai, 1937-39, Sino-Japanese War; Army War College: wartime training program; President, United States Marine Corps Equipment Board and Commandant, United States Marine Corps schools, 1947; United States Marine Corps Commandant, 1948-51, unification fight; Korea; USO.

Miscellaneous papers relating to oral history.

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