Reminiscences of George Harlon Cloud : oral history, 1970.

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Reminiscences of George Harlon Cloud : oral history, 1970.

Education; early assignments; 4th Marines, Shanghai, 1937-39; 4th Defense Battalion in Guantanamo, Pearl Harbor, New Hebrides, 1941-43; Noumea 1943; quartermaster duties 1943-45; Sixth Army staff, Japan, 1945; Commanding officer, Supply School Camp Lejeune, 1947-49; Supply Center assignments 1949-56; Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island 1956-58; Senior Member, Military Armistice Commission, Korea, 1963.

Transcript: 115 leaves.Tape: 5 reels.

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