Records relating to the military career of Col. Paul A. Roy and his experiences as commander of the Dachau displaced persons camp letters awards reports clippings photographs.

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Records relating to the military career of Col. Paul A. Roy and his experiences as commander of the Dachau displaced persons camp letters awards reports clippings photographs.

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Contains information about Col. Paul A. Roy and his experiences as commander at the liberated Dachau concentration camp in 1945. Of special interest is information given by Col. Roy that gives credit only to the 45th US Infantry Division for the camp's liberation. Additionally, there is information provided by a US Army surgeon at the liberated camp about typhus among former inmates of Dachau and of Dachau subcamp Mùˆnchen-Allach. Also included is information about other aspects of Col. Roy's military and civilian life.

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th

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United States. Army

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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...

Roy, Paul A. (Paul Arthur), 1932-

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Paul A. Roy, Colonel in the Coast Artillery and a West Point graduate, served in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. During the war, he was assigned to several Coastal Artillery units. In 1945, he was assigned the duties of Commander of the liberated Dachau concentration camp. From the description of Records relating to the military career of Col. Paul A. Roy and his experiences as commander of the Dachau displaced persons camp letters awards reports clippings photographs. (Uni...

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel

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