Reminiscences of Donald Curtis : oral history, 1970.

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Reminiscences of Donald Curtis : oral history, 1970.

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Naval Academy, 1914-17; World War I, balloon training; early assignments; duty in office of Judge Advocate General of the Navy; 4th Marines, Shanghai and the Philippines; experiences in prisoner of war camps, liberation, 1942-45; military secretary to Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1946-48.

Transcript: 117 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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