Keith E. Eiler papers, 1880-2003.

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Keith E. Eiler papers, 1880-2003.

Correspondence, notes, collected writings, photocopies of military records and collected correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the career of General Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of American forces in China during World War II. Used as research material for the book Wedemeyer on War and Peace (Stanford, 1987) edited by K. E. Eiler, and for an unpublished biography of Wedemeyer.

30 ms. boxes, 1 oversize box, 6 card file boxes.

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Wedemeyer, Albert Coady, 1897-1989

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General Albert Coady Wedemeyer (July 9, 1897 – December 17, 1989) was a United States Army commander. A 1919 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was a temporary Lieutenant Colonel at the outbreak of World War II in December 1941. His first major assignment had come earlier in the year when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the War Department to develop tactics to win the war that he believed the U.S. was destined to enter. He was the only U.S. officer to...

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...

Eiler, Keith E., 1920-

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American historian. From the description of Keith E. Eiler papers, 1880-2003. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123438837 Biographical/Historical Note American historian. From the guide to the Keith E. Eiler papers, 1880-2003, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...