Red Arrow Division call-up commemoration papers, 1980.

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Red Arrow Division call-up commemoration papers, 1980.

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Photocopy of a speech given by Smith, former Commanding General of the 32nd "Red Arrow" U.S. Infantry Division (1960-1961), at a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the division's mobilization in 1940, and its World War II service in the Pacific Theater, 1941-1946. The speech gives the history of the division and advocates a strong U.S. military. File also includes a copy of the program for the occasion, with scripts of comments, including a brief recounting of histories of Wisconsin infantry units, 1861-1967.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Smith, Herbert A.

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The Wisconsin National Guard was established as such by Chapter 208, Laws of 1879, but it was preceded by both a territorial and a state militia (WIHV91-A663). As a result of the lack of uniformity among the National Guard units participating in the Spanish-American War, Congress enacted a law in 1903 to unify the National Guard under federal supervision. The governor, constitutionally, is the commander in chief of the Wisconsin National Guard. However, the National Guar...

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 32nd

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