Papers, 1899-1987.

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Papers, 1899-1987.

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Papers of a career soldier from Milwaukee, Wisconsin chiefly consisting of a lengthy memoir on his 1930s service as adjutant of the Wisconsin National Guard under Ralph M. Immell; active duty during World War II in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands; post-war duty as liaison with the 25th Red Army in North Korea, military attache to Poland, and intelligence adviser to the Royal Thai Army; and work as director of research at the Military Assistance Institute which included a 1960 tour of Vietnam. The processed portion is summarized above, dates 1899-1987, and is described in the register. Additional accessions are described below.

1.6 c.f. (4 archives boxes), and110 photographs (5 folders); plusadditions of 0.1 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925107

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Immell, Ralph M., 1894-1969.

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Choinski, Walter Frank

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US Army Military Assistance Institute.

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Wisconsin. National Guard

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