The Ira T. Wyche Papers 1931-1981.

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The Ira T. Wyche Papers 1931-1981.

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Contains biographical sketches (1887-1981) ; diaries (1944-1947) ; correspondence (1931, 1944-1969) ; unit history, 79th Infantry Division (1944-1945) ; speeches; pamphlets; poems by servicemen; policy papers; miscellaneous papers, clippings and memorabilia. Contemporary and postwar coverage of World War II is substantial. Other material includes a 1931 analysis by Major General Harry G. Bishop, Chief of Field Artillery, of a proposed merger of Coast and Field Artillery branches and a 1951 national power study forwarded by Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray; still other items relate to the 313th Infantry Association, defense and international affairs in the postwar era. and postwar Democratic Party politics. Correspondents include General Jacob L. Devers, Senators Frank P. Graham, B. Everett Jordan, Sam J. Ervin, and Richard A. Russell, U.S. Representatives Carl Vinson, A. Paul Kitchin, and Charles Raper Jonas; and Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy. Other 79th Infantry Division officers mentioned in official papers and diary enteries include Brigadier Generals Frank U. Greer, George D. Wahl, and John S. Winn, and Colonel Sterling A. Wood.

1 box (25 folders)

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Wood, Sterling A

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Russell, Richard A. (Richard Allen)

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Ira Thomas Wyche (b. October 16, 1887, Ocracoke, North Carolina-d. July 8, 1981, in Pinehurst, North Carolina) was a United States Army general. Upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1911, he was commissioned a second lieutenant. Wyche served with the Texas Border Patrol (1916-1918) and the American Expeditionary Force in France (1918). After holding several field artillery commands during the post-World War I years, Wyche assumed command of the 74th Field Arti...

Devers, Jacob L. (Jacob Loucks), 1887-1979

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Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985

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Ervin was a North Carolina member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. From the description of TLS, 1968 October 8, Washington, D.C. to Bishop Earl G. Hunt / Sam J. Ervin, Jr. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 43052717 Samuel James Ervin, Jr., was a Burke County, N.C., attorney, North Carolina legislator, judge, U.S. senator, and long-time champion of civil liberties. Ervin was first appointed to the N.C. General Assembly in 1923, where he also served in 1925 an...

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Wahl, George H.

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Greer, Frank U.

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Graham, Frank Porter, 1886-1972

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