The John F. LaVoie papers, 1973-1977.

United States. Army Training and Doctrine Command

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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...

LaVoie, John F., 1926-

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Born in 1926 in North Adams, Mass. Enlisted in the Army in 1944. Served as Squad Leader, Platoon Sergeant, First Sergeant and Airborne Instructor with the 165th Infantry Regiment and 188th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater of Operations followed by occupation duty in Japan. In 1948 he was assigned to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. where he served as Airborne Instructor and Operations Sergeant. In 1956 he was assigned to...