[Lt. Col. Sir Michael D. Epstein collection].

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[Lt. Col. Sir Michael D. Epstein collection].

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This collection consists of copies of articles about the airborne infantry and parachuting collected by Michael Epstein, veteran of the US Army 82nd Airborne Division, the French Foreign Legion, and the Israeli Defense Forces. Included are reports and articles written by Epstein, notably "Jump into the North Pole with the Russian Army" (1993). Also included is biographical information about Sir Jacob Epstein (1880-1959), British sculptor and great-uncle of Epstein. Michael Epstein was knighted into the Order of the Commonwealth in the rank of Knight Commander in 2002.

6 linear in. (1 box)

Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Pritzker Military Library

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Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Pritzker Military Library

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Epstein, Michael, 1944-

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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...

United States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd

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Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...