Collection, 1905-1972.

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Collection, 1905-1972.

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The collection contains newspaper accounts, correspondence, military orders and messages, military clothing and equipment, medals, etc. pertaining primarily to Whittlesey's military career in World War I. Documented is his service with the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.), the near loss of his battalion in the Argonne Forest, and his receipt of commendations from various governments and organizations. Also included is a letter Whittlesey wrote to a friend shortly before he committed suicide, and materials relating to the Charles Whittlesey Room that was dedicated at the Williams Club (New York City) in 1948.

24.25 linear ft. (6 boxes, 2 trunks, 1 roll, 1 satchel, 1 v., 1 oversize folder)

Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Williams College, Sawyer Library

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Williams Club (New York, N.Y.)

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Williams College. Class of 1942

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Whittlesey, Charles Austin, 1880-1922

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Charles White Whittlesey (1884-1921) was born in Florence, Wis., and graduated from Williams College in 1905. After receiving his law degree from Harvard University in 1908, he worked for the New York City firm of Murray, Prentice & Howland (1908-1911), and then went into practice with his friend and classmate, J. Bayard Pruyn (1911-1917). In 1916, he graduated from the military training camp at Plattsburgh, N.Y., and in 1917 reported to Camp Upton in Yapshank, Long Island, for further train...

United States. Army. Infantry, 308th. Battalion, 2d.

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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...