The Hamilton Howze papers, 1972-1983.

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The Hamilton Howze papers, 1972-1983.

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Contains the following types of materials: oral histories, interviews. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: World War II, Korean War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 1st Armored Division. General description of the collection: The Hamilton Howze papers include transcripts of interviews with Hamiltion H. Howze taken by Robert T. Reed in 1972 as part of the Senior Offcier Debriefing Program and published interviews to 1983. Includes Howze's discussion of his early life, service in U.S. Cavalry 1936-1942; command of the 1st Armored Division in World War II, 1942-1943 in the Italian and North African campaigns, especially in Tunisia, his peacetime duty 1945-1958; work in Army aviation, work on Howze's board and on the use of helicopter in airmobile operations. Also contains discussion on Army training and sports.

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Howze, Hamilton H. (Hamilton Hawkins), 1908-

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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...