Merle T. Cole papers, undated.

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Merle T. Cole papers, undated.

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Contains the following types of materials: reports, unit histories. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Special Forces; 1st Special Service Force; 10th Mountain Division; 11th Air Assault Division; 173rd Airborne Brigade; US Marine Corps; Rangers. General description of the collection: The Merle T. Cole papers include photocopies of the following reports written by Cole in 1976-77: "Parachute units of USMC," "US Army airborne operations," "173rd Airborne Brigade," "Evaluation of US Army Ranger concept," "11th Air Assault Div: test bed of airmobile concept," "10th Mountain Div," "Black Devils: First Special Service Force," "Special forces: instrument of United States policy."

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