Crawford Sams papers, 1910-1955.

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Crawford Sams papers, 1910-1955.

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Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, clippings. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War II -- Mediterranean, North Africa, european theater of operations; post war occupation -- Japan; Korean War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Medical Field Service School; Panama Canal Department; US Military Mission, North Africa; US Army Forces Middle East; Public Health and Welfare Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Command Allied Powers; Public Health and Welfare Section, United Nations Command Far East. General description of the collection: Crawford Sams papers include general officer's memoir; personal account of mission behind enemy lines to check accounts of possible plague outbreak among North Korean and Chinese soldiers; early airborne training; evacuation and field hospitals; communicable diseases; health care; preventive medicine; disease control in post-war Japan; General MacArthur.

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Sams, Crawford F.

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Brigadier general, United States Army Medical Corps; chief surgeon, Forces in the Middle East, 1942-1943; chief, Public Health and Welfare Section, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, 1945-1951. From the description of Crawford F. Sams papers, 1923-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871043 Brigadier general, U.S. Army, and research physician, 1902-1994. Sams enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1922, resigning in 1925 to enter medical school. He recei...

United States. Army

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