The Anton Caesar Cron papers, 17878-1960.

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The Anton Caesar Cron papers, 17878-1960.

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Contains the following type of materials: scrapbooks. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: 1865-1897; World War I Western Front; 1920s, World War II -- General, -- Pacific; 1946-1950; 1950s, 1960s. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 5th Michigan National Guard Infantry Regiment; U.S. Military Academy; 27th U.S. Infantry Regiment; 10th U.S. Infantry Regiment; 10th, 5th, and 51st U.S. Infantry Regiments; 323rd U.S. Machine Gun Battalion; 330th & 28th U.S. Infantry Regiments; 104th and 11th U.S. Infantry Regiments; Provost Marshall; 315th U.S. Infantry Regiment; 18th U.S. Infantry Regiment; Civilian Conservation Corp; Tank School; War Department General Staff; Michigan State University; University of Montana. General description of the collection: The Anton Caesar Cron papers include one scrapbook consist primarily of orders promoting, transferring and assigning him to duty through out his service; the second scrapbook contains news clippings, general incidents in the Army at the time, especially hazing at West Point at the turn of the century, history of his childhood home in Manistee, Michigan; 103 typed pages extracted from his personal diary "A Cronikel Cron", 1895-1939.

1 box.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Cron, Anton Caesar.

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Anton Caesar Cron was a member of the United States Military Academy (USMA) Class of 1903, but a non-graduate. However, he received an appointment to 2nd lieutenant in 1904 serving with the 10th United States (U.S.) Infantry and made the Army his career. From 1901 to 1904 Cron served in the 27th U.S. Infantry. He retired in 1939 as a full Colonel. From the description of A.C. Cron photograph collection. 1901-1938. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 49336739 A...

United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...