Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, personnel documents, organizational documents, reports / studies, diary / journal, briefings. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 141st Infantry, 142nd Infantry, 143rd Infantry, 36th Division Artillery, 133rd Field Artillery, 111th Combat Engineer Battalion, 36th Quartermaster Company, 736th Ordnance Company, 36th Signal Company, 36th Cavalry Recon Troop, Headquarters Special Troops. General description of the collection: The 36th Infantry Division papers include daily/hourly diary of events of each operational unit of the 36th Infantry Division in France, Germany and Austria during the late years of World War II. Each log contains at least the following materials: narrative; casualties by State; casualties by unit; strength report; battle losses of material; ammunition expenditures; roster of commanders; and report of general court-martial cases. Operation instructions for each unit and commander's reports, plans plus each headquarters section reports are included. Excellent for following the daily operations/life of an infantry division at war - exhaustive!
