The Leonard D. Heaton papers, 1927-1977.

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The Leonard D. Heaton papers, 1927-1977.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, personnel documents, awards / certificates, organizational documents, clippings, newspapers, magazines, reports / studies, books / manuals, leaflets / brochures, diary / journal, oral histories, photos, ephemera, speeches, trip itineraries, Department (Dept.) of Army circulars. Contains information pertaining to the following war: WWII. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 160th General Hospital, 802d Hospital Center. General description of the collection: Leonard D. Heaton papers include career papers of Surgeon General Heaton from 1927 to his retirement in 1969. The bulk of the papers are from this latter period and include voluminous correspondence; Dept. of the Army circulars, memoranda, congressional records, speeches, articles he wrote, trips he took, etc. Scrapbooks contain clippings on the hospitalizations of General Douglas MacArthur and President Eisenhower.

55 boxes.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574392

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Heaton, Leonard D. (Leonard Dudley), 1902-1983

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Surgeon; interviewee d.1983. From the description of Reminiscences of Leonard Dudley Heaton : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513570 Leonard D. Heaton commanded the 160th General Hospital and 802nd Hospital Center during World War II (WWII); also commanded Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco from 1951 to 1953. He served as surgeon general from 1959 until his retirement in 1969. From the description...

United States. Army

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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...