The Thomas T. Handy papers, 1974-1981.

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The Thomas T. Handy papers, 1974-1981.

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Contains the following type of materials: oral histories. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII), Cold War. General description of the collection: The Thomas T. Handy papers include transcripts of two oral histories of General Thomas T. Handy conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Edward M. Knoff, Jr., in 1947 and Major Floyd J. Davis in 1981. The David interview was conducted as a graduate school project at Trinity University and concentrates on Handy's WWII service. The Knoff interview covers his entire career from commissioning (1916); service with numerous artillery units (1916-1929); War Plans Division (1936-1940 and 1941-1945); Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army (1945-1947); Commander-in-Chief, European Command (EUCOM) (1949-1952); and Deputy Commander-in-Chief, European Command (1952-1954).

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