The Dewey Short papers, 1917-1980.

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The Dewey Short papers, 1917-1980.

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Contains the following types of materials: oral history, speeches, newspaper articles. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: 1930s, World War II (WWII) -- United States (U.S.) Entry, European Theater of Operation (ETO), Pacific, 1946 - 1950, 1950s. Contains information pertaining to the following military organizations: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Army. General description of the collection: The Dewey Short papers include a memoir of his association with the military when he was a member of the House Military Affairs Committee, the House Armed Services Committee and Assistant Secretary of the Army. Also describes his views on fiscal restraint, peacetime conscription and concentration camps at the close of WWII.

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United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army.

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs

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Short, Dewey, 1898-1979

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Dewey Short was a retired Congressman from Missouri who was a member of the United States Congress House Military Affairs Committee during 1935-1957 and the House Armed Services Committee (chairman) from 1953-1955. He was also the Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1957-1961. From the description of The Dewey Short papers, 1917-1980. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47197465 ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services

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