The Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr. papers, 1888-1950.

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The Alvan Cullom Gillem Jr. papers, 1888-1950.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, oral histories, maps / charts, accounts, reports / studies. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: 1865-1897; 1899-1917; Russia -- American Intervention, 1920s, 1930s, World War II (WWII) -- European Theater of Operation (ETO), Chinese Civil War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 12th, 17th, 25th, 27th, 62nd, 66th United States (U.S.) Infantry Regiments; 23rd U.S. Machine Gun Battalion; 2nd Armored Brigade; 3rd Armored Division; II Armored Corps; XIII and VII Corps; III Corps Headquarters; Third Army; Nanking Headquarters Group and China Service Command, China Committee of Three; U.S. Army Forces - China, Executive Headquarters - China. General description of the collection: The Alvan Cullom Gillem papers include general officer's papers, personal and official papers about operations of XIII Corps and Ninth Army (1944); papers about development of Army's Armored Force (1939-1940); wartime accounts by Charles De Gaulle and two German Tankers; testimony and press clippings from Army's Manpower Utilization Panel about negro status in the Army (1946). Journal and correspondence from service in China (1946-1947). Transcript of Gillem interview by Dr. Eugene Miller (1972).

17 boxes.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7584233

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Gillem, Alvan Cullom, 1888-1973

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Alvan C. Gillen Jr. was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He began his military career in 1910. From 1912-1919 he was with the 12th U.S. Infantry Regiment in the Philippines and Arizona; with the 62nd Infantry at the Presidio; commanded the 23rd Machine Gun Battalion and taught military science. He was with the 27th Infantry Regiment assigned to the American Forces in Siberia in 1919. During the 1920s-1930s he attended Army schools, taught tactics and was assigned to the 25th Infantry Regimen...

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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...