The Transportation Corps collection, 1861-1992.

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The Transportation Corps collection, 1861-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47849082

Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, organizational documents, unit histories, newspapers, diary / journal. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War II (WWII) -- United States (U.S.), -- European Theater of Operations (ETO), -- Pacific, -- Mediterranean; Occupation -- Japan; 1946-1950; 1950s; 1960s; Korean War; Vietnam War; Persian Gulf War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Transportation Corps; Military Railway Service Headquarters; 2nd and 3rd Military Railway Service; 706th and 709th Railway Grand Divisions; 5th Engineer Special Brigade; 284th Engineer Combat Battalion; 48th Transportation Group; 1097th Transportation Company; 21st Support Command; New York and San Francisco Ports of Embarkation -- WWII; Saigon Port. General description of the collection: The Transportation Corps collection includes a history of branch organization and mission; logistics; railroads; affiliated civilian railroad; railroad seizure; railroad mobilization; railroad artillery; pre-WWII military railroad; motor transportation; and sea transportation. It also includes personal papers of George F. Barry, Carl R. Gray, Homer M. Groninger, David C. Hastings, Theodore G. Moline, William G. Pagonis, and James C. Shepard, historian.

12 boxes.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7585973

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Moline, Theodore G.

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Pagonis, William G., 1941-....

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Lieutenant General (LTG) William G. "Gus" Pagonis was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. He was commissioned into the United States (U.S.) Army through the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC). Pagonis attended the U.S. Army Infantry School in 1965. From February 1967 to February 1968, he served in Vietnam as Commander of the 1097th Transportation Company. He returned to Vietnam from June 1970 to November 1970 as Division Transportation Officer, 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) an...

Groninger, Homer M. (Homer McLaughlin), 1884-1963

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Homer McLaughlin Groninger (b. July 24, 1884-d. Sept. 26, 1963) was born in Port Royal, Pennsylvania. He received his commission in the cavalry form West Point in 1908. He advanced to the rank of brigadier general in October 1940, then major general in August 1945. He was commanding general of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation from June 1945 until his retirement in December 1946. From the description of Groninger, Homer M. (Homer McLaughlin), 1884-1963 (U.S. National Archives and...

Shepard, James Crenshaw

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Hastings, David C.

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Barry, George F.

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Gray, Carl R. (Carl Raymond), 1867-1939

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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...

United States. Army. Transportation Corps

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The USS St. Mihiel was built by the American International Shipbuilding Corp. on Hogs Island, Pennsylvania in 1920. She was used as an army transport, carrying soldiers to and from battle. In 1923, she carried the last American soldiers back from Germany at the end of World War I. In 1943, the USS St. Mihiel was decommissioned to the Navy, where she served as an army hospital ship. From the description of USS Mihiel quarantine report, 1923. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat reco...