Armor - 4th Division papers, 1941-1966.

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United States. Army. Armored Division, 4th. Armor - 4th Division papers, 1941-1966.

Armor - 4th Division papers, 1941-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48039087

Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, organizational documents, unit histories, clippings. Contains information pertaining to the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 4th Armored Division; 80th Infantry Division. General description of the collection: Armor - 4th Division papers include numerous official documents on the 4th Armored Division and its component and compeer units: combat history of the division (July 17, 1944-May 9, 1945); report of the division (July 17-August 31, 1944); summary of division operations (July 17-December 7, 1944); records of events and reports of Combat Command A, 4th Armored Division (July 1, 1944-May 30, 1945 and September 13-26, 1944); letter of commendation from Colonel Bruce C. Clarke to Combat Command A (October 12, 1944); report of Task Force baum, 4th Armored Division (March 26-April 6, 1945); G-2 report of the 80th Infantry Division (September 12-15, 1944); G-3 report of the 80th Infantry Division (September 11-15, 1944). Other items include wartime and postwar newspaper accounts of the 4th and Combat Command A; a chronology of the division, 1941-1958; lists of casualties, correspondence of Colonel Hal C. Pattison in 1954 concerning the divisional veterans association and memorialization and General Staff school: Hal C. Pattison, "The Operation of Combat command A, 4th Armored Division ... 28 July to 31 August 1944" ... and Delk M. Oden, "4th Armored Division ... December 1944-January 1945 ... Also included is General Pattison's recollection of the relief from divisional command of Major General John S. Wood, December, 1944.

2 boxes.

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