Horace W. Tousley photograph collection. 1958-1981.

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Horace W. Tousley photograph collection. 1958-1981.

Contains the following type(s) of materials: photographs. General description of the collection: The Horace W. Tousley photograph collection concerns itself primarily with rockets, missiles, ordnance subjects, and ordnance officers from the 1958 to 1960 period. There are photos of various rockets and missiles from 1958 to 1960, numerous photos, both portraits and candid shots, of Major General John B. Medaris (for whom Tousley was an aide), portraits of ordnance and general officers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, aerial views of unidentified runways ca. 1970s, soldiers working on missiles and equipment, 1959-1960, photos of promotions and awards, 1959, a few parades and reviews, tours, visit, etc., 1958-1959, and photos of classes and seminars up to 1981.

1 box (190 photographs)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7596705

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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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...

Medaris, John B. (John Bruce), 1902-

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John Bruce Medaris (b. May 12, 1902, Milford, Ohio-d. 1990), Major General in the U.S. Army, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1918 and served in France during World War I. He was later commissioned as an officer and served with the 29th and 33rd Infantry Regiments in the U.S. and Panama. Although he resigned from the Army in 1927, he returned to active duty in 1939. During World War II, he served with II Corps in Tunisia and Sicily before joining Headquarters, First Army, directing the effor...

Tousley, Horace W.

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