The Fort Devens Museum collection, 1898-1975.

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The Fort Devens Museum collection, 1898-1975.

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Contains the following types of materials: personnel documents, awards / certificates, organizational documents, books / manuals, leaflets / brochures, diary / journal, maps / charts, photos, ephemera. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military units: Ambulance Corps; 26th Division. General description of the collection: The Fort Devens Museum collection contains items which reflect the holdings, interests and public history presentations of a military museum. There are over 50 items some of which include: the diary of Harry Gayard Wiard of the Ambulance Corps from 1917 to 1918; a casualty list of the 26th Division, American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.), November 1920; the 1918 Camp Devens Hostess House guest book; a memorial to the 26th Division; West Point program dated 1921 and a clipping entitled "West Point's century of Black experience"; identification cards from the 1940s; 4th annual Massachusetts Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) memorial service of 24 June 1928; and an envelope marked "censored" by General George S. Patton, Jr. in 1945 and donated to the museum by MG George S. Patton in 1974. A more complete listing can be found in the finding aid for this collection.

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U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Camp Devens Hostess House

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United States Military Academy

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American forc...

Wiard, Harry G.

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Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

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George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known ...

United States. Army. Division, 26th

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Fort Devens Museum.

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