Lawrence B. Clark papers, 1941-1961.

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Lawrence B. Clark papers, 1941-1961.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, clippings, ephemera. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: World War II (WWII), Korean War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 1st Infantry Division, 7th Field Artillery Battalion (Occupation); Headquarters (HQs), X (10th) Corps Artillery (Korea). General description of the collection: The Lawrence B. Clark papers include officer's correspondence primarily to his parents, reflecting training at Fort Benning (Georgia), Camp Sutton (North Carolina), Camp Claiborne(Louisiana), and Fort Sill (Oklahoma); a stint as a Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) instructor at Cornell University, New York; World War II (WWII) service in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia; Korean War service; and subsequent assignment as Army attacheĢ at the American Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.

1 box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7625303

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Clark, Lawrence Gordon

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United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...