The William H. Duncan collection, 1916-1997.

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The William H. Duncan collection, 1916-1997.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence, clippings, organizational documents, unit histories, books / manuals, reports / studies, leaflets / brochures, maps / charts, briefings, ephemera, postcards. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: Korean War, Cold War, World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII). Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Pennsylvania National Guard; Delaware National Guard; 261st U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command; Armed Forces Reserve Policy Board; USMA West Point Admissions Representative. General description of the collection: The William H. Duncan collection documents his 35 year Army career. The collection contains correspondence, event presentation material, Command and General Staff College (CGSC) course material, bound volumes, Department of Defense (DOD) publications, anti-communist pamphlets, Delaware National Guard recruiting material, journals, reports, hospital standing operating procedures (SOPs), and WWI era postcards collected by Duncan. The materials cover the period 1916-1997; the bulk of the papers represent Duncan's work as a delegate to the Secretary of the Army's Armed Forces Reserve Policy Board, 1979-1985. The collection is arranged in 2 series. Series I: Papers, 1945-1990s, is arranged by subject (chronologically within subject) and contains personal as well as professional correspondence, military orders, conference and event programs, and school materials; a hospital ledger from 30th Field Hospital, Veckering, France, dated January-August 1945 that records the name, unit, diagnosis, and treatment of American soldiers and German POWs; and several hospital SOPs from the 1950s and 1960s. Series II: Postcards, consists of more than one hundred postcards of France, Germany, and the Mexican Border Campaign from the first decade of the 20th century.

9 boxes.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630333

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Duncan, William, 1930-....

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William H. Duncan was born in Wilmington, Delaware in 1930; graduated United States Military Academy (USMA), West Point as a second lieutenant of Infantry, 1952; served in the airborne infantry in the Korean War; resigned from the Regular Army in 1955 and entered the Pennsylvania National Guard; promoted to major and served as the operations and training officer of a regimental combat team; graduated Doctor of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, 1959; and joined the Delaware National...

U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

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Delaware. National Guard

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In 1968 and early 1969, the Delaware National Guard was called out to control racial unrest in Wilmington and Dover, caused by growing black militancy and the death of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Guard was on duty in Wilmington from Apr. 1968 until Jan. 1969 and at Delaware State College in Dover from May 15 until July 22, 1968. From the description of Delaware National Guard records, 1967-1969. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70977956 ...

United States. Reserve Forces Policy Board

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United States. Army. Field Hospital, 30th

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