Robert G. Fergusson collection, 1936-1999.

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Robert G. Fergusson collection, 1936-1999.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, clippings, memoirs, service records, awards / certificates, reports / studies, briefings, organizational documents, books / manuals, photographs, unit histories, leaflets / brochures, ephemera. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: World War II; Korean War; Cold War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: 7th Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Division; 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division; 14th Infantry Regiment; Naval War College; 24th Infantry Division; Central Army Group, Heidelberg, Germany; Eighth (8th) Army Headquarters, Korea; Infantry Training Center, Fort Ord, California; Commander of U.S. Forces, West Berlin, Germany. General description of the collection: The Robert G. Fergusson collection documents events in Fergusson's army career and afterwards. Particularly well documented is the Attu Island campaign of 1943 (5 folders); the Coral Sea Commemoration of 1955, which Fergusson attended with the commander of the U.S. Army Pacific, Lieutenant General Bruce C. Clarke (3 folders); and Fergusson's correspondence with author Clay Blair during Blair's Korean War research. Series I: Papers, 1940-1999, consists of 20 folders arranged chronologically. Series II: Photographs, 1936-1967, consists of 15 photographs, black & white and color, various sizes, arranged chronologically.

2 boxes.

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630347

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Blair, Clay, 1925-1998

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Clay Blair, Jr. (1925-1998) was born in Lexington, Virginia. He volunteered for submarine service in World War II. His career in journalism began when he started at Time-Life Corporation in 1949. During this time he also wrote well-received non-fiction books on Admiral Rickover, the atomic submarine Nautilus, and the hydrogen bomb. In 1957 he joined the Curtis Publishing Company as a correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. He advanced to associate director and was editor-in-chief of all the...

Australia-Coral Sea Commemoration (1955)

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Fergusson, Robert G., 1911-2001.

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Robert G. Fergusson was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) in 1936 and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant of Cavalry. During World War II (WWII), he served with the Pacific Coastal Frontier unit at San Francisco from 1939-1942; with the Hawaiian Artillery in 1941, and commanded the 7th Reconnaissance Squadron (Armored), 7th Motorized Division from 1942-1943. He participated in the May 1943 assault on Attu in the Aleutian Islands and in the Mars...