Clay Blair photograph collection. 1895-1980.

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Clay Blair photograph collection. 1895-1980.

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Contains the following types of materials: photographs. Covers the following wars: World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII), Korean War. General description of the collection: The Clay Blair photograph collection consists of photos from the Omar N. Bradley collection and the Army Signal Corps photo files that were used to illustrate biographies of Omar N. Bradley and Matthew B. Ridgway written by Clay Blair. Most of the photos are duplicates of photos found here at the Military History Institute (MHI) in the Bradley, Ridgway, and WWII Signal Corps collections. Most of these photos deal with WWII. The Bradley photos follow his life from a baby through his retirement years. The Ridgway photos concern his WWII airborne commands and his service in Korea.

2 boxes (230 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7634512

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981

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United States. Army

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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...

Ridgway, Matthew B. (Matthew Bunker), 1895-1993

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General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955). He fought with distinction during World War II, where he was the Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division, leading it in action in Sicily, Italy and Normandy, before taking command of the newly formed XVIII Airborne Corps in August 1944. He held the latter...