Robert A. McClure photograph collection. 1897-1950.

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Robert A. McClure photograph collection. 1897-1950.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following wars: World War II (WWII), Korean War. Contains photographs of the following military unit and organizations: Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF); Military Government of Germany; 307th Bombardment Group, USAF. General description of the collection: The Robert A. McClure photograph collection consists of images of Robert A. McClure (1897-1957) as a child and as a cadet at the Kentucky Military Institute ca. 1917. There are several snapshots of McClure as an instructor at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, in the late 1920s, and while a student at the Army War College (AWC) in 1936. There is a November 1941 image of Brigadier General McClure, as assistant military attacheĢ in London, with Prime Minister Churchill, other officers, and civilians. There are images related to his service as intelligence officer, G-2, Allied Force Headquarters (HQ), European Theater of Operations (ETO); as chief of Information and Censorship Section, Allied Force Headquarters, and as the chief of Psychological Warfare of SHAEF. Post-World War II images document his service as the information control officer for the Military Government in Germany and as chief of the New York Field Office of the Civil Affairs Division from 1947-1949. The collection also includes images of the McClure family and their living quarters in Fort Benning, Georgia, in the late 1920s; in Berlin, Germany, in 1946; and at Vancouver Barracks, Portland, Oregon, ca. 1949. There are images of Richard A. McClure, youngest son of Robert, taken as a cadet, at his graduation from the United States Military Academy (USMA) in 1947, and images of his service in Korea with the United States Air Force (USAF) including a series taken on a 307th Bombardment Group mission over North Korea in September 1950.

1 box (136 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7647656

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United States. Air Force. Bombardment Group, 307th

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McClure, Richard A.

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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

McClure, Robert A.

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Robert A. McClure was a United States (U.S.) military officer. He was a captain, 29th U.S. Infantry Regiment; colonel, personnel officer, 4th Army; brigadier general, military attacheĢ to Great Britain, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, and Norway; Chief of Information and Censorship, North African Theater; Chief of Psychological Warfare, Supreme Headquarters Allied European Forces (SHAEF); Director of Information Control, U.S. Group Control Council in Germany and Office of Milit...