Oren W. Bryant photograph collection. 1900-1959.

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Oren W. Bryant photograph collection. 1900-1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52211243

Contains the following types of materials: photographs, photo albums. Covers the following time periods: 1900-1920; 1944-1959. Contains photographs of the following military units and organizations: U.S. Army Ordnance Department (Dept.). General description of the collection: The Oren W. Bryant photograph collection consists of several photo albums, each dealing with a different assignment and time period of Bryant's career. Also included is a folder of photos of large coast artillery guns and coast artillery personnel of the period 1900-1920. Contents of the three photos albums are: Force Polar Bear, Canada, 1944-1945; photos dealing with a visit of General Matthew Ridgway and Mr. Archibald Alexander to the Tokyo Engineering Works Ordnance Shops in 1951; and a photo survey of the operations of the Army Ordnance Plant, Schwaebisch, Gmuend, Germany, in 1958-1959.

1 box (353 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7648994

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Army Ordnance Plant (Schwebisch, Germany)

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Force Polar Bear

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Alexander, Archibald Stevens, 1906-1979

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Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) was born in New York City. He received a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1928 and a law degree from Harvard in 1931. Upon graduation from law school, he joined the firm of Carter, Ledyard and Millburn in New York City; he was a partner with the law firm from 1940 to 1949. During World War II, Alexander served in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was Assistant Secretary of the Army from 1949 to 1950 and ...

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...

Bryant, Oren W.

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Oren W. Bryant was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He served with the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps. From 1944 to 1945, Bryant participated in a joint United Kingdom, Canada, and USA (United States of America) observation committee who observed operational tests of various types of equipment for use in cold weather environments. This was Force Polar Bear in Canada during 1944 to 1945. From the description of Oren W. Bryant photograph collection. 1900-1959. (US Army, Mil Hist Institut...

Tokyo Engineering Works Ordnance Shops (Japan)

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United States. Army. Coast Artillery

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