Robert E. Coffin papers, 2003.

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Robert E. Coffin papers, 2003.

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Contains the following types of materials: correspondence / letters, oral histories. Contains information pertaining to the following wars: World War II (WWII), Korean War, Cold War, Vietnam War. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 3rd Infantry Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), Southern European Task Force (SETAF), 1st U.S. Army Missile Command. General description of the collection: The Robert E. Coffin papers consist of a 408-page transcript (with table of contents and biographical information) covering the period 1917-1980 and one letter written in 2003. Topics discussed include: World War II campaigns in North Africa, Casablanca, Sicily, Operation Torch, Southern France, Operation Dragoon, naval gunfire, General George S. Patton, Jupiter-C, helicopter, air assault, air mobility, nuclear planning, and research and development (R & D) efforts.

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Coffin, Robert E. (Robert Edmondston), 1917-

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Lieutenant General Robert E. Coffin was a United States (U.S.) Army officer who graduated from Stanford University in 1939, and was commissioned in the field artillery from the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. He served in Sicily with Seventh (7th) Army (1943); was chief of the Soviet Branch, War Department General Staff Intelligence Division (1945-1948); commanded an artillery battalion in Korea (1953); successively as chief, Research Division, Nuclear Division, and Missiles and S...

Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945

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George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general of the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean theater of World War II, and the United States Army Central in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known ...