Henry M. Gross photograph collection. 1916-1970.

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Henry M. Gross photograph collection. 1916-1970.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52605295

Contains the following types of materials: photographs, postcards. Covers the following wars and time period: Mexican Border Service, World War I (WWI), World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military unit: 8th Infantry Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. General description of the collection: The Henry M. Gross photograph collection includes his Mexican Border service, WWI service, and his years on the Selective Service Board. Of interest is the training of National Guard soldiers with the Lewis machine gun on the Mexican Border. The Selective Service years are a long series of conferences, dinners, receptions, and meetings in which several Pennsylvania governors are pictured as well as President John F. Kennedy. Numerous photos are of various Pennsylvania National Guard activities and commanders. A large group of photos are of a testimonial dinner to Henry M. Gross in 1970.

2 boxes (598 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7656310

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Pennsylvania. National Guard

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Jonas Heil served as a private in the National Guard of Pennsylvania in Captain John F. Schoener's Company C, 7th Regiment; he enrolled on 13 November 1875, and was discharged on 9 May 1876 at Mahanoy City, Pa., for physical disability. Heil was described as age 54, 5 ft. 8-3/4 in., dark complexion, blue eyes, light hair, and a laborer. From the description of Jonas Heil discharge document from National Guard of Pennsylvania , 1876. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat...

Gross, Henry M.

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Henry M. Gross was a member of Harrisburg's Company of the 8th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, and served on the Mexican Border. He saw subsequent service during World War I. He was appointed to be Pennsylvania's head of Selective Service and held that post for many years. From the description of Henry M. Gross photograph collection. 1916-1970. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 52605295 ...

Pennsylvania. Selective Service System

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