Benjamin P. Bretz papers, 1940-1946,1949,1958-1961.

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Benjamin P. Bretz papers, 1940-1946,1949,1958-1961.

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General description of the collection: The collection contains the papers and photographs of Major Benjamin P. Bretz. The collection includes a World War II German Army Identification document, "Soldbuch," of Gregor Langhansl kept from 1943 to 1944, and a newsletter titled Fore 'n Aft published on 19 July 1946 aboard the United States Army Transport E. B. Alexander. Bretz's collection contains a number of manuals, brochures, and pamphlets on the construction of family fallout shelters written between 1958 and 1961. A photocopy of a letter from James Y. Butler to Mrs. Mary E. Hardy dated 1 December 1864 and a map of Fort Hamilton, NY from 23 August 1949 are included in the collection. The photographs consist of a series of snapshots of Florida in April 1940 and images of the 1941 Maneuvers in Tennessee and Louisiana with an unidentified Armored Division. A postcard album of Germany completes the collection.

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...