Papers, 1942-1945.

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Papers, 1942-1945.

Scattered documents related to the World War II service of Washburn, a West Allis, Wis. native who served with the Signal Corps and 28th Infantry Division.

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

American Legion, Department of Wisconsin,

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United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th

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Washburn, Earl F., 1902-1974.

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