World War II papers of Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1936 (1940-1945) 1948.

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World War II papers of Atcheson L. Hench [manuscript] 1936 (1940-1945) 1948.

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The collection contains form letters and other correspondence of Hench and Virginia Bedinger Michie Hench regarding the war; handbills, speeches, publications, and Hench's notes regarding the Charlottesville war effort, general publications and clippings on the war, and notes and speeches by Mrs. Hench. Of interest are a description of a bombing run to Cologne, a copy of an invasion speech delivered by George Smith Patton and a fund drive speech by Alexander Archer Vandegrift.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Vandegrift, A. A. (Alexander Archer), 1887-1973

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General Alexander Archer Vandegrift, USMC (March 13, 1887 – May 8, 1973) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Marine Division to victory in its first ground offensive of the war, the Battle of Guadalcanal. For his actions on August 7 to December 9, 1942, in the Solomon Islands campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. Vandegrift later served as the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps. He was the first four-star general on active duty in th...

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 ...

Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter of Atcheson Laughlin Hench to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harper Rynearson [manuscript], 1950 October 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821141 Professor of English at the University of Virginia, 1922-1962. From the description of Oral history interview of Atcheson L. Hench by Ann L.S. Southwell [manuscript], March 15, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Hench, Virginia Bedinger Michie, 1898-1971.

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