Michigan Technologcial University Army ROTC Collection, 1943-Circa 1960.

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Michigan Technologcial University Army ROTC Collection, 1943-Circa 1960.

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Collection, 1943-circa 1960, of material from the Army Air Corps student training program at Michigan Technological University, Squadron 5 of the 98th College Training Detachment and the 1st Arctic Battalion. Includes photographs and scrapbooks, clippings, correspondence and a yearbook publication, "Pinfeathers."

0.54 cubic feet; 3 manuscript boxes

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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SNAC Resource ID: 7969763

Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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