Townsend collection, 1950s-1960s.

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Townsend collection, 1950s-1960s.

Papers and files of General Townsend chiefly while director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, including minutes, reports, correspondence, and office files.

16 cubic ft.

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Townsend, Frank Marion, 1914-

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Physician and officer, United States Air Force; director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (1959-1963); involved in aerospace medicine. From the description of Townsend collection, 1950s-1960s. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70952892 ...

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.)

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United States. Air Force

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At Harris Neck, Georgia, in the remote northern reaches of McIntosh County, the United States government, in the fall of 1942, confiscated the lands along the South Newport and Barbour Island Rivers. Paved runways were constructed for aircraft, and Harris Neck became an air reconnaissance base for the United States Army Air Force during World War II. A number of support buildings were constructed at the Harris Neck Air Base, such as barracks for personnel, an officers club, and PX, to serve the ...