Howard Voorheis Canan papers, 1918-1955.

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Howard Voorheis Canan papers, 1918-1955.

Correspondence, orders, reports, speeches, certificates, and photographs, relating to military engineering in the United States and in the European Theater during World War II.

3 ms. boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 album box, 3 envelopes.

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Canan, Howard Voorheis, 1894-

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Colonel, United States Army Corps of Engineers. From the description of Howard Voorheis Canan papers, 1918-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870050 Biographical Note 1894 August 6 Born, Omaha, Nebraska 1918 B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. ...

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

United States. Army

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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...