David M. Shoup papers, 1927-1971.

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David M. Shoup papers, 1927-1971.

Correspondence, memoranda, writings, printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, and sound recordings, relating to the Tarawa campaign, other World War II campaigns in the Pacific Theater, postwar activities of the Marine Corps, and the Vietnam War. Sound use copies of sound recordings available.

31 ms. boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 9 motion picture film reels.

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Shoup, David M. (David Monroe), 1904-1983

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General, United States Marine Corps; commander of Marine forces at Tarawa, 1943; chief of staff, 2d Marine Division, 1944; commandant of the Marine Corps, 1960-1963. From the description of David M. Shoup papers, 1927-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870712 Marine Corps officer. From the description of Reminiscences of David Monroe Shoup : oral history, 1972. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122361984 ...

United States. Marine Corps

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. From the description of Papers, 1933-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 754107146 The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, coul...

United States. Marine Corps. Division, 2nd.

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