George Price Hays papers, 1917-1978.

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George Price Hays papers, 1917-1978.

Orders, certificates, clippings, and photographs, relating mainly to the occupation of Germany and Austria after World War II.

1 ms. box, 1 oversize box.

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Hays, George P. (George Price), 1892-1978

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George Price Hays was born September 27, 1892 in Chee Foo, China to Presbyterian missionary parents. He attended El Reno High School, El Reno, Oklahoma and graduated from Oklahoma A and M College in 1917. During World War I, he was commissioned as a second Lieutenant with the 10th Field Artillery Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. Hays rode horseback under heavy fire to maintain communications between artillery and infantry units. For this action at the Second Battle of the Marne, he received the...

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...