Papers. 1943.

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Papers. 1943.

Army officer. Correspondence, 1943, concerning Rumbough's reduction from Brigadier General to Colonel, consisting of letters from Rumbough to his brother Wright, letters to Davenport Blackwell, letters from Rumbough's wife, Lucie to her brother-in-law Wright, letters from Wright to General Lesley McNair, letters from Col. W.F. Breidster to David Rumbough, letters from Roger Phelps to David Rumbough; efficiency report, 8 Jan. 1943, for Rumbough submitted by General Courtney H. Hodges; 4 telegrams; photograph of David Rumbough in 100th Night Show at USMA.

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Hodges, Courtney H., 1887-1966

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General, U.S. Army. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to John Steinbeck, 1947 May 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775803940 Courtney Hicks Hodges (1887-1966), soldier and military commander, was born in Perry, Georgia. In 1904, after graduating from high school in Perry, he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he failed geometry and had to leave after one year. He spent the following year as a grocery clerk ...

Breidster, Waldemar Fritz, 1900-

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Rumbough, Lucie.

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Phelps, Roger P.

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Blackwell, Davenport.

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Rumbough, Wright.

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Rumbough, David Sheridan, 1894-1962.

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McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944

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Brigadier General Lesley James McNair (1883-1944) was born in Verndale, Minnesota. He was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy on Aug. 1, 1900, and upon graduation on June 15, 1904, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. McNair was promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant on July 1, 1905; to captain on May 29, 1907; to major on May 15, 1917; to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on Aug. 5, 1917; to colonel (temporary) on June 26, 1918; and to brigadier general (temporary) on Oct. 1, 191...