Daniel W. Hannan, papers and photographs c1940-1999 [manuscript]

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Daniel W. Hannan, papers and photographs c1940-1999 [manuscript]

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The Daniel W. Hannan papers and photographs are housed in two boxes. The first box contains his autobiography which outlines his life and includes photographs of his time during the war and news articles concerning his involvement with the United Steelworkers of America. Several news articles and publications document his participation in USWA union and his term as its president. Photographs within this box depict his military service, including photos of the Buchenwald concentration camp, USWA meetings in Pittsburgh, the 518 Military Police Battalion, and his return to Normandy in 1999 with his family. A declassified history of the 518 Military Police Battalion (1946) documents the movement of his unit during World War II. The first box of the collecton also contains honors Hannan received which consist of a signed photograph from former president Bill Clinton, and letters and certificates from the French government, the National WWII Memorial, the Group Against Smog and Pollution, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The second box of the collection contains his personal papers, including postcards, letters, photographs, memorabilia booklets, a publication on Utah Beach, and his enlistment identification card from his time in the army.

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Heinz History Center Detre Library and Archives

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United Steelworkers of America

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The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) was established 22 May 1942, by a convention of representatives from the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers (AAISTW) and the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) after an intensive organizing initiative by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the 1930s. After mergers in 2005, it was renamed United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW...

Hannan, Daniel W., 1921.

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Hannan, Daniel

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Daniel Walsh Joseph Hannan was born in 1921 and began working at the US Steel Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, Pa., at the age of 18. In 1943, Hannan was assigned to the 518 Military Police Battalion and participated in the Normandy invasion in 1944. In 1945 his unit captured the Nazi concentration camp in Buchenwald, Germany. After the war he was awarded five battle stars, five campaign ribbons, a meritorious unit citation, as well as an honor by the French government for his participatio...

U.S. Steel. Clairton Coke Works.

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