Papers. 1938-1979.

United States. Army Air Forces

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The Army Air Forces War Adjustment Course was established in 1944 at several locations in the U.S., one of which was Harvard Business School. The HBS program involved eight weeks of training in the business of contract terminations, cutbacks, and property disposal necessitated by changes in Army Air Forces tactical requirements. Approximately 4,200 officers received instruction throughout the country, about one sixth of them at HBS. The goal of the program was to train men for participation in t...

Mulligan, Denis J., 1900-

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Reeder, Red, 1902-

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Colonel Russell P. Reeder, Jr., graduated from the United States (U.S.) Military Academy in 1926 and was commissioned in the Infantry of the U.S. Army. After the U.S. entered World War II (WWII), he was briefly given command of the 32nd Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, at Fort Ord, California. In February 1942, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Reeder was then assigned to Operations Division, War Department General Staff in July 1942. In the Fall of 1942, he was sent to Australia a...