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Easterbrook (Ernest Fred) papers
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  • Title: Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers
    Date (inclusive): 1852-1988
    Collection Number: 2006C56
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 18 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 2 digital PDF files (0.005 GB) (9.1 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, orders, reports, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia relating to American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, military operations during the Korean War, American military assistance to Thailand, and American army aviation. Includes papers of Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook, army chaplain and father of E. F. Easterbrook. Transcribed copies of Earnest Fred Easterbrook's World War II diaries (10 March 1944 - 23 February 1945) are available at http://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections  or at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Creator: Easterbrook, Ernest Fred, 1908-1989
    Creator: Easterbrook, Edmund Pepperell, 1864-1933
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2006.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Ernest Fred Easterbrook papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternative Forms of Material Available

    Transcribed copies of Earnest Fred Easterbrook's World War II diaries (10 March 1944 - 23 February 1945) are available at http://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections  or at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biographical Note

    1908 August 6 Born, Fort Worden, Washington, United States, to Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook and Fannie Luscombe
    1931 B.S., Military Academy; Commander, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army
    1938 September 9 Married Nancy Stilwell, daughter of General Joseph Warren Stilwell
    1943-1945 Stationed under General Joseph Warren Stilwell in China-Burma-India Theater
    1945 Awarded Combat Infantry's Badge
    1946 Awarded the Legion of Merit
    1946-1949 Member, staff and faculty, U.S. Infantry School
    1948 Awarded Bronze (First Oak-Leaf Cluster) Star Medal
    1949-1951 Member, staff and faculty, Canadian Army Staff College
    1953 Awarded the Silver Star
    1954 Awarded the Legion of Merit
    1954-1955 Member, staff and faculty, U.S. Command and General Staff College
    1955-1957 Assigned, G-3, Allied Land Forces, Central Europe, SHAPE, Combat Infantry Badge; Military Cross 1st class (Belgium)
    1957-1959 Director, army aviation, ODCSOPS, Department of Army
    1959 475th Infantry Regiment, China-Burma-India (CBI); advanced through grades to Major General, U.S. Army
    1959-1961 Commanding General, U.S. Army Aviation Center
    1961-1963 Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division
    1963-1965 Chief, Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group, Thailand
    1965 Awarded the Distinguished Service Medal
    1965-1967 Deputy Commanding General, Sixth U.S. Army
    1967 Awarded La Croix de Guerre 1940 avec Palme and The Royal Honorable Flying Badge
    1985 Author, The Soldier and the Cross
    1989 February 19 Died

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The papers of Ernest Fred Easterbrook document American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, U.S. Army operations in the Korean War, American military assistance to Thailand, and army aviation. Correspondence, orders, photographs, reports, speeches, and writings relate to Major General Easterbrook's tenure as an infantry instructor of Chinese troops in World War II, commander of the 7th Infantry regiment in Korea, and deputy commanding general of the 6th Army, headquartered at the Presidio in San Francisco.
    In addition to documenting Easterbrook's career in the military, the collection includes the papers of his father, Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook (1864-1933), chief chaplain of the United States Army. Correspondence, reports, and photographs chronicle Edmund Easterbrook's career as a chaplain in Cuba during the Spanish-American war and Germany in World War I.
    The collection includes two published biographies and related materials: The Soldier and the Cross (1985), a biography of Edmund Easterbrook written by Ernest Easterbrook, and The Soldier with a Heart (2006), a biography of Ernest Easterbrook written by his son, John Easterbrook.

    Related Materials

    Joseph Warren Stilwell papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Aviation
    Officers
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
    Korean War, 1950-1953
    United States -- Military relations -- Thailand
    Thailand -- Military relations -- United States
    Chaplains, Military -- United States
    United States. Army
    Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946