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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
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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.
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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