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Title: John Sweeney papers
Date (inclusive): 1997-2001
Collection Number: 2000C11
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, printed matter, videocassettes, and memorabilia relating to the training of Chinese troops by American instructors
at the Ramgarh Training Center during World War II.
Creator:
Sweeney, John
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000C11.
[Identification of item], John Sweeney papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
John "Red" Sweeney was a technical sergeant in the United States Army and taught military and combat science to the Chinese
Army under the command of General Joseph W. Stilwell at the Ramgarh Training Center in India from 1942 to 1944. After this
assignment, known as the "Stillwell Mission," Sweeney founded and served as Commander of the Sentry Post American Legion and
the Basha China-Burma-India Veterans Post Association in Worcester and was a member of related American Legion groups. He
also produced materials after the war such as the monograph,
Ramgarh: Now It Can Be Told and videotapes about his instructions on the training of the Chinese Army. Sweeney passed away October 20th, 2007 at the
Rose Monahan Hospice Residence.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, printed matter, videocassettes, and memorabilila relating to the training of Chinese troops by American instructors
at the Ramgarh Training Center during World War II.
Joseph Warren Stillwell papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
John Richard Shaffer papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Video tapes
World War, 1939-1945 -- India
United States. Army
Ramgarh Training Center (Ramgarh, Bihar, India)