Register of the Ralph Corbett Smith papers
Finding aid prepared by Jessica Lemieux, Lucy Hernandez
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Ralph Corbett Smith papers
Date (inclusive): 1862-1993
Collection Number: 78013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and French
Physical Description:
40 manuscript boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 audio cassette box, 1 card file box, 9 oversize folders, memorabilia
(27.15 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, reports, writings, and printed matter relating to the American Expeditionary Forces in France during
World War I, activities of the Command and General Staff School and Army War College in the inter-war period, and American
military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
Creator:
Smith, Ralph Corbett, 1893-1998
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Boxes 11, 13-15, 17-18, 24, 29, 34-35, 49-50 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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 1978.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ralph Corbett Smith papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Major General Ralph Corbett Smith was born in 1893 in South Omaha, Nebraska. After attending Colorado State College, he served
in the Colorado National Guard. Smith was an early aviator and was given flying lessons by Oroville Wright. In 1916, Smith
was commissioned into the US Army as a second lieutenant. Smith served under General John Pershing in punitive expedition
against Mexican revoluntionary Pancho Villa before the United States entered World War I. From 1916-1918, Smith served in
World War I, primarily in France, and was twice decorated for bravery. He was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in 1918.
Between the world wars, Smith taught at West Point. He also attended and subsequently taught at Command and General Staff
School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1942, he was promoted to Major General and took command of the 27th Infantry Division
of the US Army. Troops under Smith's command captured Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, the first central Pacific island
to be recaptured by the Allies in 1943.
A year later, the 27th Division took part in the struggle for the island of Saipan in the western Pacific. Major General
Ralph C. Smith was relieved of command by Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith of the US Marine Corps, causing controversy
between the Army and the Marine Corps. Major General R. C. Smith was later exonerated by an Army board of inquiry. From 1945-1946,
Smith served as a military attaché at the US embassy in Paris and CARE's chief of mission for France.
In 1948, Smith retired from the Army and became a fellow at the Hoover Institution. His first wife, Madeleine, died in 1975.
Smith was remarried in 1980 to Hildy Jarman; she died in 1995. In 1998, Smith died at home in Palo Alto at the age of 104,
the oldest surviving general officer of the US Army.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Ralph Corbett Smith papers consists of correspondence, diaries, orders, maps, reports, lectures, books on military history,
military textbooks, photographs, and clippings related to the course of Smith's career in the Army. Smith served in the American
Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, taught at the Command and General Staff School and Army War College in
the inter-war period, and played a vital role in American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II,
commanding the Army's 27th Infantry Division. Arranged in five series: Diaries, Correspondence, Army files, Photographs, and
Published Material.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Officers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 27th
Army War College (U.S.)
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Biographical file
1914-1950, undated
box 40, folder 11
Decorations
1914-1949
Scope and Contents
Includes document in French, power of attorney, and Madeleine Smith's identification as wife of Military Attaché.
box 40, folder 10
Legal documents
1934, 1942-1946
Scope and Contents
Material labeled "Scrapbook data" includes index cards with notes, clippings, and military order with clippings.
box 40, folder 12
Marriage license to Renie Fereyre
1952
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and documents in French and English regarding decorations received by Smith.
box 40, folder 13
Biographical data
circa 1949
Scope and Contents
Marriage license and copies.
box 40, folder 14
Identification and membership cards
1950, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes biographical data on Smith and his military career, including staff school.
Diaries
1911-1943
Scope and Contents note
Consists of a diary begun by Smith while he was at school and another series of diary entries written during World War II.
The first diary chronicles his early education, entry into the Army, and the U.S. entry into World War I. This diary is related
to and precedes several albums of correspondence that Smith wrote to his family, located in the correspondence series. The
second diary dates from 1943 and describes the movements of the 27th Division from the mainland to Hawaii and across the Pacific.
Arranged in chronological order.
box 1, folder 1-2
Diary and classroom notes
1911-1917
box 34, folder 5-6
Diary
1917
Scope and Contents
Calendar notebook of journal entries and clippings. Includes typed pages of journal entries.
box 35
Diary
1918
Conditions Governing Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 34, folder 7
Diary and correspondence
1919-1921
Scope and Contents
Typed pages of journal entries along with a few clippings.
box 34, folder 8-9
Diary
circa 1921
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and typed journal entries.
box 35
Europe-Summer diary pages
1927
Conditions Governing Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 34, folder 10
Diary
1931-1935
Scope and Contents
Diary notebook with handwritten entries. Currency inserted in between pages separated (1 Franc notes).
box 34, folder 1-3
Diary of period in Europe
1935-1979
Scope and Contents
Smith's military identification cards and different membership cards.
box 34, folder 11
Diary
1936
Scope and Contents
Notebook with handwritten entries.
box 1, folder 3
Diary notes
1943 July-November
Correspondence
1917-1971
Scope and Contents note
Consists of correspondence, associated manuscripts, and clippings regarding Smith's career. Includes two albums of letters
Smith wrote to his family during World War I, describing his training and deployment to France. These albums are in effect
an epistolary diary. Also significant are several folders of correspondence and clippings regarding the Smith vs. Smith controversy
over Makin Atoll, and its effects on the relationship between the Army and the Marine Corps. Arranged in rough chronological
order.
Family
1862-1949
Scope and Contents
Correspondence primarily written by Smith to family members, including to his wife Madeleine, and letters Smith received from
family members.
box 37, folder 1
1862-1931
Scope and Contents
Includes letters to Smith's mother and sister, letter to Smith's mother from George Pattullo who served with Smith.
box 37, folder 2
From Smith to his Grandmother
circa 1900
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Smith as a child to his grandmother.
box 37, folder 3
1905-1946
Scope and Contents
Includes letters written and received by Smith to his family, few clippings, letters to Smith's Uncle Henry Corbett, along
with a few photographs.
box 37, folder 4
West Point
1921
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Smith to family members while he was at West Point, New York. Includes letters addressed to "Circle" and
pages of journal entries. Correspondence primarily in French.
box 37, folder 5-6
1932-1942
Scope and Contents
Letters to Madeleine Smith and the "Circle." Correspondence primarily in French and some that resemble journal entries.
box 37, folder 7-8
1936-1938
Scope and Contents
Letters to Smith's family, Madeleine Smith, and "Circle." Incudes extracts from letters received from Madeleine. Many correspondence
about Smith's travels.
box 37, folder 9
circa 1944
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence sent to family members while Smith was in the military and one letter received from his mother.
box 37, folder 10
1945-1946
Scope and Contents
Letters to Smith's mother, letters sent and received from Madeleine Smith, letter received from Peggy Rockefeller, and letters
received from friends.
box 37, folder 11
1945-1949
Scope and Contents
Letters sent and received from Smith's mother, letters to "Circle," and family members.
box 38, folder 10
Correspondence and teaching certificates
1912-1916
Scope and Contents
Includes Smith's teacher's certificate and teaching contract, general correspondence related to teaching and employment as
a teacher.
Military related correspondence and documents
1917-1951
box 11
circa 1917-1944
Conditions Governing Access
Box 11 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence; 27th infantry military documents, 1944; 27th infantry roster; blueprints; and pallet loading manual,
1944.
box 39, folder 7
1918-1936
Scope and Contents
Includes several drawings, official and personal correspondence from military personnel and others addressed to Smith while
serving in the military, certificate of passing classes at the University of Paris, journal entry from 1919, and orders from
the War Department. Also includes Smith's War Department identification card. A few letters are in French
box 39, folder 8
1919-1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from the War Department, W. T. Lindquist, the Army Corps, and State Agricultural College. Includes booklet
from the University of Paris.
box 39, folder 9
1919-1933
Scope and Contents
Correspondence while at Army camp Zachary, War Department, Command and General Staff School, clinical record, orders, Army
Corps, clippings, State Agricultural College, House of Representatives, and field messages.
box 39, folder 10
1935-1945
Scope and Contents
Includes yearbook for cohort of 57 Promotion from École Supérieure de Guerre, correspondence from Army, Hawaiian Department,
birthday newsletter, and 29th Infantry.
box 39, folder 11
1936-1937
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Rod Allen, Colonel Girson, and the War Department.
box 39, folder 12
1938-1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from the military, Smith's assignments, officer's clearance, travel, War Department, European Theater regarding
foreign award, Army War College, Clinton H. Green, recommendations, and reports.
box 39, folder 13
1942
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence in French and English. Includes from the War Department, military personnel, roster of officers in
the 27th Infantry Division, and Smith's resume.
box 39, folder 14
1943
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence from military personnel, Hawaiian Department regarding award, photograph of Smith, and 27th Division
Ranger School.
box 39, folder 15
1944
Scope and Contents
Includes booklet on Kauai, correspondence regarding Legion of Merit, correspondence from miliary personnel, allergy exam,
interview with Smith in French, notes, and clippings.
box 40, folder 1
1944
Scope and Contents
Military correspondence and documents relating to the relief of General Smith from command while in the 27th Infantry Division,
operations conduct of the 105th Infantry Northern troops and landing force, translation of captured Japanese documents list
and reports; reports on accounting procedures, clippings, summary of 27th Division operations in Saipan and other documents,
correspondence sent and received from Frank F. Mason and other friends of Smith and military personnel.
box 40, folder 2
1944-1948
Scope and Contents
Includes War Department press releases regarding Smith, document in German, booklet on International Military Tribunal, correspondence
between Smith and Ashley T. Cole (Counselor at Law) and other correspondence.
box 40, folder 3-4
1945-1947
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between General Marshall, report of trip to Berlin, correspondence between military personnel, and letter from
David Rockefeller.
box 40, folder 5
1947, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes orders, clippings and correspondence while Smith was a Military Attaché between Senator Elbert Thomas, General John
C. H. Lee, Senator Harry Flood Byrd, orders and correspondence in French, letters from Herbert Hoover regarding book, and
other government officials, and invitations in French and English.
box 40, folder 6
1948-1951
Scope and Contents
Includes copy of maps, booklet in French of Dachau, correspondence in French, military documents regarding leave of absence,
history of the 27th Infantry Division.
box 40, folder 7
Correspondence and reports
1944
Scope and Contents
Correspondence form John Thorburn and correspondence sent to Warren T Lindquist.
box 1, folder 4
Album of World War I letters (1917)
1917
box 1, folder 5-6
Album of World War I letters and notes
1918-1920
box 2, folder 1
Album of World War I letters and notes
1918-1920
box 2, folder 3
Regarding General Golovine's book
1933-1934
Sent to Madeleine Smith
1936-1945
box 37, folder 12
1936, 1942-1944
Scope and Contents
Includes travel schedule, 1936. Primarily typed letters to Madeleine Smith (compilation).
box 37, folder 13
1943
Scope and Contents
Includes letters to Madeleine from Ralph and Tom Mari (Madeleine's brother) in the 27th Infantry Division.
box 38, folder 1-2
1943
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters to Madeleine from Ralph.
box 38, folder 3-4
1944
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters to Madeleine from Ralph.
box 38, folder 5
1945
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters to Madeleine from Ralph.
box 38, folder 6-7
1945-1946
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letters to Madeleine from Ralph. Includes some clippings and typed letters.
box 2, folder 4
Swords and Ploughshares: An Introduction to the Sociology of War, by General N. N. Golovine
1938
box 2, folder 5
General correspondence
1931-1951
box 38, folder 8
From Madeleine Smith
1944-1945
Scope and Contents
Letters from Madeleine to "Circle."
box 2, folder 8-9
Makin correspondence and clippings
1944-1950
box 38, folder 11-12
1947-1950
Scope and Contents
Album of alphabetized general correspondence sent to Smith.
box 2, folder 6
Conroy's burial
1948-1949
box 2, folder 7
America article on Makin
1949
box 39, folder 1
1949, 1983-1990
Scope and Contents
General correspondence. Includes letters to and from John Thorburn, June M. Hoyt, Walter C. Kirk, General A. C. Wedemeyer,
and a few photographs of Smith in the military.
box 36, folder 1
G-2 Situation Map no.2, Saipan Island, Sheets 1 and 4
1944 May 6
box 2, folder 10
Colonel W.M. Van Antwerp
1961-1962
box 39, folder 2
1961
Scope and Contents
Two correspondences in French.
box 2, folder 11
Smith, Truman and Kay
1967-1971
box 39, folder 3
1969-1996
Scope and Contents
General correspondence and correspondence addressed to other people. Includes letters from Barbara Corbett Riedel, David Rockefeller,
Frederick Allan Goerner, Glenn S. Cook, Warren Lindquist, Joe Sykes, John W. Thorburn, John H. Hastings, Truman Smith, Fred
A. Baxter, and others.
box 39, folder 6
Memorandum and correspondence
1979-1983
Scope and Contents
Memo regarding Hoover Intuition Library & Archives "war collection" and letter to the editor from General A. C. Wedemeyer.
box 38, folder 9
1981-1994
Scope and Contents
General correspondence. Includes letters from General A. C. Wedemeyer, David Rockefeller, and others. Includes two photographs.
box 39, folder 4
Correspondence and transcript
1990, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Erme Stoner and transcript of possible interview of Smith talking with Eliot and Diana Wirt.
box 39, folder 5
1993
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from Jacob H. Herzog, Gordon R. Sullivan, David Rockefeller, and others.
Army files
1917-1967
Scope and Contents
Orders, reports, maps, lectures and exercises for military education, and memorabilia documenting Major General Smith's long
career in the United States Army, and his historical analyses afterward. Smith fought in both World War I and World War II
and taught at the Army War College and Army Command and Staff School. Arranged in chronological order.
Battlefield souvenirs, [Souvarin]
undated
Access
Box 34 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 34
3 buttons
Access
Box 34 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 34
Eagle pin
Conditions Governing Access
Box 34 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 34
Piece of rusted metal
Conditions Governing Access
Box 34 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 34
Lourdes medallion
Conditions Governing Access
Box 34 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Military and school documents
1916-1939
box 18
1916-1939
Conditions Governing Access
Box 18 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes printed materials related to military, 1916; notebooks from infantry school, 1927-1928; maps; journal, 1919-1939;
reports and papers, 1919.
box 2, folder 12
American Expeditionary Forces, France
1917-1919
os_folder 8
Third Corps Area, Operation Map No.3 - 3rd American Army, American Sector - Coblenz Bridgehead
1918
box 2, folder 13
Army General Staff College -
Handbook for Brigade and Division Commanders
1918
box 2, folder 14
Médaille de Saint-Michel
1918
box 2, folder 15
Université de Paris - Cours de Civilisation Française pour les Étudiants Américains
1919
os_folder 8
2 maps: Annecy, Service Géographique de l'Armée, 1931
Auxerre-Dijon, Service de Tourisme Michelin, 1937
1931-1937
Army War College
1930-1935
box 3, folder 1
The Galician Battle, 1914
1930 October 4-8
box 3, folder 2
The Russian War Plan of 1914
1931 May 21-22
box 3, folder 3
Comparison of French and American Tactical Doctrine
1932
box 36, folder 2
Map no. 1, Inclosure no. 6 and Map no. 2, Inclosure no. 7
undated
box 3, folder 4
Comparison of French and American Offensive Doctrines
1932
box 36, folder 2
Map no. 1, Inclosure no. 6, General Situation - Gettysburg
Map no. 2, Inclosure no. 7, Special Situation - Blue
undated
box 3, folder 5-6
Conduct of War course
1934-1935
box 36, folder 3
Album of maps depicting Civil War campaigns
undated
box 3, folder 7
Circular of Information and Regulations
1934-1935
box 4, folder 3
G-4 reference data
1934-1935
box 4, folder 4-5
War Plans course
1934-1935
box 4, folder 7
Orders to Army War College
1935
Army Command and Staff School
1923-1934
box 4, folder 8
Infantry School
1923-1924
box 4, folder 9
Lecture on Grant and Lee
1924-1933
box 4, folder 10
Tactical Principles and Decisions
1930
box 36, folder 4
Map no. 1, Inclosure no. 6, General Situation - Gettysburg
Map no. 2, Inclosure no. 7, Special Situation (Blue)
undated
box 4, folder 11
Military History and Strategy
1931-1932
box 4, folder 12
Lectures on Military History
1931-1934
os_folder 8
Map of Montmirail, Janvilliers, Boissy, Charleville
Map no. 1 - Situation des corps allemands, le 6 Septembre 1914 vers 9 heures du matin, dans la région Esternay-Saint-Gond
undated
box 4, folder 13
War Planning Principles
1931-1934
box 5, folder 1
Military Intelligence 3
1932
box 5, folder 3
Memoranda and directives
1932-1933
box 5, folder 4
Infantry Headquarters and Service Company
1932-1933
os_folder 8
Overlay to accompany M13
1932 December 19
box 5, folder 6
Preparatory course exam
1933
box 5, folder 7
Military Intelligence Factor in the Commander's Decision
1933-1934
box 5, folder 8-10
Military Intelligence
1933-1934
box 36, folder 4
[Table for intelligence analysis]
undated
os_folder 8
Overlay to accompany Section I Map Problem no. 1, Series IV MI.12. 1 copy of Sheet A, 2 copies of Sheet B
1933 February 10
box 5, folder 11-12
Military Intelligence map exercises
1934
os_folder 8
Special Map no. 10, Army Extension Courses
1930
box 6, folder 1
Military Intelligence, lecture on enemy capabilities
1933-1934
box 36, folder 5
15 assorted maps of Germany and France in 1813 and 1918
undated
box 6, folder 3
War Planning Principles
1933-1934
box 6, folder 4
Military Intelligence 9
1934
os_folder 6
Overlay No. 1 Section I, Map Problem No. 1 Series IV, MI-9
G-2 Plan
Map of Amiens, Service Géographique de l'Armée
1933-1934
box 6, folder 5
"The Purposes, Objectives and Teaching Techniques of a Ranger Training Program of the Ranger and Combat Training School"
undated
École Supérieure de Guerre
1936-1937, 1945
box 6, folder 6
Infantry: Travail en Salles no. 1
1936
os_folder 6
6 assorted maps of infantry exercises
undated
box 6, folder 7
Infantry: Exercice Exterieur no. 2 Montdidier 8 August 1918
1936-1937
os_folder 6
Mondidier N.E., Service Géographique de l'Armée
Exercise extérieur No. 2 - Le 94e R.I. le 8 Août 1918
1930
box 6, folder 8-9
Cours de Tactique Générale et d'État-Major
1936-1937
os_folder 6
3 maps showing the positions of the 9th Army on June 3
undated
os_folder 6
3 maps showing the positions of the 3rd Army on June 2
1 map showing "Parti rouge, Dossier 1er Partie, Piece B6"
undated
os_folder 3
5 Maps of Saipan Island, 1 Map of Pacific Ocean
1936
os_folder 2
HQ ROT 106 (REINF) Operations map to unit report of Saipan operations, 2 copies
box 6, folder 9
Voyage d'Histoire Militaire
1937
box 6, folder 11
Voyage d'Histoire Militaire
1945
os_folder 7
8 assorted maps of France
1945
os_folder 7
17 assorted topographical maps of France, including Dijon, Reims, Clamecy
undated
Teaching Material and Military Documents
1931-1944
box 13
circa 1931-1936
Conditions Governing Access
Box 13 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes military maps with annotations, circa 1931-1933; military documents; military general tactics; lecture material,
1935-1936. Also includes materials from French military school: notes; assignments; case studies; INF voyage, 1936; maps;
field trips; cohort of the 57 promotion.
box 14
1932-1944
Conditions Governing Access
Box 14 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of military manual, 1938; military related booklets and leaflets, 1938-1944; 15th infantry military documents,
1942-1943; reports for presentations; maps with annotations, blueprints with annotations of movements of the German Army in
1914; War Department documents; translations of French military press; personal correspondence, 1937; military correspondence
and documents, 1937; military documents related to the Pacific Fleet and Saipan, 1944; infantry school documents; clippings
in French; maps; printed materials that includes volume 45 French Army, 1950s; teaching materials from the Army Industrial
College, 1939 includes case studies; military report of General Weygand's speech given at the French Academy, 1932.
box 15
1933-1944
Conditions Governing Access
Box 15 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes maps, 1933; photograph; book on 1914 Le Cateau battle, 1934; publication on Battle for Tarawa, 1947; military documents
and leaflets, 1943-1944; military school documents, 1937; conferences, 1933; lecture material; printed material; teaching
materials, 1935-1936.
Teaching and Lecture Materials
1932-1938
box 43, folder 2
Lecture materials
1917, 1934, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes material by Walter Lippmann, materials in French, and West Point and the war.
box 24
Teaching materials
1928-1946
Conditions Governing Access
Box 24 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes rate of march scale, 1928; official military photographs from Saipan, 1944; INF defense with maps in French; material
from the 57 promotion cohort, 1935-1936; material from Smith's time at École Supérieure de Guerre; military history and reports,
1944; maps; note cards; speech, undated; military correspondence from the Army War College, 1935; military booklet on tactical
doctrine; material on the North of France that includes case studies, lectures, and notes; printed material in French includes
agendas; magazine on French occupation troops in Germany, 1946
box 43, folder 3
Lectures
1932
Scope and Contents
Includes material on military history.
box 43, folder 4
Lectures
1933-1934, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes material on military history, including the Civil War, and the for Staff School.
box 11
Teaching materials
circa 1934-1944
Conditions Governing Access
Box 11 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes lecture material.
box 43, folder 1
Lecture materials
1938
Scope and Contents
Contains material for teaching and lectures on the sociology of war, "Swords and Plowshares" by General N. Golovine.
box 6, folder 13
Reports regarding the Netherlands
1940
os_folder 7
10 assorted maps of France, Pennsylvania, Netherlands
box 6, folder 14
Special Bulletin: Attempt to Capture the Hague by the 22nd German Division, Air Infantry
1940
box 36, folder 6
Gringoire
1940 October 10
24
box 7, folder 1
Essay on the Essentials of Tactics by Leon Dumoncel, translated by the Military Intelligence Division
1941 October 22
box 7, folder 2
War Department Special Bulletin no. 36, Battle of Salum June 15-17, 1941
1941 November 17
box 7, folder 3
Military Intelligence Division, Tentative Lessons Bulletin
1941
os_folder 5
Carte no. 12: Situation des troupes de la région fortifiée de Verdun le 21 février 1916
undated
box 7, folder 4
Propaganda (draft)
1941-1942, undated
box 7, folder 5
Data on reception from 79th Division
1942
box 7, folder 6
Map of Oahu Road Net
1942
box 7, folder 8
War Department. Notes for Task Force Commands in Pacific Theaters
1943
box 7, folder 9
27th Infantry Division Memorandum on training for South Seas
1943 July
box 7, folder 10
Field Service Regulations- Command and Employment of Air Power
1943 July
box 7, folder 11
Training for Transport Quartermasters Prior to Makin
1943 September
box 7, folder 12
Notes made prior to Makin
[1943]
box 8, folder 1
Field Order number 21, 17th Infantry Division C/S copy
1943 October 23
os_folder 5
Assorted maps, overlays, and firing schedule
1943
box 8, folder 2
Operation Galvanic (Makin Island) Field Order 21, inclosure 1
1943 October 23
os_folder 5
7 Assorted maps, overlays, and firing schedule
1943
box 8, folder 3
Gilberts Operation, Operation Plan A2-43 Task Force 54
1943 October 23
os_folder 5
Intelligence Map Butaritari Island
1943
box 8, folder 4
Gilberts Operation, Movement Order A1-43 T.F. 54
1943 October 27
box 36, folder 7
Routes to objectives and return routes
1943
box 8, folder 5
Makin Operation Plan Gen 1-43
1943 November
os_folder 5
Appendix I and II to Annex F, COMCENPAC Operation Plan CEN 1-43
1943
box 8, folder 6
Fifth Amphibious Corps, Operation Plan A1-43
1943 November
box 36, folder 7
Annex "Easy" to OP 1-43, Maps A and B
1943
box 8, folder 7
Communication Plan Cen. 1-43
1943 November
box 8, folder 8
Gilberts Operation, Attack Order A3-43 T.F. 52
1943 November
os_folder 5
Maps, firing schedule, mine sweeping plan, daylight disposition Xray
1943
box 9, folder 1
Makin Operation G-2 27th Infantry Division
1943
os_folder 3
Map of Makin (Kourbash) Atoll. 1:20,000. Sheets 3, 4, 6.
1943 October
box 9, folder 2
Makin Operation G-3 27th Infantry Division
1943
os_folder 4
Annotated blueprint copies 1-5 of
Map of Makin (Kourbash) Atoll. 1:20,000. Sheets 3, 4, 6.
1943 October
box 9, folder 3
Makin Operation G-4 27th Infantry Division
1943
box 9, folder 4
Notes on Makin by Lt. Col. S.L.A. Marshall
1943 November 20
box 9, folder 5
Makin Operation reports
1943
box 9, folder 7
Captured Japanese journal
1943
box 9, folder 8
Reports from French Mission with 5th U.S. Army in Italy
1943-1944
box 36, folder 8
2 maps of Makin Atoll
1943
box 9, folder 9
Joint Intelligence Center Pacific Ocean Areas (JICPOA)
Bulletin 4-44
1944 January
box 10, folder 1-2
27th Division Reports on Makin Operation December 1943
1944 January
box 10, folder 3
War Department - List of Officers
1944 February 1
box 10, folder 4
Japanese Forces in the Gilbert Islands
1944 February
box 10, folder 5
Report on Operations 27th Division Saipan by Major General Ralph C. Smith
1944 June 15-24
box 10, folder 6
Testimonials regarding Makin controversy
1944
box 10, folder 7
Saipan maps and reports
1944
os_folder 2
5 maps of Saipan Island, 1 map of the Pacific Ocean
1936
1944
box 10, folder 8
Report on 27th Division on Saipan by Lieutenant Colonel John Lemp (War Department Observer)
1944
box 10, folder 9
Forager Operation 27th Division Artillery
1944 April-July
os_folder 2
Map of Saipan
1944 June 17- July 9
box 10, folder 10
Headquarters 27th Infantry Division Field Orders for Operation Forager
1944 May 10
os_folder 3
11 maps of Saipan - Tinian area, 1 G-4 Administrative Net
1944
box 10, folder 11
Journal, Forager Operation, DIV/ARTY
1944 June 1-August 6
box 10, folder 12
Journal, Forager Operation, G-1
1944 May 31-August 6
box 10, folder 13
Journal, Forager Operation, G-2
1944
os_folder 3
Saipan - Tinian Area Special Map, Sheets 1-5
1944
box 12, folder 1-2
Journal, Forager Operation, G-2
1944
box 12, folder 3-4
Journal, Forager Operation, G-3
1944
box 12, folder 5
Journal, Forager Operation, G-4
1944
box 12, folder 6
Narrative accounts of Saipan attack
1944 June
os_folder 2
5 overlay maps to accompany reports
1944 June
box 12, folder 7
Report of Action, Saipan Island 16-27 June 1944 by Col. Gerard W. Kelley
1944 July
box 12, folder 8
The Supply Phase of the Forager Operation
1944 July 26
box 16, folder 1
The Supply Phase of the Forager Operation (continued)
box 16, folder 2-4
Forager Operation G-1 Report
1944 June-August
box 16, folder 5-6
Operational Report Forager
1944
box 16, folder 7
Report Forager Operation
1944
box 16, folder 8-9
Report of Intelligence Activities 27th Infantry Division Saipan Operation
1944 September
box 19, folder 1-5
"Forager" Operations Report
1944
box 19, folder 6-7
Saipan Operation June-August 1944 165th Infantry
1944 October
box 19, folder 8
List of files received
1944 November
box 32, folder 2
Belgium: The Story of the Bulge, the 82nd Airborne Division
1944 December 18-1945 February 18
os_folder 9
Belgium: The Story of the Bulge, the 82nd Airborne Division
1944 December 18-1945 February 18
box 20, folder 1
Report by Official Interpreter on Trip to Berlin and Official German Surrender
1945 May
box 20, folder 2
United States Information Service, Paris "Madeleine Carroll in Paris"
1945
box 20, folder 3
Profile of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
1945 November 15
box 20, folder 4
Notes on Leadership and Command. United States Forces European Theater
[1946]
box 20, folder 5
General Smith personal file
1946-1948
box 20, folder 6-8
Saipan controversy, clippings and correspondence
1944-1949
box 42, folder 1
Autographs
1945-1951
Scope and Contents
Album of autographs.
box 20, folder 9-11
Cline, Ray S.
The Operations Division of the War Department. Washington, DC: Historical Division
1949
box 21, folder 1-3
Cline, Ray S.
The Operations Division of the War Department. Washington, DC: Historical Division (continued)
box 21, folder 4
Japanese Agriculture Programs Under the Occupation
1949
box 21, folder 5
Invitational travel orders - Japan
1950
box 21, folder 6
Guide to Research in American Military History
1950
box 21, folder 7-10
Watson, Mark.
United States Army in World War II, Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparation. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division
1950
box 22, folder 1
Watson, Mark.
United States Army in World War II, Chief of Staff: Prewar Plans and Preparation. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division (continued)
box 22, folder 2-3
Guide to the Writing of American Military History
1950-1951
box 22, folder 4
The Relief of Major General Ralph C. Smith, by Charles R. Viale
1967
box 22, folder 5
Notes by Colonel S.L.A. Marshall - Official War Department Observer at Makin
undated
box 22, folder 6-8
Early draft of Historical Division manuscript on Makin
undated
os_folder 2
Map of Saipan Tō and Approaches
undated
box 22, folder 9
Saipan controversy
undated
box 22, folder 10
27th's Saipan, by Colonel William M. Van Antwerp
undated
box 23, folder 1-2
Untitled typescript regarding Saipan
undated
box 23, folder 3-7
The Gilberts-Marshalls Campaign by Edmund G. Love
undated
box 25, folder 1-3
History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II
undated
box 36, folder 8
Betio Island Maps 2-4
Scene of Battle 1943-1944
undated
box 42, folder 2
Kliklok notebooks, SAFOCA
1956-1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, notebook, and clippings for Kliklok machine. Includes correspondence in French for SAFOCA (Société
Francaise pour L'Organisation de Conditionnements Automatiques).
box 42, folder 3
Kliklok notebooks, SAFOCA
1957-1959
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, notebook, notes, flyers, and clippings for Kliklok machine. Includes correspondence in French for
SAFOCA (Société Francaise pour L'Organisation de Conditionnements Automatiques).
box 42, folder 4
Notepad
1967
Scope and Contents
Notebook of notes for the early training of Israeli Army.
box 42, folder 5
Notepad
1989-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes various notes written in memo pad.
box 40, folder 9
"Scrapbook" data
1919-1934, undated
Scope and Contents
Invitations and cards received by Smith.
box 40, folder 8
Cards
1987-1992
Scope and Contents
Military related correspondence, clippings, military memorandums, maps, list of major commands, Saipan operation, POW report,
Kauai Morale Committee, commendation of officers.
box 42, folder 8
Memorial booklets, Virginia H. Corbett
1932
box 34, folder 4
Maps and tourist information
1936-1938
Scope and Contents
Includes French, Europe, Stockholm, and the Netherlands.
box 48, folder 4
Scrapbook inserts
circa 1945
box 48, folder 5
Scrapbook
circa 1945
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook of clippings.
Photographs
1919-1944
Scope and Contents
Images of the Inter-Allied games of 1919, portraits of German officers, images of the battle for Saipan Island in 1944, and
an album entitled "Makin Taken" which depicts life on board ship in addition to landscapes and the battle of Makin Atoll .
Arranged in chronological order.
os_folder 1
Inter-Allied games, 17 prints
1919
Scope and Contents
An "Olympic" games for military personnel held in Paris at the end of World War I.
box 44, folder 5
General John L. Hines
1919
box 44, folder 7
Military figures and others
1926-1949
box 44, folder 8
Group portraits, Military and others
1934-1945
box 44, folder 10
1930s-1940s
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Smith and others in France.
box 47
Album
1930s-1960s
Scope and Contents
Disbound photograph album; includes family photographs.
box 46
Album
circa 1935
Scope and Contents
Album of family photographs including travels.
box 48, folder 1
Photographs and documents
1937, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes drawing of portrait of a woman, Promotion certificate from École Supérieure de Guerre, and portrait of military officer.
box 44, folder 1
Photographs and copies, Makin and Saipan
1940s-1987
box 29
"Makin Taken" album depicting attack by US 165th Infantry Unit against Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands
1943 November 20-23
Access
Box 29 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Includes images of USS Calvert, USS Neville, Gilbert Islands, Makin Atoll, US Army 27th Infantry Division.
box 27, folder 1
Saipan: landing vessels and seaplane, 6 prints
1944
box 27, folder 2
Saipan, 27 prints of photographs taken by the Army Pictorial Service
1944
box 27, folder 3
Saipan, 10 prints credited to the U.S. Army Signal Corps
1944
box 27, folder 4
Portraits of German officers, 9 prints including images of von Hindenburg, Ludendorff, von Kluck, von Moltke, von Schlieffen,
von Bülow, and the Duke of Würtemberg
undated
Published Material
1914-1974
Scope and Contents
Clippings, monographs, periodicals, military textbooks. Arranged by format, then chronological order.
box 42, folder 7
Printed materials
1918-1984, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes leaflets and copies of material on American expeditionary forces, chapter of "Stranger on the Square" by Koestler,
French leaflets, clippings, and copy of poem.
box 17
1928-1940
Conditions Governing Access
Box 17 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Printed materials in French, two from 1928-1929, elven from 1937-1940.
box 25, folder 5
Schmitt, Bernadotte Everly.
Interviewing the Authors of the War. Chicago: Chicago Literary Club
1930
box 25, folder 6
Conférences de Tactique générale et d'État Major: Le Corps d'Armée.
1932
box 25, folder 7
Conférences de Tactique générale et d'État Major La Division (Suite et fin)
1932
box 25, folder 8
United States Army.
French Maps. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School,
1933
box 25, folder 9
Burns, John H.
Psychology and Leadership. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Command and General Staff School Press,
1934
box 25, folder 10
Review of Military Literature, volume XVI number 61
1936 June
box 42, folder 6
"The Bystander, Fragments from French"
1940s
box 30
German Psychological Warfare: Survey and Bibliography. New York: Committee for National Morale,
1941
box 30
Marshall, S.L.A.
Armies on Wheels. New York: William Morrow and Company,
1941
box 25, folder 11
War Department. Military Intelligence Division.
Special Bulletin no. 36: The Battle of Salum, June 15-17, 1941.
1941 November 17
box 30
Pictorial History, Twenty-Seventh Division, United States Army, Fort McClellan, 1940-1941.
1941
box 30
Fuller, Major General J.F.C.
Armored Warfare. Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company,
1943
box 26, folder 3
Emory, Kenneth P.
South Sea Lore. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum
1943 September
box 26, folder 4
Time. Pony edition
1944 July 10
box 26, folder 1
Faus, Marie.
Aloha: One Year of Hawaiian Events (Sept. '43 to Sept. '44). Honolulu, HI: Marie Faus
1944
box 30
Marshall, Lt. Col. S.L.A.
Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll. Washington DC: The Infantry Journal,
1945
box 26, folder 3
Makin. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division
1946
box 26, folder 5
Organisation de Résistance de l'Armée.
Dans le Maquis Breton avec Ceux de l'ORA. Paris: E. Desfossés-Néogravure
1946 October 14
box 26, folder 6
Small Unit Actions. Washington DC: War Department Historical Division
1946
box 26, folder 7-8
Infantry Journal
1946-1949
box 30
Marshall, Colonel S.L.A.
Bastogne: The First Eight Days. Washington, DC: Infantry Journal Press,
1946
box 26, folder 8
Les Transmissions en A.F.N. de 1934-1944
1947
box 30
Marshall, S.L.A.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command in Future War. New York: William Morrow and Company,
1947
box 26, folder 11
The Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1924-1949: Twenty-fifth Anniversary
1949
box 26, folder 12
US Army. Command and General Staff College.
Special Text 21-5-1: Instructor Training.
1950 November 1
box 26, folder 13
Foreign Intelligence Digest
1961-1962
box 26, folder 14
Assembly volume XXV number 3
1966 Fall
box 26, folder 15
Marshall, S.L.A. and Hackworth, David H.
Military Operations: Vietnam Primer. Department of the Army pamphlet no. 525-2
1967
box 26, folder 1
Joint Intelligence Command Pacific Ocean Area.
Memo on the Marianas.
undated
box 26, folder 2
United States. War Information Office.
Tarawa.
undated
Language of Material: French.
Military textbooks
1923-1939
box 25, folder 4
Instruction Course 1922: Military Protection. Camp Dix, NJ
1922 May 1
box 32, folder 3
Boucher, Général Arthur.
Les Lois Éternelles de la Guerre: L'Art de la Guerre il y a Vingt-Trois Siècle. Nancy: Berger-Levrault, Libraires-Éditeurs
1923
box 33, folder 1
De Pierrefeu, Jean.
Plutarque a menti. Paris: Bernard Grasset,
1923
box 32, folder 4
Boucher, Général Arthur.
Les Lois Éternelles de la Guerre: Les Doctrine dans la Préparation de la Grande Guerre. Paris: Berger-Levrault, Libraires-Éditeurs
1925
box 35
Targe, Général, et al.
Saint-Cyr et la Vie Militaire. Paris: Ministère de la Guerre,
1928
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 35
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Instruction Provisoire sur la Recherche et l'Interprétation des Renseignements: Annexe No. 4 à l'Instruction Provisoire sur
l'Emploi Tactique des Grandes Unités.
Paris: Charles-Lavauzelles et Cie,
1929
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 35
Koeltz, Commandant Louis.
D'Esternay aux Marais de Saint-Gond, 6-9 Septembre 1914. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1930
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 35
Conférences de Tactique Générale et d'État Major: Le Corps d'Armée. Paris: École Supérieure de Guerre
1932
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 31, folder 8
Espérandieu, Commandant Emile.
Guide Pratique pour la Lecture et l'Emploi de la Carte de l'État-Major. Paris: Charles Lavauzelle,
1934
box 35
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Instruction sur l'Organisation et le Fonctionnement des États-Majors en Campagne. Paris: Charles Lavauzelle et Cie,
1934
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 35
Mermet, Commandant breveté Armand.
L'Officier de Renseignements Regimentaire en Campagne. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1935
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 32, folder 9
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Annexe No. 1 au Règlement de la Cavalerie: La Recherche des Renseignements et l'Observation dans les Corps de Troupe et les
Unités Subordonnées.
Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1935
box 25, folder 4
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Instruction Provisoire pour la Pièce de Mortier de 60mm. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie
1935
box 31, folder 1
Mordacq, Général H.
Les légendes de la Grande Guerre. Paris: Imp. Flammarion,
1935
box 32, folder 7
Andriot, Commandant René.
Tactique et Fonctionnement des Postes de Commandement des Unités d'Infanterie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1936
box 31, folder 5
Conduite des Troupes: Traduction du Réglement Allemand du 17 Octobre 1933. Paris: Éditions Berger-Levrault,
1936
box 35
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Instruction Provisoire pour la Pièce de Mortier de 60mm. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie
1936
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 32, folder 8
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Règlement de Manoeuvre de l'Artillerie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1936
box 31, folder 7
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Instruction sur L'Emploi des Chars de Combat. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie
1937
box 33, folder 2
France. École Supérieure de Guerre.
Aide-Mémoire pour les Travaux d'État-Major. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1937
box 31, folder 4
La Revue Hebdomadaire. 46 Année no. 6,
1937 February 6
box 25, folder 4
Revue Militaire Générale. Paris: Librarie Militaire Berger-Levrault
1937 May
box 31, folder 10
Revue Militaire Générale. Paris: Librarie Militaire Berger-Levrault
1937 March
box 32, folder 5-6
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
L'Observation dans les Corps de Troupe et les Unités Subordonnées: Annexe No. 2 Au Règlement de l'Infanterie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1938
box 31, folder 2-3
Plattard, Commandant R.
Recueil Anglais-Français des Termes Techniques Militaires. Paris: Fernand Sorlot,
1939
box 35
France. Ministère de la Défense Nationale et de la Guerre.
Instruction pour les Unités de Fusilier-Voltigeurs. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1939
Scope and Contents
2 copies
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 31, folder 6
France. Ministère de la Défense Nationale et de la Guerre.
Instruction sur le Renseignement et l'Observation. Paris: Charles Lavauzelle et Cie,
1939
box 32, folder 8
France. Ministère de la Défense Nationale et de la Guerre.
Règlement de l'Infanterie. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1939
box 31, folder 9
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Règlement de Manoeuvre de l'Artillerie: Deuxième Partie l'Artillerie au Combat. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelle et Cie,
1939
box 25, folder 4
France. Ministère de la Guerre.
Instruction Pour Les Unités de Fusiliers-Voltigeurs. Paris: Charles-Lavauzelles et Cie,
1939
os_folder 9
Clippings - important historic events [WWI]
1914
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Material originally from box 35.
os_folder 9
Clippings - German reoccupation of the Rhineland
1936 March-April
Access
Box 35 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Material originally from box 35.
box 28
Album of press clippings relating to Makin-Saipan and Smith vs. Smith controversy
1942-1944
box 26, folder 17-19
Loose clippings
1942-1970
box 26, folder 16
Newspaper columns by General S.L.A. Marshall
1971-1974
Sound Recordings
1954, undated
box 45
Ed Pianelli
1954
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 45
Ralph C. Smith
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
Scope and Contents
Label on cassette has 1893-1919.
box 45
Memoirs
undated
Physical Description: 5 Compact sound cassettes
Scope and Contents
Includes memoirs for 1983-1934, 1919-1934, 1930-1941, 1942-1944.
box 45
Experiences in the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 by Frances Febiger Marrack
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 45
Military Intelligence conversations
undated
Physical Description: 2 Compact sound cassette
Scope and Contents
Includes conversations for 1930-1934 and 1958.
box 45
Military memories
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
Scope and Contents
Label on cassette has 1930-1936.
box 45
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
Scope and Contents
Label on cassette has 1930-1942.
box 45
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
Scope and Contents
Label on cassette has 1942-1946.
box 45
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
Scope and Contents
Label on cassette has 1945-1946.
box 45
"Trng new div-org 76 div."
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box 45
Reel 5 and 6
undated
Physical Description: 1 Compact sound cassette
box OCM12
Currency, inserts from Diary
1931-1938
Scope and Contents
Currency separated from Diary, 1931-1935, includes 1 Franc notes.
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 49
Cap
1940s
Conditions Governing Access
Box 49 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 49
Legion of Merit medal
1940s
Conditions Governing Access
Box 49 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 50
Military medals
1940s
Conditions Governing Access
Box 50 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Framed military medals.
