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Title: Edward H. Forney papers
Date (inclusive): 1942-1964
Collection Number: 65022
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, Korean, French, and Vietnamese
Physical Description:
7 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(2.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Handwritten notes, correspondence, course writings, orders, reports, news releases, and news clippings relating primarily
to the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Creator:
Forney, E. H. (Edward H.)
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 1965.
[Identification of item], Edward H. Forney papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Edward H. Forney was a colonel, deputy chief of staff, and brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps, a senior advisor
to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine Corps, and a scholar.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Edward H. Forney papers contain handwritten notes (some in small notebooks), correspondence (including family letters),
course writings, orders, reports, news releases, and news clippings relating primarily to the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Forney
took numerous history courses about World War I, World War II, military operations in Europe and in the Pacific, psychological
warfare, post-war problems, Soviet foreign policy (1918-1939), U.S. foreign policy, French military contributions in the American
Revolution War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. As brigadier general for the U.S. Marine Corps, Forney kept up-to-date
about foreign relations among China, Southeast Asia, the Soviet Union, the United States, Korea, Vietnam, and France, as revealed
in his extensive news file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Officers
Korean War, 1950-1953
United States. Marine Corps