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Title: Robert D. Burhans Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1942-1945
Collection number: XX096
Creator:
Burhans, Robert D.
Collection Size:
31 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 11 envelopes
(16.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Materials relating to activities of the First Special Service Force ("Devil's Brigade") and the 474th Infantry Regiment during
World War II including correspondence, field orders, directives, reports, regulations, handbooks, maps, and photographs. Used
as research material for the book by R. D. Burhans,
The First Special Service Force: A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944 (Washington, D.C., 1947).
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Robert D. Burhans Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
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Colonel, United States Army; member, First Special Service Force, during World War II.
Scope and Content of Collection
Materials relating to activities of the First Special Service Force ("Devil's Brigade") and the 474th Infantry Regiment during
World War II including correspondence, field orders, directives, reports, regulations, handbooks, maps, and photographs. Used
as research material for the book by R. D. Burhans,
The First Special Service Force: A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944 (Washington, D.C., 1947).
First Special Service Force.
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 474th.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
Canada.
United States--Armed Forces.