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  • Title: Robert Dark papers
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1964
    Collection Number: 77078
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, 5 card file boxes, 4 oversize boxes (9.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Orders, correspondence, speeches, clippings, and photographs, relating to the U.S. Army in the Philippines, 1931-1932, the activities of the 321st Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946, and the invasion of Angaur and Peleliu Island, 1944. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Creator: Dark, Robert, 1894-1976
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The photographic negative file in Boxes 3-7 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 1977.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Robert Dark Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biographical Note.

    1894 September Born, North Carolina
    1912 Joined United States Army as a private of the Cavalry branch
    1915 Noncommissioned Officer, Coast Artillery Corps
    1917 Second Lieutenant, Infantry branch
    1917-1919 Served with American Expeditionary Force in France, attained rank of brevet Major
    1931-1932 Served at Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
    1932-1933 Served at Vancouver Barracks, Washington
    1941 Colonel, United States Army
    1942-1946 Regimental commander, 321st Infantry Regiment, 81st Division, (1942-1944, trained in continental United States; 1944-1945, fought in Pacific campaigns, 1945-1946, served with occupation troops on Kyushu, Japan).
    1946 Resigned from United States Army.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    United States -- Armed Forces -- Philippines
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
    Officers
    Philippines -- Defenses
    United States. Army
    United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 321st