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Biographical Note.
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
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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