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Title: Charles Andrew Willoughby papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1961
Collection Number: 61013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 envelope, 1 phonorecord
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Drafts, reports, correspondence, newsletters, and printed matter, relating to the World War II campaigns of General Douglas
MacArthur in the Pacific, the Richard Sorge espionage case, the anti-communist movement in the United States, Cold War defense
needs of the United States, and Japanese rearmament
Creator:
Willoughby, Charles Andrew, 1892-1972
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 1961.
[Identification of item], Charles Andrew Willoughby papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Major general, United States Army; chief of intelligence, Army Forces in the Far East, 1941-1951.
1892: Born, Heidelberg, Germany
1910: Immigrated to the United States; enlisted in the United States Army, 5th Infantry
1914: Received his Bachelor of Arts, Gettysburg College; commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Officers' Volunteer Corps
of the United States Army
1917: Joined the American Expeditionary Force as a Captain
1936: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
1942: Named Chief of Staff for Intelligence under General MacArthur's staff for the Southwest Pacific Area
1951: Retired from the military
1972: Died, Naples, Florida
Scope and Content of Collection
Drafts, reports, correspondence, newsletters, and printed matter, relating to the World War II campaigns of General Douglas
MacArthur in the Pacific, the Richard Sorge espionage case, the anti-communist movement in the United States, Cold War defense
needs of the United States, and Japanese rearmament
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Anti-communist movements -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean
Officers
Japan -- Defenses
United States -- Defenses
Espionage, Russian -- East Asia
United States. Army
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Sorge, Richard, 1895-1944