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Title: Haydon L. Boatner papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-1975
Collection Number: 74020
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(3.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, maps, notes, photographs, and printed matter, relating to military strategy and
operations in the China-Burma-India Theater, and to the United Nations prisoner of war camps during the Korean War.
Creator:
Boatner, Haydon L. (Haydon Lemaire), 1900-1977
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 1974.
[Identification of item], Haydon L. Boatner Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 8 October 1900 | Born, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1918 | Enlisted, U.S. Marine Corps |
| 1919-1920 | Student, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 1920-1924 | Graduate, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York |
| 1930-1934 | Chinese Language Student and Assistant Military Attache, American Embassy, Peking, China |
| 1942 | Promoted to Brigadier General |
| 1942 | Commanded General Stilwell's headquarters at Lashio, Burma, China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1942 | Commander, Chabua-Ledo Sector, China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1942-1945 | Chief of Staff, Chinese Army in India |
| 1943-1945 | Commanding General of Combat Troops, Ledo Sector, China-Burma-India Theater |
| 1945 | Chief of Staff, Chinese Combat Command, Kunming, China |
| 1948-1951 | Professor of Military Science and Tactics and Commandant of Cadets, A. & M. College of Texas |
| 1951-1953 | Deputy Commanding General, 2nd Division, Korea |
| 1952 | Commandant, P.O.W. Camp Koie Do, Korea (80,000 prisoners) |
| 1952 | Commandant, United Nations Prisoner of War Command, Korea (180,000 prisoners) |
| 1952 | Promoted to Major General |
| 1952 | Commanding General of Prisoners of War, Pusan |
| 1952-1954 | Deputy Commanding General, 4th Army |
| 1957-1960 | Provost Marshal General, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. |
| 1960 | Retired as Major General |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prisoners of war
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- China
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons
United States. Army