Register of the Haydon L. Boatner papers

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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

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Haydon L. Boatner Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note.

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

 

CORRESPONDENCE, 1932-1974

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
box 1

Bender, Roger James, 1974

box 1

Bergin, William E., 1943

box 1

Binder, L. James, 1971-1972

box 1

Chen, Shang, 1944

box 1

Chesley, Ray T., 1945

box 1

China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1932

box 1

Clark, Mark W., 1953

box 1

Collins, James L., Jr., 1974

box 1

Dubose, Charles G., 1945

box 1

Fairbank, John K., 1971

box 1

Ferris, B. G., 1942

box 1

Frank, Walter W., 1945

box 1

Freeman, Paul F., Jr., 1943

box 1

Gregory, James B., 1959

box 1

Hargrove, George, Jr., 1945

box 1

Hayer, William T., 1945

box 1

Houston, Robert W., 1945

box 1

Huffine, Fred, n.d.

box 1

Johnson, Harold K., 1966

box 1

Johnson, Nelson Trusler, 1933

box 1

Larson, A. V., 1945

box 1

Marshall, George C., 1945

box 1

Merrill, F. D., 1943

box 1

Ming, Wong Chung, 1944

box 1

Mitchell, John B., 1945

box 1

Moynahan, George F., Jr., 1945

box 1

The New York Times Book Review, The Editor, 1971

box 1

Pattison, Hal C., 1967

box 1

Potebnya, Orr Y., n.d.

box 1

Slater, V., 1944

box 1

Stilwell, Joseph, 1942-1944

box 1

Teague, Olin E., 1974

box 1

Tower, John G., 1970

box 1

Von Wechmar, Ruediger, 1963

box 1

Walker, Leonard F., 1974

box 1

Wyman, W. G., 1942

 

WRITINGS, 1934-1966

Scope and Contents

Unpublished articles, printed copies of published articles, unpublished typewritten thesis, and notes by Haydon L. Boatner, arranged alphabetically by title or subject.
box 1

"Asian Teeth are Needed for Geneva Conventions," Army, January 1974. Printed photocopy.

box 1

"Books on Burma." An unpublished typewritten notebook, 1942

box 1

Comments on "Crisis Fleeting," by James H. Stone. An unpublished typewritten article, n.d.

box 1

"A Digest and Interpretation of the Cheng Wu Chi." An unpublished typewritten graduate thesis, 1934

box 1

"Koje," Saga, n.d., printed copy

box 1

"The Ledo Road Today." A typewritten and carbon copy draft for The Military Engineer, 1956

box 1

"Messages from Burma." Bound unpublished handwritten messages to officers in the field, 1942-1944

box 1

"Military Control of Riots at Koje-Do." An unpublished typewritten draft, n.d.

box 1

"Military Geography of Manchuria." Handwritten and typewritten notes on the history of the Manchu military, 1934

box 2

"Prisoners of War for Sale," The American Legion, August 1962. Printed copy.

box 2

"Truce Tent and Fighting Front." An unpublished typewritten draft, n.d.

box 2

"Barbara Tuchman's Stilwell and the American Experience in China. A Statement Thereon for the Record." An unpublished typewritten draft, n.d.

box 2

U.S. Lend-lease activities with China, 1941. Unpublished handwritten drafts.

 

SUBJECT FILE, 1932-1975

Scope and Contents

Biographical file, dispatches, memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings, notes, printed matter, etc., arranged alphabetically by subject.
box 2

Biographical file

 

China-Burma-India Theater

 

Campaigns and strategy, 1941-1945

box 2

Notes on the draft history of the First Burma Campaign, including synopsis

box 2

Report on Second Burma Campaign, 1944-1945

box 2

Charts and maps

box 3

Charts and maps

box 3

Communications, 1942-1945

 

Japanese Operations, 1942-1945

box 3

Burma and Andaman Invasion Naval Operations, March 1942-April 1942. Japanese Monograph 79. Printed copy.

box 3

Burma Operations Record-The 15th Army Operations in Imphal Area and Withdrawal to Northern Burma. Japanese Monograph 134. Printed copy.

box 3

Burma Operations Record-The 33rd Army Operations. Japanese Monograph 148. Printed copy.

box 3

China Area Operations Record V.I. Japanese Monograph 70. Printed copy.

box 3

Japanese Preparation for Operations (prior to 1943). Japanese Monograph 77. Printed copy.

box 3

Japanese Studies in World War II (Historical Manuscript File). Japanese Monograph 57. Printed copy.

 

Medical-Health, 1942-1945

box 4

General

box 4

"Accident on Trip 595," typewritten (carbon copy) report, 1943

box 4

"Complete report on First Medical Training Unit," 1945. Typewritten (carbon copy) report.

 

Personnel, 1942-1945

box 4

General

box 4

"Interview with Colonel W. A. Fuller, Cav. at Ramgarh," 1945

 

Supplies, 1942-1945

box 4

General

box 4

"History of Services of Supply, China-Burma- India." An unpublished (carbon copy) typescript. 1944.

 

Training, 1942-1945

box 4

General

box 4

"History of the Ramgarh Training Center, 1942-45." Unpublished typescript carbon copy.

box 4

"Training of the Chinese Troops, 1942-43." An unpublished typewritten report.

 

Transportation, 1942-1945

box 4

General

box 4

"Burma, The Construction of the Ledo Road, 1944." An unpublished typewritten (carbon copy) report.

 

Troops, 1942-1945

 

General

box 4

1942

box 5

1943-1944

box 6

1944-1945

box 9

1944-1945

box 6

Handbook on China-United States Armed Forces in China-Burma-India. A bound volume, 1942. Printed copy.

 

Prisoners of War

box 7

Bibliography and notes

box 7

Charmatz, Jan P. and Harold M. Wit, "Repatriation of Prisoners of War and the 1949 Geneva Convention." Yale Law Journal, February 1953. Printed copy.

box 7

Haight, Gardiner M., "The Geneva Conventions in the Shadow War," U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 1968. Printed copy.

box 7

Hymoff, Edward, "The Day the Reds Humiliated Uncle Sam," True, 1961. Printed copy.

box 7

Joy, C. Turner, How Communists Negotiate. Typewritten draft of excerpt.

box 7

Lerch, Archer L., "The Army Reports on Prisoners of War." Reprinted from The American Mercury, 1945

 

Pamphlets

box 7

General

box 8

Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949. Printed copy.

box 8

Protection of War Victims-Prisoners of War, 1949. Department of State Publication. Printed copy.

box 8

Termination of Captivity. Part IV, Section I. Direct Repatriation and Accommodation in Neutral Countries 1949. Printed copy.

box 8

United Nations Command, "Operations Instructions, Reference Enemy Prisoners of War," 1952. Printed copy.

box 8

Stone, Jules, "Legal Controls of International Conflict," 1954. A chapter from his published book.

 

Stilwell, Joseph W.

box 8

General

box 8

Tuchman, Barbara; Book reviews of Sand Against the Wind, and Stilwell and American Experience in China, 1911-1945, 1970.

 

MISCELLANY

Scope and Contents

Notes, memorabilia and clippings.
box 8

Notes, memorabilia, newspaper clippings

box 8

Notes by Haydon L. Boatner on his papers at the Hoover Institution.

 

PHOTOGRAPHS 1942 1952

envelope A

13 photographs pertaining to the medical training for enlisted men, Burma, 1942

envelope B

58 photographs pertaining to 1932, World War II, and the United Nations Prisoner of War Camp of the Korean War in 1952