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Title: Frank McAdams Albrecht papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1965
Collection Number: 68013
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Orders, reports, correspondence, and drafts of speeches, relating to U.S. military engineering in the European Theater during
World War II and in the U.S. in the interwar period.
Creator:
Albrecht, Frank McAdams, 1901-
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 1968.
[Identification of item], Frank McAdams Albrecht Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1901, June 11 | Born, Denver, Colorado |
| 1923 | B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York |
| 1926 | Degree in Civil Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York |
| 1926 | Married Page Williams of San Antonio, Texas |
| 1939 | The Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Regular Course |
| 1942 | Colonel |
| 1942 | Staff Officer to the Chief Engineer's Office of the Services of Supply in the European Theater of Operations in England. Later Deputy Chief Engineer for Planning |
| 1943 | Senior U.S. Logistical Officer on the early Joint-Combined Staff, which became General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters. He was the logistics member of a team that presented the original Overlord Plan for the Allied Invasion |
| 1943 | Chief of Staff of the Forward Echelon of the Communications Zone |
| 1944 | At the U.S. element of the Allied Control of Germany. Responsible for planning for the demobilization of the German Army under Allied control and other demilitarization measures |
| 1945 | Engineer of the Fourth Army |
| 1953 | Brigadier General |
| 1953-1955 | Chief Engineer, U.S. Army, Europe |
| 1955 | In Charge of logistics for Exercise SAGEBRUSH. Director of Plans and Programs in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics of the Army General Staff in Washington, D.C. |
| 1957 | Major General |
| 1959 | Division Engineer for the Corps of Engineers in the Southeast United States, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Panama |
Scope and Content of Collection
Orders, reports, correspondence, and drafts of speeches, relating to U.S. military engineering in the European Theater during
World War II and in the U.S. in the interwar period.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction
Military engineering
United States. Army
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers