Inventory of the Joseph A. Cranston papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Joseph A. Cranston papers
Date (inclusive): 1943-1945
Collection Number: 74051
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box, 3 envelopes, 1 album box
(1.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Awards, citations, correspondence, clippings, orders, printed matter, reports, and photographs, relating to American military
activities in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Creator:
Cranston, Joseph A., 1898-1973
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph A. Cranston papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Brigadier general, United States Army; commanding general, Services of Supply, Intermediate Section, China-Burma-India Theater,
1943-1945.
Scope and Content of Collection
Awards, citations, correspondence, clippings, orders, printed matter, reports, and photographs, relating to American military
activities in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Officers
World War, 1939-1945 -- Equipment and supplies
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- East Asia
United States. Army
United States. Army Service Forces
box 1
Awards, citations, correspondence, clippings, orders, printed matter, and reports, relating to American military activities
in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.
Declassified records
1944
Scope and Contents note
Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover
box 1
2011 July release of record
May 1944
Scope and Contents note
Air movement tables for Chinese troops
Photographs
Scope and Contents
304 prints / 3 envelopes, 1 album
envelope A,B,C
156 prints of typical construction at United States Army Installations of the Intermediate Section of the India-Burma Theater
1943-1944
album fD
Photo album containing 148 prints of individual and group shots of Brigadier General Cranston while Commanding General of
Intermediate Section, China-India-Burma Theater; various shots of interest in India, Burma; aerial views of China; and photos
of General Cranston with military and civilian personalities including Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander (British).
South East Asia
1944
