Overview of the Merrill Davis Burnside memoirs

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Title: Merrill Davis Burnside memoirs

Date (inclusive): 1979

Collection Number: 81072

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1 item (49 p.) (1 folder) (0.1 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Relates primarily to aircraft production in the United States and American aerial operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and to the postwar occupation of Japan.

Creator: Burnside, Merrill Davis, 1905-

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Merrill Davis Burnside memoirs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Major general, United States Air Force.

Scope and Content of Collection

Relates primarily to aircraft production in the United States and American aerial operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and to the postwar occupation of Japan.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean

Officers

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States

Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952

United States. Army Air Forces

United States. Air Force