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  • Title: Robert Tryon Frederick papers
    Date (inclusive): 1928-1967
    Collection Number: 68009
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 9 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize folders, 1 album box, 3 envelopes, 3 motion picture film reels (4.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, writings, memoranda, photographs, and motion picture film relating to operations of the First Special Service Force in Italy and France during World War II, and to the American Military Mission to Greece in 1951.
    Creator: Frederick, Robert Tryon, 1907-1970
    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

    Manuscript by Martin Blumenson, entitled "From Salerno to Cassino" (in Box 7) may not be reproduced without permission of the Office of the Chief of Military History, United States Army. For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Robert Tryon Frederick papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Major general, United States Army; commanding general, First Special Service Force, 1942-1944; head, Military Mission to Greece, 1951.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, diaries, writings, memoranda, photographs, and motion picture film relating to operations of the First Special Service Force in Italy and France during World War II, and to the American Military Mission to Greece in 1951.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion pictures
    Officers
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy
    United States -- Military relations -- Greece
    Greece -- Military relations -- United States
    United States. Army
    Allied Forces. Special Service Force, 1st
    United States. Military Mission to Greece