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  • Title: John R. Chaisson papers
    Date (inclusive): 1940-1975
    Collection Number: 73066
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 17 manuscript boxes, 9 envelopes, 20 phonotapes (10.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, appointment books, speeches and writings, notes, reports, memoranda, oral history transcript, sound recordings, photographs, and printed matter, relating to manpower and budgetary requirements of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Vietnamese Conflict, and U.S. Marine Corps activities during World War II, in China during 1948-1949, in Korea during 1953-1954, and in Vietnam during 1966-1968.
    Creator: Chaisson, John R., 1916-1972

    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 1973.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], John R. Chaisson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note.

    1916, September 27 Born, Swampscott, Massachusetts
    1939 A.B., Harvard University
    1942-1945, 1953-1954 Assigned to 1st Marine Division
    1966-1968 Assigned to service in Vietnam
    1971 Promoted to Lieutenant General, USMC
    1971-1972 Chief of Staff, U.S. Marine Corps

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Officers
    World War, 1939-1945 -- China
    China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949
    Korean War, 1950-1953
    United States. Marine Corps