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Biographical Note.
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
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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