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United States. Army

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1784

Administrative History

The United States Army, previously known as the American Continental Army, was established by the Congress of the Confederation in 1784.

Citation:
Brown, Jerry, 1936- Narushenie poverkhnosti i ee zashchita pri osvoenii Severa, 1981: p. 3 (Laboratorii͡a Armii SShA po izuchenii͡u kholodnykh regionov KRREL)

Genizi, H. Yoʻets u-meḳim, 1987: t.p. (Tsava ha-Ameriḳani)

Probable trend and magnitude of Soviet expenditures for national security purposes, 1969: t.p. (U.S. Army)

U.S. gov't org. man., 1978/79, p. 199 (The American Continental Army, now called the United States Army, was established by the Continental Congress, June 14, 1775)

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Army Specialized Training Program academic records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197233646238]
Identifier: UA 5656
Scope and Contents

Contains academic records for participants in the Army Specialized Training Program at Brigham Young University. Materials date from 1943 to 1944.

Dates: 1943-1944

Robert M. Cannon photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 624
Scope and Contents

Robert M. Cannon was a Commanding General of the Sixth United States Army based in Presidio of San Francisco, California.

Dates: 1935-1969

Reuben Emerson Curtis letter file and scrapbook

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 3250
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of microfilm copy of letters received and a scrapbook. Some of the letters were from General Authorities of the Mormon Church. Most of the materials deal with Curtis's service for the United States during World War II and his assignment to the Veteran's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Dates: 1939-1966

William J. Hafen personal history

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230329507]
Identifier: MSS SC 2978
Scope and Contents

Contains information about his life to 1964 including childhood; education; military life, including experiences as a paratrooper and in riggers school during World War II; church callings; occupations, including work at Brigham Young University; and genealogy sheets. Also includes photographic images of him at various points in his life.

Dates: 1997

J Malan Heslop 16 mm Army film, 1944

 Sub-Series — Box 3: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232514205]
Identifier: MSS P 661 Series 1 Sub-Series 3

Melvin D. Barney memoir, 1994

 Series — Carton 147: Series 4; Series 5; Series 6; Series 7; Series 9; Series 10; Series 12; Series 13; Series 16; Series 14; Series 15, Folder: 36
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

File contains two copies of the oral history memoir of Melvin D. Barney, interviewed by Don Norton, regarding his experiences serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Dated 1994.

Dates: 1994

Merian C. Cooper papers on the Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916-1917

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and photographs documenting Cooper's service during the Mexican border campaign from 1916 to 1917. Includes snapshots of Cooper and panoramic shot of Company B of the 2nd Georgia Infantry on Mexican Border Service at Socorra, Texas, in January 1917.

Dates: 1916-1917