Robert E. Lee Strong papers, approximately 1943, 2004

File — Box: 57, Folder: 15

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 1 File 1195

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Materials contain an oral history of Strong's service as director of mail in the U.S. Army during World War II. He included pictures, two newspaper clippings, certificate of induction and letter transferring him to ground forces instead of the Air Corps. In the interview, talks about the brutality of war. Recounts that his division took 80,000 German prisoners and 25 surrendered to him personally. Dated approximately 1943, 2004.

Dates

approximately 1943
2004

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Open for public research.

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