James Bennett Papers
Content Description
Two record boxes of materials containing maps, technical and field manuals, payroll information, correspondence, and personal papers, records of the Minnesota Military Museum.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
collection was received by James Bennett. He joined the Minnesota National Guard in 1948 serving in the 135th Infantry Regiment he was activated into federal service during the Korean War and was sent to Camp Rucker during this time. James Bennett achieved the rank of major before he retirement in the Minnesota National Guard. In the late 1990s he served as a board member of the Minnesota Mmilitay Museum.
Restrictions Apply
No
Dates
- 1942 - 1997
Inventory
Box 1: Maps, Booklets: technical manuals, field manuals, training handbooks Box 2: payroll, correspondence, papers from training and Fort Benning and Fort Leavenworth