Hancock, Lester

Collection

Identifier: pending

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Box 1:

1861- School of the Soldier booklet reprint

1917- WWI tract V.D. Prevention booklet

1917- 351st Infantry

1918- WWI Camp Dodge booklet

1918- .45 caliber pistol booklet

1918-1942- Oran H. Classen

1919- France map

1919- WWI France ticket

1919- WWI France magazine

1919- rosters and official documents incl. 88th Division; 350th Infantry; etc.

1922- 135th Infantry

1922-1926- National Guard papers

1926- Roster booklet, misc.

1927- Roster booklet, misc.

1928- Roster booklet, misc.

1929- Roster booklet, misc.

1929-1943- Army Bulletins

1930- Colville Memorial flyer

1930- National Guard stationing plan

1931- Roster booklet, misc.

1932- Roster booklet, misc.

1933- Roster booklet, misc.

1934- Roster booklet, misc.

1935- Roster booklet, misc.

1936- Big Stone Lake map; R.P. Miller game violation

1937- Roster; 135th Infantry

1938- Roster; orders

1939- Parks and highway projects

1939- orders, rosters, 135th Infantry

1940- Roster, 135th Infantry, medical records

1941- 217 Coast Artillery, 135th Infantry roster and papers

1941-1942- Two Army Officer Notebooks, blank

1941-1945- Hancock's payroll

1942- Gen Ryder photo; 135th Infantry

1943- Training Aids/Equipment, Inspection Outlines, Lessons Learned-Personal Experiences, Inspection Trips-Reports (sic); pocket notebook, photo: Bizerte N Africa, Cols Hancock, Ellman, Johnson, Fitzgerald, Beatty; orders; rosters

1943- M1903-M1 scorebook

1943- 135th Infantry historical account Sept-Oct 1943, photos

1943-1945- Courts Martial

1944- Italy, WWII, commentary

1944- orders, rosters, etc.

1944- WWII Cassino booklet- Infantry Combat Aprt Eleven: Small-Unit Actions at Cassino

1944- LIFE magazine photo prints, 8x10

1945- Bill Mauldin and clippings

1945, Aug- The Listening Post newsletter- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

1945- WWII serial numbers article

1946- Infantry Division WWII Organization

1946- NGAUS "The American Samuri"

1946- National Guard of the United States (NGAUS)

1946- Ft Benning GA

1947-1961- American Legion Post 72, Russel Johnson

1947- The Next Hill by Everest, 168th Infantry

1947- 168th Infantry, Hill 609

1947- Hancock promotion to Colonel certificate

Box 2:

Dates

1861-1977
Event: Donated by Lester Hancock prior to 2020. Accession #

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