record groups

The General Douglas MacArthur Memorial was opened on January 26, 1964. Most of the documents, library, personal and official papers from General MacArthur's estate, however, were not turned over to the City of Norfolk until 1965 when Norfolk employed an archivist to administer the papers.

The MacArthur Memorial Archives and Library is the repository for the papers of General MacArthur, eighteen of his subordinate generals, and the collections of hundreds of veterans and acquaintances of General MacArthur. Located in the Jean MacArthur Research Center of the MacArthur Memorial complex, the library and archives consist of a 6000 volume library including General MacArthur's personal library, some 2,000,000 documents, over 86,000 photographs, 250 films, and thousands of newspapers, magazines, and journals.

Caveat: Most of General MacArthur's pre-1942 papers were destroyed in the Manila Hotel during the battle for Manila, February 1945

The attached list of Record Groups provides basic information on the archival holdings. For further information please contact:

Archivist
Archives and Library
MacArthur Memorial
MacArthur Square
Norfolk, VA 23510

Telephone: (757) 441-2965
Fax: (757) 441-5389
E-Mail: James.Zobel@norfolk.gov


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GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MEMORIAL

ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY

RECORD GROUPS
 

RG-1 Records of the U.S. Military Advisor to the Philippine Commonwealth, 1935-1941;
3 boxes (1.6 feet); Douglas MacArthur served as Military Advisor to the Philippine Commonwealth from 1935-1941. This collection contains materials relating to the creation of a Philippine Army, Philippine Defense, Philippine politics, and general correspondence with MacArthur’s contemporaries.
Also on microfilm (Reels 1-3) Box 3, Accession #6114.000

RG-2 Records of Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), 1941-1942;
14 boxes (7 feet); The USAFFE command was established in July of 1941 and conducted the Philippine campaign of 1941-1942. These records were removed by submarine from Corregidor and contain a vast amount of materials relating to the defense of Bataan and Corregidor. Included are G-2, and G-3 materials, MacArthur’s personal files, captured materials, and message traffic with the War Department
Also on microfilm (Reels 4-21)

RG-3 Records of Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), 1942-1945;
202 boxes (100 feet); correspondence, messages, intelligence summaries, geographic surveys, captured documents, interrogation reports, operations and after action reports, historical index cards. The bulk of messages (radiograms) for the era of 1942-1945 are located in RG-4.
Also on microfilm (Reels 411-581)

RG-4 Records of Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Pacific (USAFPAC), 1942-1947;
57 boxes (24.5 feet); messages and correspondence, principally covering the 1942-1945 periods; intelligence and operations summaries, memorandums, orders, reports; Sainoji-Harada memoirs; intelligence summaries covering military forces and activities of the Occupation of Japan until 1 January 1947.
Also on microfilm (Reels 582-617)

RG-5 Records of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP); 19545-1951;
122 boxes (Including one of classified material) (57 feet); the occupation of Japan; personal and official correspondence, correspondence to and from diplomatic representatives to SCAP, reports, SCAPINS, Peace treaty folders; verdicts of the IMTFE, memorandums, general orders, circulars, minutes of the Allied Council for Japan, daily appointments, and memos for the Supreme Commander.
Also on microfilm (Reels 22-133)

RG-6 Records of Headquarters, Far East Command (FECOM); 1947-1951;
107 boxes (including those of classified documents) (46 feet); the military side of the occupation of Japan and the Korean War; some correspondence but principally intelligence summaries and special reports, operations reports, operations orders and plans, memos on the Korean War.
Also on microfilm (Reels 618-707)

RG-7 Records of General Headquarters, United Nations Command (UNC); 1950- 1951;
17 boxes (8 feet); correspondence, including that with South Korean President Syngman Rhee; reports to the United Nations, letters to the next of kin of casualties; daily operations reports; operations plans and orders, daily strength reports.
Also on microfilm (Reels 708-724)

RG-8 Some Records of U.S. Army Forces in Korea (USAFIK), 1947-1948;
2 boxes (1 foot) Monthly summaries of South Korean Interim Government activities; the bulk of these reports is to be found in RG-4 and RG-6.

RG-9 Collection of Messages (Radiograms), 1945-1951;
164 boxes (including several of classified material) (80 feet). This group covers every aspect of the U.S. presence in the Pacific region from the end of World War II to the relief of General MacArthur during the Korean War.
Also on microfilm (Reels 134-329)

RG-10 General Douglas MacArthur's Private Correspondence, 1848-1964;
207 boxes (including 13 boxes of "VIP" correspondence and the manuscript of Reminiscences) (99 feet). Some of this correspondence is in fact official and semi-official; there are three boxes of letters from Japanese and Koreans to the General. These and the "VIP" letters are arranged alphabetically; the remainder of this group is ordered chronologically.
Also on microfilm (Reels 725-907; "VIP" files on Reels 330-336)

RG-11 Audiovisual Records
(26 feet); tape, disc, and wire recordings; 8, 16, and 35mm films, some amateur, most professional or commercial.

RG-12 Collection of Photographs;
approximately 86,000 photographs including 149 photo albums covering General and Jean MacArthur, and other related topics.

RG-13 Papers of Mrs. Douglas MacArthur;
121 boxes (50 feet); correspondence, mementoes, news clippings, condolences, albums, programs, etc.

RG-14 Records of the MacArthur Memorial and the Bureau of Archives, City of Norfolk;
1963 to present

RG-15 Materials Donated by the General Public;
77 boxes (38 feet); correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, reports, books, drawings, sketches;
Also on microfilm (Reels 941-959)

RG-16 Papers of Major General Courtney Whitney, USA, Philippine Section, SWPA;
(76 boxes) (33 feet); Principally documentation of U.S. and Philippine guerrilla organizations, logistics, debriefings; files of all known guerrillas, U.S. sympathizers, evacuees.
Also on microfilm (Reels 337-410)

RG-17 Records of the Department of the Philippines, 1929;
(1 box) (2 inches) A tiny remnant of General MacArthur's prewar papers.

RG-18 Records of the Chief of Staff, United States Army, 1934-1935;
(1 box) (2 inches) Fragments of the General's once-extensive papers contain negotiations for his assumption of the position of Military Advisor to the Philippines.
Accession #6248.000

RG-19 Reproductions of Related Documents;
Microfilm and microfiche from the Library of Congress, National Archives, Columbia University, Duke University, and other sources; also includes microfilm of dissertations and theses.

RG-20 Papers of General Arthur MacArthur, 1845-1912;
(3 boxes) (1.5 feet) These materials are mostly newspaper and magazine clippings, but there is some correspondence and reports. A microfilm copy of General Arthur MacArthur's letter book for 1900 is located in the microfilm collection.
Also on microfilm (Reel 934)

RG-21 Papers of Malcolm MacArthur, 1907-1980;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Malcolm was General MacArthur's cousin, son of Arthur's brother Frank. This collection is mostly MacArthur genealogy and memorabilia.
Also on microfilm (Reel 935)

RG-22 Papers of Brigadier General Harold E. Eastwood, USA, 1942-1953;
(12 boxes) (6 feet) Personal correspondence and photographs, including color slides of Japan; some copies of official reports.
Also on microfilm (Reels 937-940)

RG-23 Papers of Major General Charles A. Willoughby, USA, 1947-1973;
(23 boxes) (11 feet); Personal correspondence; copies of intelligence reports and history of intelligence in the Southwest Pacific and FEC, including The Leftist Infiltration of SCAP; proofs of articles and books; copies of Foreign Intelligence Digest, a periodical edited and published by General Willoughby.
Also on microfilm (Reels 908-933, 936)

RG-23a Facsimiles of Papers of Major General Charles a. Willoughby, USA, from the National Archives, 1942-1945;
(6 boxes) (8 feet) These materials do not
duplicate, but supplement materials in RG-23.

RG-23b Selected Papers of Major General Charles A. Willoughby, USA, 1943- 1954;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) Facsimiles of correspondence, printed materials, military reports, and literaria from the Gettysburg College Collection.
Accession #6543.001

RG-23c Selected Papers of Major General Charles A. Willoughby, USA, 1943-1954;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) This is a collection facsimiles of military and literary documents from the U.S. Army Institute of Military History in Carlisle, PA
Accession #6543.002

RG-24 Papers of Humer O. Williamson;
(2 boxes) (1 foot); Books, magazines, and news clippings on the life of General Douglas MacArthur; collected by an admirer

RG-25 Collection of Periodicals, Newspapers, News clippings, Speeches, 1898 to Present;
(90 feet) Complete files of Pacific Stars and Stripes and WWI Stars and Stripes, Nippon Times, text of MacArthur's speeches, scrapbooks from various sources.
Also on microfilm (Reels 960-977)

RG-26 Service Record and Papers of General Douglas MacArthur, USA, 1903- 1964;
(3 boxes) (1.5 feet) Includes 8 reels of 35mm microfilm; fitness reports, orders, correspondence, medical reports, autopsy, passport, history of assignments.
Accession #6679.000

RG-27 National Security Agency/CSS Cryptologic Documents from World War II;
(9 boxes) (4 feet) Facsimiles, including The Magic Background of Pearl Harbor, which is on the library shelves; lots of materials dealing with MacArthur's Codebreaking unit, Central Bureau

RG-28 Diary of Colonel Weldon E. Rhoades, USAAC, 1942-1945;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Colonel Rhoades was General MacArthur's WWII pilot. This is a facsimile of the diary, which was the basis for the book Flying MacArthur to Victory

RG-29 Papers of Major General Richard J. Marshall, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, SWPA;
(1 box) (6 inches) Deputy Chief of Staff to General MacArthur, 1942- 1945; mostly World War II photographs, personal records; typed draft of Morton's Fall of the Philippines

RG-29a Selected Papers of Major General Richard J. Marshall, USA, 1942-1945;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) Facsimiles of correspondence and reports from the collections of the United States Institute of Military History
Accession #6543.003

RG-29b Papers of Major General Richard J. Marshall, USA;
(1 boxes) (6 inches) Papers donated by the General's son in law, Colonel John Olson; newsclippings, general and special orders, memos from the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, with some references to earlier documents
Accession #6708.000

RG-29c Papers of Major General Richard J. Marshall, USA;
(6 boxes) (4 feet) Papers donated by the General's daughter containing diaries, personal and official correspondence, and materials relating to his duties as Deputy Chief of Staff, SWPA and SCAP
Accession #7541.000

RG-30 Papers of Lieutenant General Richard K. Sutherland, USA, Chief of Staff, SWPA, 1941-1945;
(45 boxes) (22.5 feet) LGEN Sutherland served as Chief of Staff in the SWPA. These facsimiles are from the collections of the National Archives. These materials complement General MacArthur's papers.
Also on Microfilm (Reels 1002-1041)

RG-31 Papers of Colonel C.E. Skoglund, USA, 1945-1951;
(8 boxes) (3.5 feet) Materials from the Occupation of Japan, but mostly official reports of Government Section, C.I.&E section, etc.; bound volumes of Contemporary Japan
Also on Microfilm (Reels 997-1001)

RG-32 Oral History Collection;
(7 Boxes) (4 Feet) Audio and transcripts of interviews with those who somehow were involved with the history of the MacArthur family and exploits, the Philippine Insurrection, World War I, World War II, the Allied Occupation of Japan and the Korean War.

RG-33 Papers of Colonel Charles L. Kades, 1948-1951;
(1 box and 5 bound volumes) (2 feet) Kades was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government Section, SCAP HQ. Some good materials on the writing of the Japanese Constitution are in here.

RG-34 Diary of Brigadier General Lewis C. Beebe, USA;
(1 Box) (2 1/2 inches) Beebe served as Deputy Chief of Staff, USAFFE, during the Bataan-Corregidor campaign. He was made a prisoner of war until August 1945. These papers are facsimiles from the collections of the U.S. Army Institute of Military History.
Accession #6543.004

RG-35 Selected Papers of Lieutenant General George Grunert, USA, 1920-1942;
(1 box) (5 inches) Grunert was the commander of the Philippine Department prior to the opening of WWII in the Pacific. These papers are facsimiles of correspondence and journals from the collections of the U.S. Army Institute of Military History.
Accession #6543.005

RG-36 Selected Papers of Lieutenant General Stephen J. Chamberlin, USA, 1942- 1946;
(1 box) (5 inches) MacArthur's G-3 in the Southwest Pacific Command, these are facsimiles of correspondence and reports from the collections of the U.S. Army Institute of Military History.
Accession #6543.006

RG-37 Papers of Major General Frank E. Lowe, 1950-1951;
(1 box) (5 inches) MGEN Lowe was Truman's personal representative and liaison with MacArthur's command during the Korean War. These papers are facsimiles of correspondence covering Lowe's presidential mission to Japan and Korea; from the collections of the U.S. Army Institute of Military History.
Accession #6543.007

RG-38 Selected Papers of Lieutenant General Edward M. Almond, USA, 1946-1951;
(9 boxes) (4 feet) Almond served as MacArthur's Chief of Staff, SCAP, and Commander of X Corps in the Korean War. These papers include facsimiles of correspondence and reports covering Almond's service under Douglas MacArthur, from the collections of the U.S. Army Institute of Military History.
Accession #6543.008

RG-39 Papers of Brigadier General Harold Palmer Howard, USA, 1897-1951;
(4 boxes) (2 feet) Correspondence, reports and original documents concerning Howard's service in the Philippines during the Spanish American War and the Philppine Insurrection. Included are photographs, maps, and the diary of Sgt.S.M. Thomas. Thomas was an African American who served in the all black 24th Infantry Regiment.
Accession #7040.000

RG-40 SCAP Files of Commander Alfred R. Hussey, USNR, SCAP Government Section, 1945-1948;
12 reels of 35mm microfilm from the University of Michigan containing the papers of this SCAP Government Section man that was a key architect of the Japanese Constitution. The collection includes materials on the Japanese Constitution, operations of the Government Section of SCAP; including John Bowden's critical bibliographical essay of his collection. Bowden's essay is also available as a finding aid.
Accession #6682.000

RG-41 Selected Papers of Lieutenant General Robert L. Eichelberger, USA, Commanding General, 8th Army, SWPA, USAFPAC, FECOM, 1942-1948;
(4 1/2 boxes) (2.5 feet) Eichelberger served as I Corps and 8th Army Commander in MacArthur's SWPA. These papers are facsimiles of his correspondence, reports, and memorandums selected from the Eichelberger papers held at the Perkins Library, Duke University.
Accession #6686.000

RG-42 Papers of Richard L. Henschel;
(8 boxes) (6 feet) Henschel was a photographer who aided journalist Clark Lee during the writing of the biography of MacArthur in 1952. Included were three boxes of correspondence, magazines and clippings and 5 boxes of photographs.
Accession #6721.000, #7968.001-262

RG-43 Papers of Weldon B. Hester;
(8 boxes) (6 feet) Hester served as Red Cross man attached to the 38th Division during the Luzon campaign in 1945. This collection consists of articles on General Douglas MacArthur, the Bataan campaign of 1941- 1942, the retaking of Corregidor in 1945, and the war in the Pacific. Also included are many of the papers of General E.M. Flanagan, author of many books about the 11th Airborne.
Also available on Microfilm Reels #1068-1069
Accession #6758.000

RG-44 Selected Papers of Brigadier General Bonner F. Fellers, USA, 1942-1946;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) Facsimiles of some of the papers of MacArthur's WWII Psy-War Chief and Military Secretary, which are held at the Hoover Institute of War and Peace at Stanford University. These documents include various operational reports, copies of official correspondence, but emphasize propaganda and psychological warfare vis a vis Japan.

RG-44a Papers of Brigadier General Bonner F. Fellers, USA, Military Secretary to MacArthur, SWPA, SCAP, 1913-1972;
(8 boxes) (4 Feet) Facsimiles copied from the originals held by Feller's daughter including personal and official correspondence 1918-1971; letters to his wife and daughter 1937-1964; documents concerning MacArthur's term as Military Advisor to the Philippine Commonwealth, SWPA, Psy-War in the Pacific, and the Occupation of Japan. Highlights are the insight provided into the world of SCAP, GHQ Tokyo.
Also available on microfilm

RG-45 Papers of Colonel Laurence Elliot Bunker, USA, Aide de Camp to General MacArthur, 1943-1977; (13 boxes) (8.5 feet) The correspondence, clippings, magazines and books of MacArthur's aide (1945-1954) contains personal and business matters, oral reminiscences, information about the MacArthur Memorial, and General and Mrs. MacArthur. Most important is Bunker’s transcript of General MacArthur and President Truman’s Wake Island Conference of October 1950.
Accession #7601.000

RG-46 Papers of Lt. Paul P. Rogers, USA, Chief Clerk, GHQ, SWPA, 1941-1989;
(11 boxes) (5 feet) Secretary to LGEN Sutherland during WWII in the USAFFE and SWPA commands, Rogers was the only enlisted man hauled off Corregidor with MacArthur's escape party in March 1942. Rogers' collection includes diaries, correspondence, typescripts or articles, photographs, and the manuscript for MacArthur and Sutherland.
Also on Microfilm Reels #1055-1061
Accession #6879.000

RG-47 Papers of Helen Hosp Seamans, Civil Information and Education Section, SCAP;
(1 box) (5 inches) Dr. Seamans served with the Civil Information and Education Section of SCAP, Education Division. The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence, lecture notes, diaries, and notebooks dealing with women's issues during the Occupation of Japan.
Accession #6881.000

RG-48 Papers of Joseph M. Dodge;
(1 box) Dodge served as financial consultant to SCAP and was the reorganizer of Japanese banking during the Occupation. These facsimiles of selected documents were obtained from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library.

RG-49 D. Clayton James Collection;
(9 boxes) (4 feet) This is the MacArthur biographer's collection or oral histories of key staff and contemporaries of MacArthur' Southwest Pacific Area, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers and Far East Commands. This collection contains audio and transcripts.
Accession #7048.000

RG-50 Papers of Philip M. Brower, Archivist, MacArthur Memorial, 1966-1971;
(17 boxes) (8.5 feet) Brower was the first archivist at the MacArthur Memorial. His collection includes correspondence concerning the MacArthur Memorial and the MacArthur Foundation. The majority of the collection is Brower's research for a book about MacArthur's presidential campaigns.
Accession #7060.000

RG-51 Papers of Captain Arthur MacArthur III, USN;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Facsimiles collected from many institutions concerning MacArthur's older brother.

RG-52 Papers of William J. Dunn, CBS News;
(3 boxes) (1.5 feet) Facsimiles of radio transcripts by CBS Correspondent Bill Dunn. Dunn made the Leyte landing with MacArthur in October 1944.

RG-53 Papers of Lt. Col. Wendell W. Fertig, USA, 10th Military District, 1935-1977;
(21 boxes) (15 feet) Fertig was the guerrilla commander on Mindanao, 10th Military District, during WWII. Purchased from the Fertig family this collection contains diaries, reports, correspondence, manuscripts, newspapers, articles, and photographs. Included are the personal reminiscences of many of American Guerrillas of Mindanao and the original plates for the John Keats book They Fought Alone.
Accession #7540.000

RG-54 Diaries of General George C. Kenney, USAAC, 1941-1945;
(3 boxes) (1.5 feet) Facsimiles of the diaries of MacArthur's air chief during WWII, 8 December 1941-15 September 1945; obtained from the Office of Air Force History, Bolling AFB.
Accession #7697.000

RG-55 Papers of Robert M. Schoevers;
(6 Boxes) (3 Feet) Schoevers was a prisoner of war during WWII, forced to work on the Burma Siam railway. His collection includes personal reminiscences and artifacts from his time as a POW. The bulk of Mr. Schoevers collection is commemorative stamps, coins, magazines, and video collections concerning WWII. See book and video catalogue for the immense amount of materials donated.

RG-56 Papers of CWO George Yount, USA, 1945-1964;
(4 boxes) (2 feet) Yount served as MacArthur's mess officer from 1945 until the General's death in 1964. He was the custodian of all materials transported from New York City to Norfolk for the creation of the MacArthur Memorial. The collection included documents, a large collection of photographs, and artifacts (see Curator's collection).
Accession #7542.000

RG-58 Papers of Commander Charles "Chick" Parsons, USNR, SPYRON, 1943- 1945;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Parsons was a key organizer and supplier of guerrillas in
the Philippines during World War II. The collection includes correspondence, reports, and notes.
Accession #7145.000

RG-59 Papers of Lt. Col. Louis J. Bowler, USA, Harbor Defense Command, Prisoner of War, 1942-1945;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) Bowler was in the Harbor Defense Command during the Corregidor campaign. He was captured and this collection is the typescript of his POW diary and notes. Also included is a history of the 10th Military District. Bowler's brother, Robert, served as a divisional commander under Wendell Fertig on Mindanao.
Accession #7698.000

RG-60 Papers of Sgt. Peter Grodsky Grant, USA, 1942-1945;
(3 boxes) (1.5 feet) Grant was a reporter for the Southwest Pacific Area Daily News during WWII and Pacific Stars and Stripes during the Occupation of Japan. This collection is his letters home during WWII.
Accession #7699.000

RG-61 Papers of Colonel Jack Napier, USA, SCAP Government Section, 1945-1948;
Napier was the Executive Officer of the SCAP Government Section under General Whitney during the Occupation of Japan. He was instrumental in the purge and these documents related to the identifying of militarists, communists, etc.
Accession #7649.000

RG-62 Papers of Ed Dennis, Small Ships Fleet, USATC, SWPA;
(4 boxes) (2 feet) Dennis served with the U.S. Army Transportation Corps’ Small Ships Fleet in the Southwest Pacific during the early days of the New Guinea campaign in the SWPA. This collection of manuscripts, diaries, photographs, and memorabilia gives a complete account of “MacArthur’s Navy,” the Small Ships Fleet.
Accession #7653.000

RG-63 Papers of Colonel Edward Imparato, USAAC-USAF, 1942-1998;
(4 boxes) (2 feet) Imparato flew the first plane into Atsugi to begin the Occupation of Japan. He was also a writer about air operations in the SWPA and Douglas MacArthur. This collection includes photographs, manuscripts, and research materials for his books.
Accession #7778.001-013

RG-64 Papers of Captain James Salango, Chaplain, USA, 1942-1946;
(3 boxes)(1.5 feet) Salango was a chaplain in the Southwest Pacific Area who advanced to Japan at War's end. This collection of his correspondence gives great insight into the early days of the Allied Occupation of Japan and conditions there.
Accession #7788.000

RG-65 Selected Documents of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East;
(6 boxes) (3 feet) This is a collection of original documents donated to Southern Connecticut University. It includes many of the transcripts from the IMTFE.

RG-66 Papers of Colonel Earl Short, USA, 31st Infantry, Prisoner of War, 1917- 1997;
(3 boxes) (4.5 feet) Short served on MacArthur's staff during his stint as Military Advisor to the Philippine Commonwealth. He transferred to the 31st Infantry before the war and was captured on Corregidor with its fall in May 1942. The collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, documents and Short's diary as a POW.
Accession #7777.001-005

RG-67 Papers of Sgt. Leon Beck, USA, 31st Infantry Regiment, 1942-1995;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) Beck was a 31st Infantry veteran who escaped during the Bataan Death March and became a guerrilla on Luzon during WWII. Included in this collection are lists of POWS, information on guerrilla activities and correspondence concerning Beck's discrediting of imposters.

RG-68 Papers of Brigadier General Sloan S. Auchinchloss, USA, Signal Corps, SWPA, 1941-1946;
(1 oversize box) (2.5 shelf feet) Auchinchloss served with Akin's codebreakers in the Southwest Pacific Area during WWII. This is a collection of 69 loose prints and 4 photo albums from the period.
Accession #7755.001-073

RG-69 Papers of Laurence I. Hewes, Jr.;
(3 boxes) (1.5 feet) Hewes served with the Land Reform program during the Occupation. These papers include photographs and documents concerning Land Reform in Japan.
Accession #7754.001-089

RG-70 Papers of Major Clarence E. Vogelgesang, USAAC-USAF, 1944-1952;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Vogelgesang served as the radio operator aboard MacArthur's command airplanes during the Occupation of Japan and the Korean War. This collection includes radio logs and flight records as well as many photographs.
Accession #7745.000

RG-71 Papers of John H. Nicholson, USN, Naval Air Transport Service;
(3 boxes) (2.5 ft.) This is a collection of newspapers concerning the Bonus March of 1932 and World War II. Also included are some items concerning the Pan Am Clipper service that Nicholson worked for in the prewar era.
Accession #7796.001-090

RG-72 Papers of Frederic S. Marquardt, Office of War Information;
(6 boxes) (4.5 ft.) This is a large collection of materials concerning the war in the Philippines during World War II from this newspaperman who worked with OWI in the SWPA. Included is correspondence, psy-war leaflets, reports, Voice of Freedom broadcasts, newspapers, and memorabilia.
Accession # 6709.000; 6809.000, 6890.000, 6916.000

RG-73 Papers of Lt. Arthur H. Leonard, USA, Quartermaster 3rd Air Depot Group, CBI, 1942-1945;

RG-74 Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Paul I. "Pappy" Gunn, USAAC, SWPA;
(1 box) (.5 feet) Gunn was the genius of aviation in the Southwest Pacific Area, creating technology and techniques for the air war in the Pacific. This is a collection of scrapbooks, correspondence, news clippings, and photographs.
Accession #7951.001

RG-75 Papers of Brigadier General Elliott R. Thorpe, USA, Counter Intelligence Corps, SWPA/SCAP;
(8 boxes) (4 shelf feet) Thorpe was the Counter Intelligence Chief for SWPA and the early days of Occupied Japan. This collection reflects his service in prewar Java, Australia, and Japan. Included are all his correspondence, photographs, and reports.
Accession #7952.001-.497

RG-76 Papers of Major Joseph Losee, 508 Military Police Battalion, ETO;
(1 Box) (1.5 feet) Losee was a professional baseball player prior to World War II. One of his early assignments was as the coach of the Schoffield Barracks, HI, baseball team. His wartime service was with the 508th, 1st Army in the European Theater of Operations. This is a large collection of images from his service in World War II, predominantly slides.
Accession #7899.000

RG-77 Papers of Colonel Donald D. Hoover, USA, Civil Censorship Detachment, SCAP;
(1 box) (.5 ft.) Hoovers served with Counter Intelligence in SWPA under Col. Elliott Thorpe and was chief of the Civil Censorship Detachment, USAFPAC, SCAP, from September 1945 to the early part of 1946. The collection includes manuals on censorship, psychological warfare materials, correspondence of the CCD, and documents concerning censorship in Occupied Japan.
Accession #7962.001-544

RG-78 Papers of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Pennino, USA, Public Information Office, FECOM;
(2 boxes) (1 foot) Pennino served with the 7th Armored Division in the ETO during WWII. He served with MacArthur's Public Information Office with the Far East Command during the Occupation of Japan and the Korean War. The collection contains documents of the PIO, and publications of the SCAP C.I. and E., E.S.S., N.R.S., and P.H. and W. sections. Also included are photographs, journals, maps, and periodicals reflecting on Pennino's time in Japan.
Accession #6570.001-227

RG-79 Papers of Major General Spencer B. Akin, USA, Chief Signal Officer, USAFFE, SWPA;
(6 boxes) (3 feet) Major General Akin, 1898-1973, served as MacArthur’s Chief Signal Officer from the Philippines Campaign of 1941-1942 until the early days of the Occupation of Japan. As Chief Signal Officer he was also in charge of code breaking activities in the SWPA. This collection has two important writings of MGEN Akin concerning the breaking of codes in the SWPA during World War II. Also included is a large collection of glass plate slides of the early days of Occupied Japan and captured Japanese War Art.
Also on Microfilm Reel #947
Accession #7971.001-262

RG-80 Papers of George V.T. Burgess, Treasurer, Overseas Consultants Inc;
(2 Boxes) (.6 shelf feet) George Burgess served with Overseas Consultants Inc., and was part of the Clifford Strike Committee that came to Japan to investigate industrial reparations in Allied Occupied Japan. The collection contains reparations reports of the O.C.I., the Strike Committee, and Edwin Pauley. There are also 170 slide images of Occupied Japan, Hiroshima, and other Japanese scenes.
Also on Microfilm Reel #951
Accession #7066.001-202

RG-81 Papers of 15th and 20th Weather Squadrons, SWPA;
(3 boxes) (1.5 shelf feet) The 15th and 20th Weather Squadrons operated dozens of weather stations in MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific Area, including Japanese occupied areas, during World War II as part of the U.S. Army Air Corps and Far East Air Force. These papers were donated by their Reunion Association and contain official histories, individual histories, official orders and correspondence, reunion correspondence, and photographs.
Accession #7978.001-305

RG-82 Papers of 2nd Lieutenant J. Phelps Harding, USA, 165th Infantry, 42nd Infantry Division, 1917-1919;
(1 box) (.25 shelf feet) Harding was an intelligence officer with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 165th Infantry, Rainbow Division. The collection includes original documents, correspondence, photographs, and printed materials relating to the Rainbow Division in World War I and the Occupation of Germany. Harding’s excellent two volume manuscript, My War, is also included packed with photos, maps, and memorabilia. See the curatorial records for artifacts.
Also on Microfilm Reel #952
Accession #6560.001-.022

RG-83 Papers of Lieutenant William E. Severe, USA, 117th Trench Mortar Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division, 1917-1918;
(1 box) (.25 shelf feet) Severe served with the Rainbow Division in the Baccarat Sector of France during World War I, where he was gassed on May 27,. 1918. This is a collection of photo albums, and Rainbow Division reunion scrapbooks. The photo albums contain many images of Severe’s service as a Sanitary Inspector with the 4th New York Field Hospital during the Mexican Punitive Expedition. See curatorial files for artifacts.
Also on Microfilm Reel #956
Accession #7584.000-7586.000

RG-84 Papers of Corporal Jacob Landis Denlinger, USA, 151st Machine Gun Co., 42nd Infantry Division, 1917-1918;
(.25 shelf feet) Stanley served with the 42nd Division in World War I from the campaigns in the Baccarat sector through the Meuse Argonne and Occupation of Germany. This is a collection of correspondence, maps, photographs, publications and scrapbooks of his experience in the First World War.
Also on Microfilm Reel #956
Accession #7559.001-085

RG-85 Papers of Private Cleon Stanley, USA, 117th Signal Battalion, 42nd Infantry Division, 1917-1918;
(.25 shelf feet) Denlinger served with the 42nd Division from the campaigns in the Baccarat sector through the Meuse Argonne. Prior to his World War I service, Denlinger served on the Mexican border during the Punitive expedition of 1916-1917. This is a large collection of Mexican border and World War I photographs, and printed materials.
Accession #6624.001-008, 6625.001-002, 7558.001-003

RG-86 Papers of Sgt. Charles E. McCord, USA, 167th Infantry, 42nd Infantry Division, 1917-1918;
(.25 shelf feet) O’Dougherty was the battalion adjutant for the 3rd Bn., 167th Infantry and served with the Rainbow from the San Mihiel through the Argonne campaign during World War I. This is a collection of official correspondence, field orders, maps, and field manuals for trench warfare and weapons care. See curatorial files for artifacts.
Also on microfilm reel #955
Accession #6617.001-015

RG-87 Papers of 2nd Lieutenant E. F. O'Dougherty, USA, 167th Infantry, 42nd Infantry Division;
(3 boxes) (1.5 shelf feet) Sgt. Homer Gardner served with the 168th Infantry Regiment, Iowa National Guard, through all the Rainbow Division campaigns of World War I. This collection contains a complete set of the Rainbow Reveille newsletter of the Rainbow Division Veterans Association. Also included are official documents, journals, periodicals, maps, photographs, and publications concerning the Rainbow Division and the First World War.
Also on microfilm reel #949
Accession #7907.001-.071

RG-88 Papers of Sgt. Homer Gardner, USA, 168th Infantry, 42nd Infantry Division, 1917-1918;
(1 folder) McCord was the bugler for the 167th Infantry, formerly the Alabama National Guard, with the AEF in World War I. This piece is a monograph he wrote of his encounter with General MacArthur during the Meuse Argonne campaign in late September 1918. McCord believed he had saved the life of MacArthur, and the General concurred in a letter to McCord’s wife.
Also on microfilm reel #955

RG-89 Papers of 1st Lieutenant Rex Townshend, USA, 29th Engineers, 1917-1918;
(7 folders) Townshend was a mapmaker with the 29th Engineers, which supplied maps to the AEF in World War I France. This is a collection of orders, correspondence, maps, printed materials, and memoranda in the French and English language.
Also on microfilm reel #947

RG-90 Papers of Private James J. Dinardo, USA, 303rd Ammunition Train, 78th Infantry Division, 1917-1918;
(1 folder) DiNardo was a truck driver for the 303rd Ammunition Train in France during the First World War. Included in this collection are documents and memorabilia from his service. See curator collections for artifacts and equipment.
Also on microfilm reel #941
Accession #6604.000-6609.000

RG-91 Papers of Pfc. George T. Moore, USA, 313th Infantry Regiment, 1917-1918;
(1 folder) Photographs and memorabilia from Moore’s service in World War I; especially interesting are documents relating to the World War I veteran’s bonus of 1936.
Accession #7874.001-026

RG-92 Papers of Corporal Frank J. Creedon, USA, 290th Military Police Co.,  AEF, 1917-1918;
(1 folder) Correspondence, Maps, Photographs, Printed Materials and publications relating to Creedon’s service in World War I. See curator files for artifacts and equipment.
Accession #7163.004-018

RG-93 Papers of Sergeant Bobo Burnett, USA, 117th Engineers, 42nd Rainbow Division,  AEF, 1917-1918;
(5 Folders) Sgt. Burnett enlisted in the U.S. Army in October 1917 and was in France one month later. His collection includes correspondence, journals, periodicals, and memorabilia of his service.

RG-94 Papers of PFC. Harry C. Kendall, 151st Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Rainbow Division, AEF, 1917-1918;
(1 box) (.5 shelf feet) Harry Kendall was a native of Macon, Georgia, and joined the National Army upon America’s entry into World War I. This collection reflects on his service with the 151st Machine Gun Bn., from Camp Mills, NY, to the Occupation of Germany. This collection contains correspondence, journals, periodicals, and photographs.
Also on Microfilm Reel #942

RG-95 Papers of Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II, 1909-1997;
(3 boxes) (1.5 shelf feet) Douglas MacArthur II was the son of Captain Arthur MacArthur, USN, elder brother of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. He served with the US State Department and as Ambassador to Japan, Austria, Belgium and Iran during his career. This is a collection of all his official papers, addresses, and speeches, and correspondence during his career. A good collection of family and official photos are also represented.

RG-96 Papers of Sgt. Ozzie Dixon, 3rd Pursuit Squadron, USAAC, USAFFE, Prisoner of War;
(1 box) (.5 shelf feet) Dixon was at Iba Field during the first day of the war in the Philippines. His unit was put on Bataan, but like many other little about his whereabouts are known for the rest of the war. His unit members did not remember seeing him in the Death March or at Camp O’Donnell, but he was remembered as dying at Bilibid Prison, Manila, in about July 1942. This collection is the documentation of the family’s search into the disappearance and recovery of Ozzie Dixon. The collection contains correspondence, clippings and photographs.
Accession #8007.001-8007.260

RG-97 Papers of Michael Cavanaugh, Historian, 6th VA Infantry, C.S.A.;
(2 boxes) (1 shelf foot) Michael Cavanaugh wrote the history of the 6th Virginia Infantry of the Army of Northern Virginia. This collection contains all the research materials generated while writing the book. It contains correspondence, journals, periodicals, and other source materials. The manuscript and hardback copy of his work 6th Virginia Infantry are also included.
Accession #8009-001-470

RG-98 Papers of Fay Bailey, Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 1942-1959;
(3.5 shelf feet) The Bailey Family was interned at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in the Philippines from January 1942- March 1945. Fay Bailey was an employee of the National City Bank of New York, Manila Branch. Along with all other Americans in Manila, he and his family were taken into Japanese custody in early 1942. In camp, Fay Bailey supervised the purchase of camp supplies. This collection reveals life for a civilian family locked up in Santo Tomas Internment Camp under Japanese domination.
Accession #7858.001-024

RG-99 Papers of Robert F. Malburg, Police Investigator, Public Safety Division, SCAP, 1946-1949;
(2 boxes) (2 shelf feet) Malburg was a policeman who went to Japan to help reform the Japanese police system. This collection contains his notebooks and correspondence concerning his investigations. Also included is a lot of memorabilia picked up by an occupationaire, including maps, tourist items, phonograph records, etc.
Accession #8021.001-.141

RG-100 Papers of Lt. Col. Donald M. Nugent, USMC, Chief, Civil Information and Education Section, SCAP, 1945-1951;
Lt. Colonel Donald Nugent was head of the Civil Information and Education section in Japan during the Allied Occupation, which dealt predominantly with education and religious issues during the Occupation. He was in charge of the reorganization of the Japanese education system, including the formation of coed schools and the removal of militaristic teachings from the curriculum. Lt. Col. Nugent’s papers were acquired by the MacArthur Memorial through an eBay auction.
Accession #8022.001-214

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