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Box MSS 84-8c, Box 77

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Contains 3 Results:

Civil War Affairs Division: First Army: Memoranda, reports, etc 1944, 1944

 File — Box: MSS 84-8c, Box 77
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During World War II Dillard was quickly promoted from major to colonel. In late 1943 and early 1944 he served as director of training with the Civil Affairs Division of the First Army in England preparing for the aftermath of the invasion of France. His records of this work were filed in a box that he kept at the Law School, perhaps because for a number of years the papers were classified. The box was discovered by a secretary in a 1988 renovation move and transferred to the Archives.

Dates: 1944

S.H.A.E.F. Field Handbook of Civil Affairs: France, 1943-12

 File — Box: MSS 84-8c, Box 77
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During World War II Dillard was quickly promoted from major to colonel. In late 1943 and early 1944 he served as director of training with the Civil Affairs Division of the First Army in England preparing for the aftermath of the invasion of France. His records of this work were filed in a box that he kept at the Law School, perhaps because for a number of years the papers were classified. The box was discovered by a secretary in a 1988 renovation move and transferred to the Archives.

Dates: 1943-12