| [PHOTOGRAPH, B&W, (W.S.) BEDROOM, TWO SINGLE BEDS TOGETHER UNDER ORNATE HEADBOARD WITH A CHEST AT FOOT AND NIGHT TABLES FLANKING, TWO UPHOLSTERED CHAIRS WITH TABLE BETWEEN IN FRONT OF LARGE WINDOW, CRYSTAL CHANDELIER] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH, COLOR, (W.S.) BACK OF LARGE WHITE HOUSE WITH BLACK SHUTTERS AND GARDENS, LARGE RED MAPLE TREE ON RIGHT, WALKWAY IN CENTER OF GARDEN TO BACK VERANDA OF HOUSE] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH, B&W, (FS) ARMY OFFICER[POLK] IN DRESS UNIFORM HOLDING HAT IN RIGHT HAND, TALKING TO OLDER WOMAN WITH GLASSES AND HAT HOLDING COAT AND LONG STEM FLOWERS, TWO MEN AND A WOMAN CONVERSING IN BACKGROUND] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH, B&W, 4-SHOT, FOUR WOMEN STANDING, FROM LEFT, 1 HOLDING AMERICAN RED CROSS PAMPHLET [MRS. LAIRD], 1 IN RED CROSS UNIFORM [JOEY POLK], 1 IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES LISTENING TO FOURTH WOMAN IN WHITE RED CROSS UNIFORM IN OFFICE ROOM] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH EXCERPT, B&W, (FS) WOMAN IN WHITE RED CROSS UNIFORM STANDING, HOLDING PURSE IN LEFT HAND, LOOKING TO THE RIGHT] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH, B&W, LOW ANGLE, 7-SHOT, MEN STANDING ON PLATFORM, PRESIDENT KENNEDY TALKING TO MAN IN SUIT, 3 OFFICERS IN DRESS UNIFORM IN BACKGROUND, MAN IN SUIT TO LEFT OF KENNEDY, OLDER MAN IN SUIT AND WAVING TO THE FAR RIGHT] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH, B&W, 4 STAR GENERAL JOHNSON SHAKING HANDS WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK IN AN OFFICE, AUTOGRAPHED "TO JIM POLK, WITH `HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS, GENERAL JOHNSON" |
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| [DISASSEMBLED SCRAPBOOK] |
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| [DISASSEMBLED SCRAPBOOK] |
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| [NEWSPRINT]"NO LITTLE BIG HORN IN BERLIN, SAYS COMMNDANT, GENERAL POLK IS VISITOR IN EL PASO" |
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| [NEWSPRINT] "GENERAL JAMES POLK: HE GETS THINGS DONE" |
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| [NEWSPRINT] "RED GUNS BLOCK ROAD TO BERLIN" |
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| [NEWSPRINT] "BEHIND U.S.-SOVIET STRUGGLE AT THE CHECKPOINT" |
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| [NEWSPRINT] "THREE STAR VISIT" |
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| [NEWSPRINT] "U.S. COMMANDER IN BERLIN AN IMPERTURBABLE FIGHTER" |
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| [CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO GENERAL JAMES HILLIARD POLK] |
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| [NEWSPRINT] "GENERAL POLK. WIFE RETURN TO GERMANY, FORMER V CORPS COMMANDING GENERAL ASSUMES ROLE AS DEPUTY C-IN-C AT SEVENTH ARMY" |
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| [NEWSPRINT] ROLLING REVIEW, VOLUME 7, NUMBER 10 |
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| [MAGAZINE ARTICLE] GEN. POLK '33, USAREUR COMMANDER, 1967-71, HONORED WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN TEXAS |
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| [CARD FROM JOEY TO JIMMY] |
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| [REPORT] 1991 ARMY LEADERSHIP SEMINAR |
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| [REPORT] 1991 ARMY LEADERSHIP SEMINAR |
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| [TRANSCRIPT OF GENERAL JAMES H. POLK ANSWERING QUESTIONS DURING "ELEMENTS OF COMMAND" AT THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE] |
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| [DAILY LOG] |
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| [GUEST BOOK WITH SIGNATURES FROM ATTENDEES AT VARIOUS USCOB SOCIAL FUNCTIONS] |
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| [GUEST BOOK WITH SIGNATURES FROM ATTENDEES AT VARIOUS V CORPS SOCIAL FUNCTIONS] |
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| [ENVELOPE] XVIII ENVELOPE 4 OF 4, COPIES OF DIGNITARIES TO JHP SIGNED BY DIGNITARIES. - DEC 1960 - FEB 1992. 194 LETTERS TOTAL, 50 THIS ENVELOPE, INDEXED ALPHABETICALLY |
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| [LIST] LETTERS TO GENERAL POLK |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. RODER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING APPRECIATION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN COMMAND AND SAARLAND GOVERNMENT, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLIAM P. ROGERS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR FREDERICK ROSIER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND FAREWELL, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL M. ROUTIER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF SOUVENIR FROM VISIT TO QUARTERS, COMMENDATION OF POLK AND HIS ARMY] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR KENNETH RUSH TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING COMMENDATION OF WORK IN EUROPE, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM AMBASSADOR KENNETH RUSH TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATIONS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL JOHN D. RYAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND EXERCISE "REFORGER II"] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM HELMUT SCHMIDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF SPEECH FROM GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT AWARD CEREMONY, WITH ATTACHMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. GERHARD SCHRODER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING END OF SCHRODER'S DUTIES, THANKS FOR COOPERATION WITH GERMAN FORCES, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM P. W. SEGERS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR DINNER INVITATION, INTEREST IN EXERCISE "REFORGER II", WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER TO JOSEPHINE POLK REGARDING REGRETS UNABLE TO ATTEND LUNCHEON] |
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| [COPY] [NOTE FROM FREDERICK L. SIEBERT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING MR. LINEN, PRESIDENT OF TIME, INCORPORATED] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PAUL SIEGEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF RECORDING] |
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| [COPY] [POST CARD FROM PAUL SIEGEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING WHITE HOUSE VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GERARD C. SMITH TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON NEW APPOINTMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK TO GERARD C. SMITH REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATORY NOTE] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. HANS SPEIDEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. HANS SPEIDEL TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING (SPEIDEL'S) ACCOMPANIMENT OF GERMAN PRESIDENT ON FLIGHT TO BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ARCHBISHOP FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR KIND LETTER REGARDING SYLVANUS THAYER AWARD NOMINATION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN STEINBECK TO GENERAL AND MRS. JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY IN BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN STENNIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY DURING VISIT TO COMMAND, BRIEFINGS, COMMENDATION OF COLONEL J. P. O'CALLAGHAN AND MAJOR A. T. SCHMITH] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ADLAI E. STEVENSON TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR COURTESIES IN BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM STRAUSS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF JOINT GERMAN-AMERICAN USE OF CHIEMSEE RASTHAUS, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM STUART SYMINGTON TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING NOTICE OF KANSAS CITY STAR CORRESPONDENT JOHN R. CAULEY'S UPCOMING EUROPE VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM MAXWELL D. TAYLOR TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FREEDOM BELL PLAQUE CEREMONY, BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LUTHER L. TERRY TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR NICE NOTE, UPCOMING BERLIN VISIT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PRINCE THURN UND TAXIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE OFFICE OF PRINCE OF THURN UND TAXIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR ASH TRAY, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN G. TOWER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER AND COPY OF EAST GERMAN COMMUNIST PUBLICATION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CYRUS R. VANCE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY AT COMMAND] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WILLEM DEN TOOM TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND EXERCISE "REFORGER II"] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM WERNHER VON BRAUN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM KARL-GUNTHER VON HASE TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR KIND WORDS UPON APPOINTMENT AS GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PHIL WEAVER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY DURING DIVISION VISIT, GRAFENWOHR] |
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| [COPY] [DISTRIBUTION LETTER FROM PHIL WEAVER TO DISTRIBUTION REGARDING BERLIN, FOREIGN POLICY, DEFENSE, DOMESTIC PROBLEMS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM ADMIRAL W. F. A. WENDT TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING UNABLE TO ATTEND FAREWELL CEREMONY, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL W. C. WESTMORELAND TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATORY LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL EARLE G. WHEELER TO MAJOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR CONGRATULATORY NOTE] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL EARLE G. WHEELER TO MAJOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON PROMOTION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EARLE G. WHEELER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCCESS OF COMMAND IN BERLIN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EARL G. WHEELER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING FORWARDING OF COMMENDATION OF POLK'S TEAM, IRANIANS] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM GENERAL JAMES H. POLK TO GENERAL EARL G. WHEELER REGARDING THANKS FOR COMMENDATION OF POLK'S TEAM, IRAN] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM EARL G. WHEELER TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER, SUPPORT OF EPSILON I-69] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM DR. GEORG-AUGUST ZINN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR COOPERATION, WELL-WISHES FOR RETIREMENT, WITH ATTACHMENT (TRANSLATION)] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM M. TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON PROMOTION] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM PRINCE THURN UND TAXIS TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THANKS FOR LETTER] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM "AUNT POLLY" TO ESTHER AND HARDING POLK REGARDING CONGRATULATIONS ON BABY (JAMES)] |
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| [COPY] [CERTIFICATE FROM WOLVERINE AND ARIZONA MINING COMPANY FOR J. A. MCCALLUM DENOTING STOCK SHARES OWNERSHIP] |
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| [ENVELOPE] XVII FUNERAL/OBITUARY/EULOGY MATERIAL, 10 CLIPPINGS, 5 EULOGIES, 1 LETTER, 2 PROGRAMS. |
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| [PROGRAM] FIDDLER'S GREEN MEMORIAL CEREMONY, U. S. HORSE CAVALRY ASSOCIATION, 4 OCTOBER 1992 |
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| [PROGRAM] FIDDLER'S GREEN MEMORIAL CEREMONY, U. S. HORSE CAVALRY ASSOCIATION, 4 OCTOBER 1992 |
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| [ARTICLE] "GEN. JAMES H. POLK, 80, IS DEAD; LED U.S. ARMY IN EUROPE IN 60'S" |
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| [ARTICLE] "GEN. POLK WAS LAST HORSE CAVALRY LEADER" |
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| [PROGRAM] MEMORIAL SERVICE, GEN JAMES H. POLK, 13 DEC 1911 - 18 FEB 1992 [WITH ATTACHMENTS] |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "POLK LOVED 'HIS SOLDIERS AND ARMY LIFE' " |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "POLK LOVED 'HIS SOLDIERS AND ARMY LIFE' " |
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| [ARTICLE] "WORLD WAR II HERO MOURNED" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "BELATED THANKS TO WONDERFUL LIBERATORS" |
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| [ARTICLE] "RETIRED 4-STAR - A CAVALRY LEGEND - DIES IN EL PASO" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "GENERAL DECORATED BY PATTON REMEMBERED FOR MILITARY SERVICE" |
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| [COPY] [ARTICLE] "MILITARY PAYS TRIBUTE TO DECORATED CAVALRY GENERAL" |
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| GENERAL JAMES H. POLK EULOGY BY CHARLES H. LEAVELL, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 |
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| [COPY] MEDITATION GIVEN BY THE REV. ROBERT T. GIBSON, MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK, FEBRUARY 21, 1992 |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM CHAPLAIN (COLONEL) RICHARD N. DONOVAN TO MRS. JAMES H. POLK (JOSEPHINE) REGARDING FORWARDING OF REMARKS AT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK'S FUNERAL, WITH ATTACHMENT] |
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| [COPY] [EULOGY FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK BY MAJOR GENERAL DON LIONETTI, FORT MYER CHAPEL] |
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| [COPY] [EULOGY FOR GENERAL JAMES H. POLK BY MAJOR GENERAL GILDENBURGH] |
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| [COPY] [PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE FROM RONALD REAGAN TO GENERAL JAMES H. POLK REGARDING THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR HIM (POLK) TO GET WELL SOON] |
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| [BIRTHDAY CARD FROM EIGHTH INFANTRY DIVISION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES H. POLK] |
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| [CERTIFICATE] 2D BATTLE GROUP SIXTH INFANTRY, LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP |
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| [ENVELOPE] VII GROUP OF 10 B&W PHOTOS RELATING TO JHP'S DUTY W/3D ARMORED DIV., FIRST AS CHIEF OF STAFF, THEN AS ASS'T DIV. COMMANDER, 1956 |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - THREE ROWS OF OFFICERS IN A BUILDING AT FORT KNOX, FOR BUFFETT DINNER IN HONOR OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN W. WILLEMS (FRONT ROW, CENTER)] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - FIVE OFFICERS VIEWING A PRESENTATION BY A SIXTH MAN, CHART VISIBLE IN LEFT FRAME] |
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| [PHOTOGRAPH - GENERAL HENRY "HAWK" HODES WALKING IN LUXEMBOURG, TOWER, BYSTANDERS, CAR IN BACKGROUND] |
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