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Found a list of all the goodies stored at the Eisenhower Museum in KS

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<ratz> you found my secret source :o


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Three gold stars. Go to the head of the class my child! Blessings and hugs.

 

I found the following amongst others:

 

Engineers units can be found in boxes 552-747

 

Box 709 - 2827, 2828 and 2829 for the 36th Engineers

Box 710 - 2832 and 2833 for the 540th Engineers

Box 716 - 540th Engineer Combat Group

Box 714-715 - 39th Engineer Combat Group

Box 575 - 48th Engineer Bn

 

This is a real treasure!

 

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Marion J Chard
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Cool, eh?

 

Now if I was just closer to KS! LOL !



   
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I read the instructions on their page and they handle the procurement of documents the same way NARA does. You go there yourself, write to obtain, or hire a student or private researcher to scan and send them to you.

 

Since I won't be going to Kansas in the near future...


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I sure wish I could go there. This amazing. Found 2 units I have been researching. Got to figure out if I know anyone out there to help me out.



   
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Best of luck in that venture. Where there's a will there's a way.


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I conducted my research here. I have no complaints. The staff was helpful, and pleasant to talk with. For the unit I was researching (24 Armored Engineers), they only had part of the records. They said rest were at Collage Park, or thrown away ( I hope not :pdt: ). I'm not sure if this is the same with other units though.

I know they have all the original maps from Market Garden. :pdt12:



   
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Walts Daughter
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College Park has a tremendous facility. That is where I acquired about 2000 pages of materials on my father's unit.


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