Personal- Report of Action on the Siegfried Line, January, 1945

File — Box: 23, Folder: 12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection is divided into 20 series:

Personal (1938-1997) 201 (Personnel) Files (1942-1970) SAWS (1960s-1982) Journals (1971-1989) World War II Service (1943-1945) Fort Benning I (1945-1946) Berlin (1946-1949) Fort Benning II (1950-1952) Korea (1952-1953) Fort Campbell (1954-1955) Fort Leavenworth (1956-1959) Turkey/NATO (1959-1961) RDTF (Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation) (Weapons Systems) (1961-1962) Secretary of Defense Division of System Analysis (1962-1963) Fort Ord (1964-1967) Bureau of the Budget (1967-1969) RAND (1969-1972) Blue Ribbon Panel Intrec (1972-) Miscellaneous Materials Audio-visual materials (1940s-1980s) 1930s-1980s 153 boxes (57 l.f.)

Dates

Other: 1945

Extent

From the Collection: 57.0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

This folder contains a handwritten copy, a typed copy and two carbon copies of a first hand account of an assault on supposedly unoccupied pill boxes on the Siegfried Line in January of 1945. It also has a final version submitted as a paper for Hallock's Advanced Infantry Officers Course, Class No. II, during his course of study at Fort Benning in 1950. This copy is reproduced from a microfilm identified as "AGO Microfilm Item No:3558".