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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"War Department"”.
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The administration and operation of German prisoner of war camps in the United States during World War II
… and evaluate the development of prisoner of war administration in the United States. No full account of this phase of World War II history exists. This study is an attempt to fill that gap.When the United States officially entered World War II in December, 1941 the War Department plans for …
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The Army's Orphans: The United States Army Replacement System in the European Campaign, 1944-1945
… have been debating the U.S. Army's World War II replacement system for decades, but no one has completed a detailed study of the War Department's policies and practice. Authors have focused primarily on how combat units overcame the system's limitations, but they have not conducted an …
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Sex and Motivation in the American Morale Campaigns of the First World War
During the First World War, the United States War Department assiduously regulated the sexuality of soldiers and many citizens residing in the vicinity of training camps—a task that it accomplished largely through an organization called the Commission on Training Camp Activities (CTCA). Historians …
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German POWs, Biopolitics, & the Piney Woods: Using Foucault to Analyze Resistance at Camp Shelby's POW Camp During World War II
<p>Few people realize that during World War II, Camp Shelby in south Mississippi was a detention site for German prisoners of war (POWs) where the United States government engaged in reeducation efforts to de-Nazify soldiers in order to create a democratic Germany after the war. The U.S. War …
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Inconspicuous but Indispensable: Charles Anderson Dana as Assistant Secretary of War
… to Union victory during the American Civil War extend far beyond his well-known relationship with General Ulysses S. Grant. Using both his journalistic talents and patriotism, he gained Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton's trust, which was essential for Dana to perform his duties effectively …
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"The War Comes First": Lt. Col. Francis Carroll Grevemberg and the Development of a World War II Antiaircraft Artillery Officer
… Carroll Grevemberg, an antiaircraft World War II officer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Grevemberg joined the Louisiana National Guard in 1932 and began his military career in the midst of the Great Depression. In the reorganization of the U.S. Army before World War II, the War Department …
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Ezra Ayers Carman: The Gatekeeper of Memory at Antietam National Battlefield
… a veteran of Antietam who was employed by the War Department in the last decade of the nineteenth century to write the official history of that battle. As an historian, Carman acted as a gatekeeper of the official memory at Antietam. He created scaffolding in which veterans could remember …
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A cascade of failures: the U.S. Army and the Japanese-American internment decision in World War II
The Second World War internment of the West Coast Issei and Nisei remains a tragic moment in American history. It has long been viewed by historians as a singular act of mass social and political pressure to remove a racially constructed social group from the area, but it was carried out by the …
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"PRACTICALLY IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES": THE 1ST REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1903-1912
… twentieth century, reformers within the U.S. War Department attempted to create a more robust and formalized reserve system to augment the regular army. While many regular officers advocated a federalized reserve, they were opposed by members of the National Guard Association, who insisted …
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Organizing Freedom: Collaboration Between the Freedmen's Bureau and Church-Supported Charitable Organizations in the Early Years of Reconstruction
… Bureau, a Federal agency that existed within the War Department between 1865 and 1872, formed collaborative relationships with church-supported charitable organizations to establish schools during the Civil War Reconstruction Period in Virginia. This project examines the relationships between …
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The Education of a Staff Officer: The Life and Career of Samuel Cooper, 1798-1852
… Office, the Headquarters of the Army, and the War Department. His service as an artillery officer in garrison, a field staff officer, and an inspection officer enhanced his qualifications to be adjutant general. By 1852, Samuel Cooper possessed the administrative expertise required to perform …
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War of Words: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Military's Sexual Assault Prevention Posters
… a rhetorical analysis of the United States Department of Defense's sexual assault prevention and response training materials, particularly posters created between 2009 and 2012. This dissertation examines the context of sexual harassment and assault within the military from the late 1970s …
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The Accounting Profession Goes to War: Accounting Contributions to World War II
the World War II era ushered in a period of dynamic upheaval in American society. To safely navigate the stormy seas of commerce and governance, men of integrity, ability, and leadership were essential. Time and again, the nation turned to accountants to chart the proper course. And the accounting …
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Women as Subject and Audience in World War II Venereal Disease Posters
… first became a major health concern during World War I. Venereal diseases were some of the most common infections and led to more hospitalizations among soldiers than wounds or battle-related illness. The Selective Service discovered that almost fifteen percent of those who were eligible for the …
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Global responsibility : humanitarian intervention as a justified mechanism to end post-conflict widespread and systemic sexual violence
… and conflict go hand in hand. In ancient warfare, sexual violence was a common procedure, perceived as an inevitable consequence of war. Soldiers needed to 'release' after heavy fighting; sexual distraction would reward, motivate and relax them. In other words, sexual violence was seen as …
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Reconsideration of the Battle of Sandfontein : the first phase of the German South West Africa campaign, August to September 1914
… to analyse and explain how men endure in modern warfare, have been juxtaposed with numerous archival and secondary sources. Other issues concerning the first phase of the GSWA invasion, neglected or ignored in earlier historiography, have also received attention. These include the experiences of …
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An analysis of war trauma and refugee distress among Bosnian Muslim women : exploring social and personal healing in the aftermath
… of the healing process in the aftermath of war trauma for nineteen Bosnian Muslim refugee women. Epistemologically informed by Feminist Standpoint Theory, a mixed methods approach of Grounded Theory, Narrative Analysis and Relational Voice Theory was used to show how recovery from multiple …
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