Donald Wilson papers, 1910-1979.
- 37,600 items. 67 2 3 containers plus oversize and vault containers. 26 linear feet.
Restrictions apply.
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, lectures, flight records, maps, and other papers relating chiefly to Wilson's military career as an army and air force officer from service on the Mexican border before World War I through World War II and to his personal life. Diaries include accounts of the battle of Iwo Jima and of other South Pacific campaigns. Subjects include air warfare and strategic bombing.
U.S. Army and Air Force officer.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013024
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Air warfare. Bombing, Aerial. Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945. World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
Mexico--Foreign relations--United States. Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920. United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.