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Title: John P. McKnight papers
Dates: 1924-1945
Collection Number: 81140
Creator: McKnight, John P.
Collection Size:
2 manuscript boxes and 1 oversize file
(0.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Contains reports, notes, orders, proclamations, and photographs, relating to American military operations in Italy and France
during World War II, and especially to activities of the Fifth Corps (V Corps) in Normandy following the D-Day landings.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Language of Material: There are proclamations in French
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[Identification of item], John P. McKnight papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1981.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| 1929 | AB degree |
| 1931 | Earned LL.B degree, University of Nebraska |
| 1931-1941 | Engaged in general practice of law and owning and running a business |
| 1941 | Entered U.S. Army as reserve officer |
| 1943 | Engaged in combat as War Department representative with Fifth Army for invasion landing at Salerno, Italy |
| 1944 | Engaged in combat as War Department representative with First Army for invasion of France and Normandy campaign |
Scope and Content of Collection
The John P. McKnight papers consist of reports, notes, orders, proclamations, and photographs, relating to American military
operations in Italy and France during World War II, and especially to activities of the Fifth Corps (V Corps) in Normandy
following the D-Day landings. The collection presents documents relating to organization and performance of the United States
Army Fifth (V) Corps as well as some information about McKnight's personal life.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Army. Corps, V.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.