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Title: Jerry B. Riseley typescript : Adjutant's journal : Second Battalion, 503d Parachute Infantry
Dates: 1943
Collection Number: 89034
Creator: Riseley, Jerry B.
Collection Size:
1 volume (1 folder)
(0.1 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Relates to military operations of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment in the New Guinea campaign during World War II, especially
to the parachute landing at Nadzab, New Guinea, and to circumstances surrounding the death and presumed suicide of the regimental
commander, Colonel Kenneth Kinsler. Includes retrospective interpellations, a battalion roster, and a related sound recording.
Photocopy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
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[Identification of item], Jerry B. Riseley typescript : Adjutant's journal : Second Battalion, 503d Parachute Infantry, [Box
number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1989.
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
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Original in possession of: J. B. Riseley.
First lieutenant, United States Army; adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1943.
Scope and Content of Collection
Relates to military operations of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment in the New Guinea campaign during World War II, especially
to the parachute landing at Nadzab, New Guinea, and to circumstances surrounding the death and presumed suicide of the regimental
commander, Colonel Kenneth Kinsler. Includes retrospective interpellations, a battalion roster, and a related sound recording.
Photocopy.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Kinsler, Kenneth, dd. 1943.
United States. Army. Parachute Regimental Combat Team, 503rd.
Parachute troops.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea.