Samuel Tankersley Williams papers, 1917-1980

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Creators:
Williams, S. T. (Samuel Tankersley), 1897-1984
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, orders, memoranda, reports, interview transcripts, conference notes, photographs, and sound recordings relating to American military activities in the European Theater during World War II, Amerian military operations in the Korean War, and American military assistance to South Vietnam.
Extent:
24 manuscript boxes, 9 envelopes, 9 sound tape reels (10.7 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Samuel Tankersley Williams papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches, orders, memoranda, reports, interview transcripts, conference notes, photographs, and sound recordings relating to American military activities in the European Theater during World War II, Amerian military operations in the Korean War, and American military assistance to South Vietnam.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1897 August 25
Born, Denton, Texas
1916-1917
Private in the Texas Militia
1917
Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Officers Reserve Corps
Attended Officers Training Camp, Leon Springs, Texas
1917-1919
359th Infantry Regiment, France; fought in battles of St. Michel, Meuse-Argonne, and Toul Sector
1920
Commissioned First Lieutenant in regular United States Army
1925-1926
Attended Company Officers Course, Fort Benning, Georgia
1926-1930
Captain, 21st Infantry Regiment, Hawaii
1930-1931
Attended United States Army Infantry Officers Advance Course
1933-1935
Attended United States Army Command and General Staff School
1935-1937
Company commander, 29th Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning, Georgia
1937-1938
Attended Army War College
1943-1944
Brigadier General, commander of the 378th Infantry Regiment and assistant division commander of the 90th Infantry Division, France; landed on Utah Beach
1944
Demoted from Brigadier General to Colonel
1944-1945
G-3 of the XXII Corps, European Theater of Operations
1946-1950
Commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment and acting commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division, Nuremberg
1950-1952
Served in Operations and Training Office of the Army Field Forces, Fort Monroe, Virginia
1951
Promoted to Brigadier General
1952-1953
Commander of the 25th Infantry Division, Korea
1953
Promoted to Major General
1953-1954
Commander of the XVI Corps, Japan
1954
Commander of the IX Corps and deputy commander of the Eighth Army, Korea
1955
Deputy commander of the Fourth Army, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
1955
Promoted to Lieutenant General
1955-1960
Chief of the Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG), Vietnam
1984 April 26
Died, San Antonio, Texas
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1981.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Samuel Tankersley Williams papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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