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Title: Howard V. Canan Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1955
Collection number: 74032
Creator:
Canan, Howard Voorheis, 1894-
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 oversize box, 3 envelopes
(1.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, orders, reports, speeches, certificates, and photographs, relating to
military engineering in the U.S. and in the European Theater during World War II.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
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[Identification of item], Howard V. Canan Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
United States. Army. Officers.
Military engineering.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945. Engineering and construction.
United States--Armed Forces.
| 1894 August 6 | Born, Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1918 | B.S., U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1919 | A.E.F., France and Germany |
| 1925-1928 | 11th Engineers, Panama Canal Zone |
| 1932-1936 | District Engineer, U.S. Lake Survey |
| 1938-1941 | War Department General Staff (G-2 Div.) |
| 1943-1946 | Office of the Chief Engineer, European Theater of Operations |
| 1946-1949 | District Engineer, Nashville, Tennessee |
| 1952-1953 | Engineer Inspector General |
| 1953-1954 | Assistant Chief of Engineers for Real Estate for Army, Air Force, and Atomic Energy Commission |