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• Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Combined Arms Research Library, Archive, Fort Leavenworth, KS
• Donovan Research Library, Fort Benning, GA
• Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, KS
• 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial and Museum, Fort Liberty, NC
• George C. Marshall Research Library, Lexington, VA
• Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, MO
• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston
• Library of Congress, Washington, DC
• Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Austin, TX
• Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Ohio University, Athens
• Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, NJ
• National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
• National Defense University, Washington, DC
• Nicholson Library Special Collections, Anderson University, Anderson, IN
• Rutgers Oral History Archives, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
• United States Army Heritage and Education Center, Carlisle, PA
• United States Military Academy, Archives and Manuscripts Division, West Point, NY
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