Dates: 1958-1965
The papers of Louis W. Truman consist of newspaper articles, certificates, correspondence, and photographs concerning Truman’s career in the United States Army. These items were originally compiled in three scrapbooks and a photo album.
Size: 10 linear inches (approximately 1,000 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. government his copyrights in any unpublished materials in this collection. Documents created by U.S. government officials in the course of their duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Kamera Moore (2010).
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1908 ( June 20) |
Born, Kansas City, Missouri |
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1932 |
B.S., United States Military Academy at West Point |
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1932-1967 |
Officer, U.S. Army, rising to rank of Lt. General |
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1934 ( June 24) |
Married Margaret Stevenson |
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1941-1942 |
Aide to the Commanding General, Hawaiian Department |
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1944-1945 |
Chief of Staff, 84th Infantry Division |
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1949 |
Graduated from the National War College |
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1952-1953 |
Commanding Officer, 223rd Infantry |
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1953 |
Assistant Commander, 2nd Infantry Division |
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1953-1955 |
Deputy Commanding General, 3rd Army |
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1955-1956 |
Assistant Chief of Staff, Headquarters, Allied Forces in Southern Europe, Naples, Italy |
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1956-1958 |
Chief, Military Assistance Advisory Group, Pakistan |
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1958-1960 |
Commanding General, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington |
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1960-1962 |
Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, Headquarters, Continental Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia |
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1962-1963 |
Deputy Commanding General, Continental Army Command |
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1963-1965 |
Commanding General, VII Corps, Stuttgart, Germany |
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1965-1967 |
Commanding General, 3rd Army, Fort McPherson, Georgia |
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1967 ( August 1) |
Retired from the U.S. Army |
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2004 (December 2) |
Died, Atlanta, Georgia |
The Papers of Louis W. Truman document part of the military career of President Harry S. Truman’s second cousin. They are arranged in one series, a Chronological File, and consist of newspaper articles, certificates, correspondence, and photographs that were originally compiled in three scrapbooks and a photo album. These materials document General Truman’s activities as Commander of the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington (1958-1960); as Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command at Fort Monroe, Virginia (1962-1963); as head of a special U.S. military mission to the Congo (December 1962); and as Commanding General at the VII Corps at Stuttgart, Germany (1963-1965).
Related collections at the Truman Library include the General Louis W. Truman Oral History Interview and the Flavius B. Freeman Oral History Interview.
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CHRONOLOGICAL FILE, 1958-1965 Newspaper articles, photographs, certificates, and congratulatory correspondence. Arranged chronologically. |
Box 1
- Scrapbook—Major General Louis W. Truman, Ft. Lewis, Washington, August 1958-July 1960 [1 of 2]
- Scrapbook—Major General Louis W. Truman, Ft. Lewis, Washington, August 1958-July 1960 [2 of 2]
- Scrapbook—Lt. General Louis W. Truman, Deputy Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command, Ft. Monroe, Virginia, 1962
- Scrapbook—U.S. Mission to the Congo Headed by Lt. General Louis W. Truman, December 1962
- Photo Album—Lt. General Louis W. Truman, Commander of U.S. 7th Corps, Stuttgart, Germany, 1963-1965 [1 of 3]
Box 2
- Photo Album—Lt. General Louis W. Truman, Commander of U.S. 7th Corps, Stuttgart, Germany, 1963-1965 [2 of 3]
- Photo Album—Lt. General Louis W. Truman, Commander of U.S. 7th Corps, Stuttgart, Germany, 1963-1965 [3 of 3]