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Associations with Dwight D. Eisenhower: West Point classmates and friends, World War I, Fort Leavenworth, Camp Meade 1920-21, Panama; China, 1933; Brest, July, 1944; Battle of the Bulge; Remagen, victory celebrations.
General description of the collection: The John W. Leonard, Jr. papers include a memoir written in two parts in June 1999 titled: Army brat 1920's to 1940s and World War II. In Army brat, he discusses extensively his life in Tientsin, China in the 1930's, the threat from the Japanese in the northern provinces and from Chiang Kai Shek coming from Canton. These threats, he explained, caused a need for guards for the children at all times in order to thwart kidnappers. He outlines daily live on Post for children and the activities they enjoyed including horseback riding, swimming, baseball, golf, and boxing, many of which they were taught by the enlisted men. He spent his childhood summers on t...
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Associations with Dwight D. Eisenhower: West Point classmates and friends, World War I, Fort Leavenworth, Camp Meade 1920-21, Panama; China, 1933; Brest, July, 1944; Battle of the Bulge; Remagen, victory celebrations.