Box AR00052

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents the creation, administration, and evaluation of Special Training Units at the Armored Replacement Training Center. The records include formal reports on the development, scope, organization, and instructional philosophy of the STU program; analyses of classification procedures; and materials describing the integration of psychiatric services and orientation programs. Extensive documentation from the 19th Battalion STU includes personnel case studies, demographic...

Scope and Contents This folder contains documents on the administrative, instructional, and research activities at the Armored Force Replacement Training Center and Armored School in Fort Knox, Kentucky, along with related military offices. They include materials outlining duties for managing the training center’s operations, like administration, facilities, welfare, mess, and supplies; as well as memorandums addressing discipline, officer promotions, and the handling of military law. Several documents...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Personnel Records series documents the military and professional career of Robert E. Byrns from his early service in the 1930s through his post–World War II and mid-career administrative history, extending into his later civilian affiliations and veteran status. The materials record Byrns’s military appointments, service evaluations, training history, correspondence, and administrative interactions with the U.S. Army and Veterans Administration. Additional materials document his...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The Personnel Records series documents the military and professional career of Robert E. Byrns from his early service in the 1930s through his post–World War II and mid-career administrative history, extending into his later civilian affiliations and veteran status. The materials record Byrns’s military appointments, service evaluations, training history, correspondence, and administrative interactions with the U.S. Army and Veterans Administration. Additional materials document his...

Scope and Contents This folder contains various military documents and personal records dating from 1954 to 1963. Included are notes about country alliances, military correspondence, orders, records, and several military pay vouchers. The materials also feature documents related to an individual weapons committee led by Lt. Col. Robert E. Byrns, along with a personnel directory of the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group in Denmark. Photographs in the folder show servicemen at Fort Hood, Texas, during the...

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This folder contains correspondence and other military records related to Robert E. Byrns's interest in commissioning with the Regular Army.

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This folder contains sketches created by the Alaska National Guard and a USARAL Report for Exercise North Star conducted in February 1954.

Scope and Contents This folder includes copies of "The Defense of St. Vith, Belgium, 17-23 December 1944: An Historical Example of Armor in the Defense" by the Armored School, as well as "Armor in the Exploitation of the 4th Armored Division Across France." It also has photographs of the 4th Armored Division in France and related maps. Additionally, there's a document titled "Military Research Committee Assignments: Officer's Advanced Course" by the Research Evaluation Division, the Armored School, located at...

Scope and Contents This folder contains documents related to the Special Training Unit (STU) of the 19th Battalion at the Armored Replacement Training Center in Fort Knox, Kentucky, including analyses of problems within the STU; case studies of individual trainees; demographic tables; organizational diagrams; and materials outlining the unit's structure, training programs, evaluation procedures, and post-training disposition. It also includes extensive administrative records such as General and Special Orders,...

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The Civilian Conservation Corps series documents Robert E. Byrns’s involvement with the CCC during the late 1930s and early 1940s and includes materials illustrating both his personal service and the broader administrative and historical context of the program. The records provide insight into CCC organizational procedures, personnel management, and the activities of camps operating during this period.