Corrigan, Joan Mary (Historian, Foreign Histories Division, US Army Japan, b.1912)

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Accession Number PR00478
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 112 items
Object type Papers
Maker Corrigan, Joan Mary
Date made 1942-1960
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 94/0012
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Period 1960-1969
Second World War, 1939-1945
Period 1940-1949
Description

A collection of papers relating to Miss Corrigan's (an Australian citizen) civilian service with the US Army, firstly with Military Intelligence Section, General Headquarters, Far East Command and then with Foreign Histories Division in Japan. The collection includes briefing notes, bibliographies, correspondence, travel orders, political strategy papers, a history of the Foreign Histories Division, information and maps on the MacArthur, Rhee, and Clark Lines, position descriptions, and personal and military careers histories of Japanese Officers.