Box 5

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Ross W. Hippensteel papers (1912-1960; 13.5 cubic feet) document the college and military career of Ross W. Hippensteel. The collection contains many artifacts, papers, handbooks, manuals, certificates, class notes, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, a pencil sketch, clothing and other miscellaneous items. Some of the items belonged to his wife, Jean Rankin Hippensteel. The class notes are from many of his Purdue University, mechanical engineering and physics courses from 1929-1934, along...

Scope and Contents Welcome to the States: Boston Port of Embarkation Camp Myles Standish, undated[four-fold pamphlet] "Bravest of the Brave," booklet, Paris: Desfosses-Neogravure, 1945 [The story of the 95th Infantry Division.]

Scope and Contents Military manuals, World War II era, 1927-1942 [1. A Manual for Courts-Martial U.S. Army 1928. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1927 and memorandum, documents related to specific court-martial cases, and slips of numbered paper 2. Basic Field Manual: 37-MM Gun, Antitank, M3, FM 23-70 Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940 3. Basic Field Manual: Infantry Drill Regulations, FM 22-5. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing...

Scope and Contents Packet of U.S. Army Documents, 1942-1945 [Packet mailed from J. Hippensteel, 732 So. Brandon, Kokomo, Indiana to Captain Ross Hippensteel 0-318687, Hq. 360th F.A. Bn., A.P.O. 95, Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The documents are official U.S. Army transfer orders, request for leave, medical forms, receipts, promotion, special orders, general court-martial, justification for the award of silver star and bronze star for a large number of individuals form the 95th Infantry Division dated April 4, 1945,...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous U.S. Army Documents, 1941-1945 [division commendation, receipts, leave of absence, pass, tobacco ration card, selective service card, custom luggage tags.]

Scope and Contents Military Instructional Memoranda, World War Two era, 1941-1942 [Manuals removed from the collection for preservation. Blue cloth bound binder containing numerous Field Artillery School instructional memoranda and one loose memorandum titled Time Fire Using Shell Fuzed With Fuze M54 and M55.]

Scope and Contents Associated documents found in A Manual for Court-Martial U.S. Army, 1928; Basic Field Manual: U.S. Rifle, Caliber, 30, M1903, FM 23-10, 1940; Basic Field Manual: Military Training FM 21-5, 1941.